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Committee approves State’s Attorney grant packages including peacemaker funding and Conviction Integrity support
Summary
The committee approved several State’s Attorney Office grant actions: an $80,000 Juvenile Justice Council grant, a Bureau of Justice/Illinois Innocence Project subaward to support conviction‑integrity work, and an Illinois DHS award for gun‑violence prevention (SAO stated $1.5 million) that includes a subaward to Waukegan Township for peacemaker services.
On Jan. 6 the Lake County Law & Judicial Committee approved multiple grant actions for the State’s Attorney’s Office that the office said will fund juvenile‑justice prevention, conviction‑integrity work and a gun‑violence prevention initiative.
For agenda item 8.6 the committee authorized acceptance and an emergency appropriation of $80,000 for a seven‑month Juvenile Justice Council grant. Jo Gerbitter, chief deputy of administrative services for the…
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