The individuals who are selected for the Cook County program, which will prioritize residents of suburban Cook County, will get monthly payments of $500 for two years.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle speaks about the county’s cash assistance program on May 18, 2022.
The 3,250 residents who are selected for the program, which will prioritize residents of suburban Cook County, will get monthly payments of $500 for two years. The first checks are expected to be cut by the end of the year, officials said. In 2021, Cook County officials used $8 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to send $600 cash assistance payments to 14,000 residents hit hard by the economic catastrophe triggered by the pandemic.
Preckwinkle the results of that pilot that convinced her the cash assistance program should be extended and made permanent.A lottery will determine which applicants will participate in the program, officials said.
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