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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD
Department: Office of the Chief Judge
Grantee: Office of the Chief Judge
Grantor: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Request: Authorization to accept grant
Purpose: To increase the number of drug court participants who graduate successfully from the program and who achieve stable recovery, and affect the long-term health and safety needs of these individuals and their communities
Grant Amount: $399,999.00
Grant Period: 7/30/2020-7/29/2021
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Accounts: N/A
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: The purpose of the Rehabilitation Alternative Probation/Women’s Rehabilitation Alternative Probation Drug Court (RAP/WRAP) Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity Expansion Program is to increase the number of drug court participants who graduate successfully from the program and who achieve stable recovery, and affect the long-term health and safety needs of these individuals and their communities. This will be accomplished by expanding the courts current substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services, including residential treatment services, MAT, and long-term recovery housing. The proposed expansion will serve 305 unduplicated drug court participants during the five-year project period (45 in Year 1 and 65 per year in Years 2-5). The substance abuse treatment capacity expansion program will be delivered in the Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County’s RAP/WRAP Felony Drug Court operating in the Criminal Division. This Division serve the residents of the city of Chicago.
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