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Joint resolution authorizing the renewal of the State's Attorney's Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Prosecution grant program, awarded by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA), including $163,886 in federal funds.
Staff Summary
* This is a renewal of the Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Prosecution Program, a federal grant administered through the ICJIA.
* Funding for this grant began in 1988, and has been renewed each year.
* The federal funds will provide funding for 61 percent of the salaries of one Gang/Narcotics Prosecution Division Chief, one Assistant State's Attorney and one trained Police Investigator dedicated to the prosecution of drug related offenses covering the time period of October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017.
* Program goals include improving the criminal justice system's response to drug trafficking, by increasing the awareness and skill levels of professionals involved in the identification, investigation and prosecution of drug trafficking.
* Sources of program funding include $163,886 in federal funds, $30,000 in matching funds provided from the State's Attorney's Asset Forfeiture Fund, and $69,334 in county contribution, as budgeted in the State's Attorney's budget, for a grant program total of $263,220.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the ICJIA has announced the continuation of a 12-month grant in the amount of $163,886 in federal funds for the State's Attorney's Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Prosecution program to provide concentration on convictions of drug related cases and offenders; and
WHEREAS, the grant program will fund a portion of the salaries for one Division Chief, one Assistant State's Attorney and one Investigator in the Gang/Narcotics Prosecutions Division; and
WHEREAS, the program budget of $263,220 as submitted to ICJIA, consists of $163,886 in federal funds, $30,000 from State's Attorney's Asset Forfeiture Funds, and $69,334 in county contribution, all of which shall be provided as follows: $163,886 i...
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