Smaller cities across Illinois can now apply for their share of $742 million in federal taxpayer COVID-19 relief funds that Congress approved earlier this year. Cities with more than 50,000 people have already received their first of two installments of the federal taxpayer funds. The Illinois Municipal League notified smaller cities they can now apply. IML Executive Director Brad Cole says it’s important for cities to act fast.
The funds are meant for certain things, like sewers, broadband or COVID-19-related expenses and other uses.
The money is part of the overall $160 billion in federal taxpayer funds set aside for Illinois since the beginning of the pandemic.