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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
COOK COUNTY COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION INITIATIVE 2026
WHEREAS, the Cook County Justice Advisory Council (JAC), as an office under the Cook County Board President, works to promote equitable, human-centered, community-driven justice system innovation and practice through rigorous stakeholder engagement, policy work, service coordination, and grantmaking that increases community safety and reduces reliance on incarceration; and
WHEREAS, the JAC supports Cook County's commitment to advancing equity throughout Cook County by investing in programs and strategies to improve community safety in communities disproportionately impacted by violence and incarceration; and
WHEREAS, Cook County Ordinance Sec. 2-527 establishes the JAC's authority to administer violence prevention, intervention and reduction grants to nonprofit community-based organizations in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code; and
WHEREAS, building on historic levels of investment in the areas of violence prevention and community safety, JAC grant initiatives will sustain key services beyond American Rescue Plan Act funding, supporting organizations that work to ensure those closest to the gun violence epidemic can access critical programs and services that contribute to increased community safety throughout Cook County; and
WHEREAS, gun violence dramatically affects physical, cognitive, mental, emotional wellbeing and development of those exposed to it: direct survivors of gun violence and the communities impacted by incidences of gun violence; and
WHEREAS direct and indirect survivors are at greater risk of perpetrating violence, experiencing further victimization or exposure to violence; and
WHEREAS our communities are less safe when those at risk of perpetrating or being impacted by gun violence cannot access critical services essential to violence prevention; and
WHEREAS, the Cook County Community Violence Intervention (CC-CVI) grant ...
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