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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD
Department: Cook County States Attorney
Grantee: Cook County States Attorney
Grantor: Illinois Criminal Justice Authority
Request: Authorization to accept grant
Purpose: This funding will help to fund three Assistant State’s Attorneys for the Violent Crime Complex Narcotics program. This program will implement new strategies to combat violent crime and its contributing factors including firearm trafficking, narcotics manufacturing and narcotics trafficking in Chicago and the suburbs of Cook County.
Grant Amount: $500,000.00
Grant Period: 10/1/2025 – 9/30/2026
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: N/A
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: The Program’s focus is to implement new strategies to combat violent crime and its contributing factors including firearm trafficking, narcotics manufacturing and narcotics trafficking in Chicago and the suburbs of Cook County. This program seeks to develop a unit to support firearm investigations while continuing to support bulk narcotics investigations and provide vigorous prosecution and prevention alternatives to attack the violence problem impacting our communities.
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