Lake County on Aug. 5 accepted an additional $30,000 in rental assistance funds for asylum‑seeker services from the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and authorized an emergency appropriation to pass the dollars through to local partner Mano a Mano.

Dominic Strezo said the state identified $30,000 in additional funding while closing out a related grant on June 30 and asked whether eligible activities existed that could be reimbursed. The county identified $30,000 in eligible rental assistance that Mano a Mano had already provided and moved to accept the funds and immediately pass them through to the nonprofit.

"We notified the state that we'd like to accept the additional funding, and this approval would allow us to execute that grant agreement and, immediately pass through all $30,000 onto Mano Mano," Strezo said. The committee approved the resolution by voice vote; the transcript records an "Aye."