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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD
Department: Cook County Clerk
Grantee: Cook County Clerk
Grantor: Illinois Department of Public Health
Request: Authorization to accept grant
Purpose: Reimbursement of expenses associated with the printing, issuing and maintaining death records through the Statewide Database of Death Certificates.
Grant Amount: $181,727.00
Grant Period: 1/1/2014 - 12/31/2014
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: N/A
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: The Illinois Department of Public Health Death Surcharge grant reimburses expenses associated with the Statewide Database of Death Certificates and distribution of funds to Governmental Units. The Clerk's Office Vital Records Department has been approved to use the money for the purchase of security paper, expanding capacity to add more death records to the genealogy online website, and create a data link between state and county's databases
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