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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD RENEWAL
Department: Circuit Court of Cook County, Social Service Department
Grantee: The Social Service Department
Grantor: The Illinois Department of Human Services
Request: Authorization to renew grant
Purpose: To provide court-ordered counseling services to domestic violence offenders.
Grant Amount: $34,776.00
Grant Period: 7/1/2014 - 6/30/2015
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: N/A
Most Recent Date of Board Authorization for Grant: 7/31/2013
Most Recent Grant Amount: $28,065.00
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: The Domestic Violence Program is a state-of-the-art treatment intervention that complies with the standards for abuser treatment as set forth in the Illinois Protocol for Domestic Abuse Batterers Programs. The Program serves clients throughout Cook County who have been found guilty of violent behavior against an intimate partner and who have received a court order of reporting conditional discharge or reporting supervision. Casework staff is specially trained to provide probationary supervision, group intervention, and requisite abuser treatment to domestic violence offenders in a court-based setting. The goal of the program is to attend to victim safety, maximize the impact of treatment, and work within the judicial process to hold offenders accountable for their abusive behavior.end