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Become a Forest Preserve Holiday Volunteer

By Communications Staff at December 1, 2012 | 9:32 am | 0 Comment

We often think of the holiday season as a time for giving-to our families, our friends and our larger communities. But what about giving back to the earth? The tallgrass prairies and savannas of Cook County are rarer and more threatened than the tropical rainforests. After nearly two centuries of urban development and farming in the region, they've been reduced to a more...

Features , Forest Preserve District , News

2012 Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony

By Communications Staff at November 30, 2012 | 1:32 pm | 0 Comment

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, the Commissioners, Agency heads and Bureau chiefs all gathered in the lobby of 118 N . Clark St. to light the Cook County Holiday Tree.  The event was hosted by Robert Jordan of WLS-TV Channel 7. Click on the image above to view the entire more...

Features , News

The Forest Preserve is Going Hyperspectral

By Communications Staff at November 30, 2012 | 12:18 pm | 1 Comments

Originally appeared in the November 29, 2012 edition of the Cook County Forest Preserve's website Wetlands are lands that are wet for at least part of the year. They provide critical feeding, resting and breeding habitat to many kinds of waterfowl, amphibians and reptiles, fish, small mammals and dragonflies. Thanks to a collaboration between the Forest Preserve more...

Agencies , Features , Forest Preserve District blog post, cook county forest preserve, hyperspectral imaging, wetlands

President Preckwinkle Welcomes Delegation from Nanchang, China and talks about Economic Development

By Communications Staff at November 28, 2012 | 8:40 am | 0 Comment

Originally published on the Commit to Cook website, November 27, 2012 On November 20, President Preckwinkle welcomed a delegation of 25 high-level government officials from Nanchang, China, hosted by WorldChicago, who were  interested in gaining knowledge on economnic development and energy in the United States. The meeting, held at 69 W. Washington, 35th Floor, more...

Agencies , Economic Development , Featured News , President's Office Bureau of Economic Development, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, economic development, He Rui Hu, herman brewer, Nachang China

Project Underway in Oak Park for Affordable Housing

By Communications Staff at November 27, 2012 | 8:47 am | 0 Comment

Originally appeared in the November 19, 2012 edition of Commit to Cook The Interfaith Housing Development Corporation, along with the Village of Oak Park, and the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development  gathered with others in the community to start the rehabilitation of 820-832 West Madison, Oak Park to affordable housing.  Formerly used for industrial purposes, more...

Agencies , Economic Development affordable housing, Cook County Bureau of Economic Development, herman brewer, Interfaith Housing Development Corporation, Oak Park Housing Authority

Chicago and Cook County Receive $47 Million to Protect the Public and Critical Infrastructures

By Communications Staff at November 16, 2012 | 3:00 pm | 0 Comment

The Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC), the Department of Homeland Security Emergency Management (DHSEM) and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) received $47 million in Homeland Security Grant Funding to continue the development, training and allocation of resources for securing the public and critical infrastructure in the event more...

Agencies , Homeland Security Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, IEMA, michael masters, OEMC, press release, urban area security initiative

The Cook County Health & Hospitals System (CCHHS) 1115 Medicaid Waiver—What is CountyCare?

By Communications Staff at November 13, 2012 | 3:28 pm | 12 Comments

Originally appeared in the November 8, 2012 edition of IllinoisHealthMatters.org Last month the Cook County Health & Hospitals System received word from the Federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare that their request for an 1115 Waiver to the Illinois Medicaid system had been conditionally approved, pending the State of Illinois officially accepting the “terms more...

Agencies , Hospitals and Health Care

Court ordered parenting class now available online

By Communications Staff at November 13, 2012 | 1:52 pm | 2 Comments

Originally appeared in the November 13, 2012 edition of CookCountyCourt.org Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans and Domestic Relations Division Presiding Judge Grace G. Dickler announced the court today will begin offering court ordered parenting education classes online through a new interactive program, Children in Between Online more...

Courts and Public Safety , News

President Preckwinkle Details $5 Million Fund to Improve Infrastructure in Unincorporated Cook County

By Communications Staff at November 8, 2012 | 12:28 pm | 0 Comment

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today laid out details of a $5 million fund to improve infrastructure in unincorporated Cook County. Earlier this year, the Unincorporated Cook County Task Force described a number of barriers to annexing Cook County’s roughly 62 square miles of unincorporated land.  About 100,000 people live in such areas. Each more...

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Cook County Health and Hospitals System Announces 1115 Medicaid Waiver

By Communications Staff at October 31, 2012 | 2:31 pm | 4 Comments

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS) Chief Executive Officer Dr. Ram Raju today announced that pre-enrollment has started for Cook County residents who qualify for “CountyCare” a Medicaid benefits program for adults. County Care is the new program approved under the federal government’s 1115 Medicaid Waiver which more...

2013 Budget , Budget , Featured News , Hospitals and Health Care , President's Office