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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD RENEWAL
Department: Cook County’s State’s Attorney’s Office
Grantee: Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Grantor: Office of the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor of State of Illinois
Request: Authorization to renew grant
Purpose: This funding will enable the State’s Attorney’s Office to maintain Assistant State’s Attorney’s position in the Criminal Appeals Division that are dedicated to working on criminal appeals in Cook County
Grant Amount: $3,400,000
Grant Period: 7/1/2020-6/30/2021
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Accounts: Multiple.
Most Recent Date of Board Authorization for Grant: mm/dd/yyyy
Most Recent Grant Amount: $3,400,000.00
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: The State’s Attorney’s Office has received funding from the Illinois Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor for consecutive years beginning in 2003, with the most recent grant ending June30, 2020. The purpose of these funds is to staff the Criminal Appeals Division at a level that better balances staffing between defense attorneys working on criminal appeals in Cook County and the number of Assistant State’s Attorneys responding to those briefs. The grant does not require a match contribution.
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