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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD RENEWAL
Department: Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Grantee: Cook County State’s Attorney
Grantor: State Appellate Prosecutor
Request: Authorization to renew grant
Purpose: This funding enables the State’s Attorney Office to maintain assistant state’s attorney positions in the Criminal Appeals Division that are dedicated to working on criminal appeals in Cook County.
Grant Amount: $6,900,000.00
Grant Period: 7/1/2023 - 6/30/2024.
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: None
Most Recent Date of Board Authorization for Grant: 6/27/2018
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: This funding enables the State’s attorney’s Office to maintain assistant state’s attorney positions in the Criminal Appeals Division that are dedicated to working on criminal appeals in Cook County. Since 2003, the State’s Attorney’s Office has received funding from the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor for purpose of staffing 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.
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