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Renewal of the State’s Attorney’s Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Prosecution grant program (agreement #407023) awarded by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, including $204,858 in federal funds.
Staff Summary
· This is a renewal of the Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Prosecution Program, a federal grant administered through the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Funding for this grant began in 1988 and has been renewed each year; for this year the period is October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010. The grant program requires a 25% match or $1 for every $3 in federal funds.
· This program funds half of the salaries for four Assistant State’s Attorneys, two secretaries, one paralegal, and one investigator dedicated to the prosecution of drug-related offenses.
· Program goals include (1) deterring drug-related crime through criminal investigations and prosecution (from October 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009, the State’s Attorney’s Office initiated 488 felony drug prosecutions); (2) focusing the prosecution of drug-related crimes on recent legislative changes that has increased emphasis on and penalties of various drug-related offenses; (3) increasing the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office cooperative effort with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies in conducting pre-arrest investigations and subsequent prosecutions to identify, track, and prosecute drug-related trafficking, conspiracies, and other offenses; and (4) engaging these appointed Assistant State’s Attorneys and support staff to act as prosecutorial liaisons for police trainings, legal updates, and case-related issues involving community drug-related prosecutions.
· Sources of Program Funding include federal funds in the amount of $204,858; matching funds from Asset Forfeiture in the amount of $30,000; and a County contribution in the amount of $38,286 for match and $111,596 for overmatch for a grant program total of $384,740.
· Program expenses include $282,29...
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