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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD RENEWAL
Department: Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Grantee: Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Grantor: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Request: Authorization to renew grant
Purpose: To maintain the Cook County Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program.
Grant Amount: $343,055.00
Grant Period: 7/1/2014 - 6/30/2015
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Accounts: N/A
Most Recent Date of Board Authorization for Grant: 10/2/2013
Most Recent Grant Amount: $343,924.00
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: This award will allow the Office to continue to dedicate one administrative assistant to support the work of the Task Force, one full-time Assistant State's Attorney and one part-time Assistant State's Attorney to focus on ICAC cases, and one part-time Forensic Examiner dedicated to conducting forensic examinations of ICAC cases, as well as continue to provide funding to equip and train the Cook County ICAC Task Force partner agencies in an effort to aggressively identify, investigate and prosecute persons who use the internet to sexually exploit children as well as prevent such exploitation through community outreach and education. The Cook County ICAC Task Force partners include representatives of the State's Attorney's Office, the Chicago Police Department and law enforcement agencies from throughout Cook County. Task Force partners from local law enforcement agencies concentrate their investigative efforts in the City of Chicago and the entire outlying suburban Cook County area. This grant does not require a match contribution.
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