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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD AMENDMENT
Department: Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Grantee: Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Grantor: Department of Justice
Request: To Increase and Extend the Awarded grant
Purpose: This increase and extension will allow the Office to continue to dedicate and to support the work of the ICAC Task Force Team.
Supplemental Grant Amount: $343,924.00
Grant Period: 4/1/11 - 3/31/12. 10/1/13 - 6/30/14
Fiscal Impact: $343,924.00
Accounts: N/A
Date of Board Authorization for Original Grant: 9/7/11
Original Grant Amount: $319,143.00
Concurrences: The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: This increase and extension will allow the Office to continue to dedicate one administrative assistant to support the work of the Task Force, one full-time Assistant State's Attorney and one part-time Assistant State's Attorney to focus on ICAC cases, and one part-time Forensic Examiner dedicated to conducting forensic examinations of ICAC cases, as well as continue to provide funding to equip and train the Cook County ICAC Task Force partner agencies in an effort to aggressively identify, investigate and prosecute persons who use the Internet to sexually exploit children as well as prevent such exploitation through community outreach and education.
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