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Cook County Looking To Hire Contact Tracers
The department wants to grow its team from 25 up to 400 in the fall.
COOK COUNTY, IL — Cook County is looking to hire contact tracers for the suburban Cook County area. According to the Cook County Department of Public Health, the department currently has 25 contact tracers for the 2.5 million people who live in suburban Cook County.
The department wants to grow its team up to 400 in the fall. 300 will be hired in groups of 50-100 beginning in August, until there is a full team.
The first group of contact tracing and case investigator positions are 6-month positions.
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