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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD
Department: Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Grantee: Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Grantor: Office of the State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor of the State of Illinois
Request: Authorization to accept grant
Purpose: This funding will enable the State’s Attorney’s Office to maintain assistant state’s attorney positions in the Criminal Appeals Division that are dedicated to working on criminal appeals in Cook County.
Grant Amount: $2,000,000.00
Grant Period: 9/1/2017- 6/30/2018
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: N/A
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all the requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: The State’s Attorney’s Office has received funding from the Illinois Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor for consecutive years beginning in 2003; with 2016 being the last year to receive. The purpose of these funds is to staff the Criminal Appeals Division at a level that better balances staffing between defense attorneys working on criminal appeals in Cook County and the number of assistant state’s attorneys responding to those briefs. This grant does not require a match contribution.
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