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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD AMENDMENT
Department: State’s Attorney’s Office
Grantee: State’s Attorney’s Office
Grantor: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Request: Authorization to Extending an increase
Purpose: 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.
Supplemental Grant Amount: $340,351.00
Grant Period: 7/1/2015 - 9/30/2016
Extension Period: 10/1/2016 - 6/30/2017
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: N/A
Date of Previous Board Authorization for Grant: 10/7/2015
Previous Grant Amount: $339,250.00
Concurrences:
Budget and Management Services has received all requisite documents, and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: Requesting authorization to accept a supplemental grant award in the amount of $340,351.00 and a program extension from 10/1/2016 - 6/30/2017 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for the Cook County Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program. 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. The Cook County ICAC Task Force partners include representatives of the State’s Attorney’s Office, the Chicago Police Department and law enforcement agencies from throughout Cook County. Task Force partners from local law enforcement agencies concentrate their investigative efforts in the City of Chicago and the entire outlying suburban Cook County area. This grant does not require a match contribution.
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