Lake County Recovery Projects

Approximately $120 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding has been awarded or is anticipated for Lake County.

Recently, $5.7 million was awarded to promote energy efficiencies and conservation strategies across various Lake County government operations.

The County has also be awarded $1 million to provide financial and/or legal assistance to keep individuals in their homes or to assist individuals that have become homeless with obtaining a house.

More than $5 million has been awarded to assist in job placement services and training for adults, youth and laid-off workers.

About $3.6 million will be utilized to address the significant increase in new patients accessing services at the Health Department services for the first time.  These funds will allow the department to increase staff and service hours to meet this increased demand, create a new access point clinic location on Grand Ave (currently under construction), and expand the Midlakes Clinic in Round Lake Beach.

Lake County’s designation as a Recovery Zone provides the ability to issue up to $98 million in bonds at lower rates, thereby promoting economic development projects within the county.

ARRA Grant Awards
Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center
Funding to be utilized for expansion of the Midlakes Clinic and purchase of new computer servers	$1.7 million
Primary care services at a new community health center site in Waukegan	$1.3 million
Offset increased demand/expenses for health services	$648,000
Community Development
Neighborhood Stabilization Program 1 Neighborhood Stabilization Program 3	$4.6 million (FY2009 - FY2012) $1.4 million (FY2011 - FY2013)
Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Assistance for Lake County to distribute	$1.1 million (FY2009 - FY2012)
Homeless Assistance for distribution by the Lake County Continuum of Care program	$1.1 million
Community Development Block Grants for North Chicago, Waukegan and Lake County for shovel-ready infrastructure projects	$691,000 (FY2009 - FY2012)
Finance and Administrative Services
Energy Conservation Related Programs	$5.7 million
Economic Development
Recovery Zone Economic Development Bonds fo public infrastructure projects	$59 million
Recovery Zone Facility Bonds for public infrastructure projects	$39 million
State's Attorney
Funding for creation of one victim assistance counselor position for a three year period to assist with domestic violence, cyber crime and financial related cases Funding for a crime analyst position to assist local, state and federal law enforcement agencies in the investigation and prosecution of organized crime members.	$268,283 $165,079 (FY2011 - FY 2012)

To view a list of stimulus funds available to the State of Illinois, visit http://www.illinois.gov/recovery/reinvestment.htm.