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Sangamon Co. board approves nearly $1M to help low-income residents with energy costs
SANGAMON COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — Two grants worth more than $900,000 were approved in Tuesday night's Sangamon County Board meeting, which aim to help low-income families with energy costs.
During the meeting, the resolutions were to approve grant applications for community resources from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the Weatherization Grant Program for the amounts of $628,554 and $365,951, respectively. In total, these grants are worth $994,505.
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These resolutions were consolidated with two other resolutions, which were grant applications for the Sangamon County Child Advocacy Center from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, and the Illinois Criminal Justice Authority to provide coordinated investigations into child abuse. The amounts of these two grants are $296,556.91 and $233,203, bringing the four consolidated grants total to more than $1.5 million.
The board voted to adopt these resolutions and to waive the 10-day filing period.
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