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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD RENEWAL
 
Department:  Cook County Health 
 
Grantee:  Cook County Health 
 
Grantor:  Department of Health & Human Services/Health Resources & Services Administration
 
Request: Authorization to renew grant 
 
Purpose:  This program prepares nurses to be Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners.  
 
Grant Amount:  $500,000.00
 
Grant Period:  9/30/2021-9/29/2022  
 
Fiscal Impact:  $500,000.00
 
Accounts: N/A
 
Most Recent Date of Board Authorization for Grant:  10/26/2018 
 
Most Recent Grant Amount:  $926,414.64
 
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
 
Summary:  The purpose of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE@CCH) program is to expand the number of registered nursed trained as SANE’s, in order to broaden access to the highest qualified physical and mental health care, improve evidence collection, and increase prosecution rates of sexual assault cases. Further, strengthening the capacity of SANE’s to provide high-needs services requires coordinate, interagency/disciplinary partnership. The SANE@CCH program aims to fortify existing partnerships with community agencies and stakeholders providing sexual assault services, and to forge new relationships with partners in law and government, criminal justice, mental health care, and community advocacy. 
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