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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD RENEWAL
Department: State's Attorney's Office
Grantee: State's Attorney's Office
Grantor: The Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor of the State of Illinois
Request: Authorization to renew grant
Purpose: Purpose of staffing 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.
Grant Amount: $2,000,000
Grant Period: 7/1/2014 - 6/30/2015
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Accounts: N/A
Most Recent Date of Board Authorization for Grant: 7/17/2013
Most Recent Grant Amount: $2,000,000.00
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: This twelfth year of funding will enable the State's Attorney's Office to maintain 40 positions in the Criminal Appeals Division, specifically 35 assistant state's attorney positions and five support positions. Since 2003, the State's Attorney's Office has received funding from the State's Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor for the purpose of staffing 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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