Six Chicago-area local governments will receive more than $41 million in taxpayer funded grants from the state of Illinois to serve some of the 15,000 non-citizen migrant arrivals. Gov. J.B. Pritzker Thursday said at first, the state was helping pay for hotel stays for new migrants in Chicago.
Pritzker’s administration announced Friday Chicago is getting more than $30 million in new grants. The city of Joliet is getting $8.6 million. Elgin is getting nearly $1.3 million. Lake County will get $1 million. The city of Urbana will get $250,000 while Oak Park will get $150,000. The money will be used for direct services like shelter, food, legal support and health care. Pritzker said in a statement Illinois is “a welcoming state.” To date, Pritzker’s office said the state has contributed $328 million overall to support asylum seekers.
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