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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD AMENDMENT
Department: Justice Advisory Council
Grantee: Justice Advisory Council
Grantor: Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA)
Request: Authorization to extend and increase
Purpose: R3 Pass-Through Grant Subawards
Supplemental Grant Amount: $600,000.00
Grant Period: 2/1/2021 - 1/31/2022, 2/1/2022 - 1/31/2023
Extension Period: 2/1/2023 - 1/31/2024
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: 11900.1205.54392.580171
Date of Previous Board Authorization for Grant: 2/1/2021, 1/13/2022
Previous Grant Amount: $1,200,000 ($600,000 per year)
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any
Summary: The JAC is seeking a contract extension and increase to support the third year of the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) Program, in which the JAC serves as a pass-through agency to award funding to R3 awardees as subrecipients. R3 was created as a key equity element of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (CRTA), signed by Governor Pritzker in 2019. The law requires that 25 percent of all cannabis revenue be used to support communities impacted by economic disinvestment, violence, and the severe and disproportionate damage caused by the war on drugs, largely and disproportionately impacted low income Illinoisans and communities of color. In 2021, The R3 program, funded through the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, made a grant to the Cook County Justice Advisory Council to deliver coordinated services through community partners for the south suburban municipalities of Robbins, Ford Heights, and Harvey. ICJIA intends to extend and increase these funds so that services and supports delivered by the following organizations: Restoration Ministries, Adults Active in Youth Development, Lawlor Consulting Group, Youth Guidance, Roseland CeaseFire, and Cabrini Green Legal Aid will continue; the terms of the grant indicate a 100% pass-through of funds in the amount of $100,000.00 each to these six (6) organizations.
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