File #: 22-1556    Version: 1 Name: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Type: Grant Award Status: Approved
File created: 1/28/2022 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 2/10/2022 Final action: 2/10/2022
Title: PROPOSED GRANT AWARD Department: Office of the Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County Grantee: The Office of the Chief Judge, on behalf of Cook County Grantor: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Request: Authorization to accept grant Purpose: The Cook County Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC): Seeks to reduce the Cook County Jail population while targeting racial and ethnic disparities that exist within the criminal justice system Grant Amount: $1,450,000 Grant Period: 1/1/2022-12/31/2023 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 Cook County Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC) is an initiative funded by the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation which seeks to safely reduce the jail population and address racial and ethnic disparities within the criminal justice system. SJC has been awarded a $1.45 million gr...
Indexes: TIMOTHY C. EVANS, Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County
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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD

Department: Office of the Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County

Grantee: The Office of the Chief Judge, on behalf of Cook County

Grantor: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Request: Authorization to accept grant

Purpose: The Cook County Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC): Seeks to reduce the Cook County Jail population while targeting racial and ethnic disparities that exist within the criminal justice system

Grant Amount: $1,450,000

Grant Period: 1/1/2022-12/31/2023

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 Cook County Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC) is an initiative funded by the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation which seeks to safely reduce the jail population and address racial and ethnic disparities within the criminal justice system. SJC has been awarded a $1.45 million grant to address the program goals over a two-year period. The award supplements the current program award of $2.5 million, which expires in September 2022. As the program administrator, the Office of the Chief Judge will work in collaboration with the Justice Advisory Council, Clerk of the Circuit Court, State's Attorney, Public Defender, Sheriff, Cook County Health and Hospitals System, and the Chicago Police Department.

The funding will be utilized to implement multiple strategies including establishment of relationships with community residents through dialogue, criminal case reviews to analyze and identify patterns and opportunities to increase efficiency within the system, treatment referrals and linkage for defendants with long prior histories, expansion of current diversion programs for emerging adults with drug offenses, addressing warrants, and implementation of data integration to facilitate exchanges and analysis between county stakeholders and to support data drive...

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