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Cook County Launches DUI Memorial Program
By mary.paleologos at November 19, 2012 | 4:00 pm | 1 Comments
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today announced the launch a program that will let families purchase a memorial marker near the site of a DUI fatality to commemorate the loss of a loved one. Under the new DUI Memorial Program, families can acquire the marker online for fatal DUI crashes on or after January 1, 1990 on highways under the jurisdiction of the more...
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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...
Collaboration and Cooperation Result in Improved Safety at Jack Hile Middle School in Oak Forest
By mary.paleologos at November 14, 2012 | 3:04 pm | 1 Comments
After student Alex Fitzgerald was struck by a car on 151st Street near the school last April, the Cook County Highway Department moved swiftly to make the area safer. A new traffic signal was installed at the school exit, and the county partnered with the City of Oak Forest to construct a safer crosswalk for students. Brighter street lights were also installed to light more...
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...
Cook County Designates November As Child Support Awareness Month
By mary.paleologos at November 2, 2012 | 1:29 pm | 6 Comments
The Cook County Board of Commissioners has designated November as Child Support Awareness Month, part of an educational campaign to highlight the free services available to families seeking child support. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said the campaign’s goal is to encourage custodial parents to use the no-cost IV-D Child Support Services Program more...
Get your flu vaccine, today!
By Communications Staff at October 31, 2012 | 1:57 pm | 0 Comment
Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) officials remind residents that everyone six months of age and older should get a flu vaccine. Vaccine is available at your local pharmacy, family doctor and grocery stores throughout suburban Cook County. The 2012-2013 flu vaccine will protect against the three influenza viruses that research indicates will be most more...
Cook County lands $100 million federal waiver
By Communications Staff at October 29, 2012 | 11:41 am | 0 Comment
Originally published in the October 29, 2012 edition of Crain's Chicago Business Cook County hit a $100 million jackpot over the weekend. In a little noticed but crucial decision announced Friday night, the federal government signed off on a request by county board President Toni Preckwinkle to enroll 114,000 low-income people a year early in the Medicaid more...
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Bureau of Economic Development Announces Affordable Housing Website and Event
By Communications Staff at October 25, 2012 | 2:41 pm | 0 Comment
Originally published at the Cook County Economic Development website, "Commit to Cook", October 24, 2012: The Cook County Bureau of Economic Development rolled out their new website geared towards affordable housing in Cook County, IL. Highlights of the website include the work of the Department of Planning and Development and their work with the Neighborhood more...
Cook County Clerk Orr Announces New First Day Record for Early Voting
By Communications Staff at October 23, 2012 | 5:30 pm | 0 Comment
Originally published Monday, October 22, 2012 at the Cook County Clerk's website: More than 13,500 suburban Cook County voters cast ballots Monday, setting a new record for the first day of Early Voting, Cook County Clerk David Orr announced. "Turnout is already impressive and I hope it keeps up until early voting ends Nov. 3," Orr said. "We are sending extra help more...
President Preckwinkle Announces Changes to Highway Department
By Communications Staff at October 17, 2012 | 9:32 am | 0 Comment
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced today important changes to the Cook County Highway Department, renaming it the Department of Transportation and Highways, broadening the scope of the Department’s mission to take focus on regional strategic planning and make the department eligible for more federal grant funding. Currently, the department’s more...
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