President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan, a coronavirus relief package, Thursday in the Oval Office of the White House. (Associated Press)
The American Rescue Plan signed Thursday by President Joe Biden is set to send more than $13.5 billion to governments across Illinois, including millions of dollars to the suburbs.
About $1.6 billion will go to Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, McHenry and Will county governments combined, according to a breakdown of allocations from the U.S. House Budget Committee. That’s part of $2.5 billion being divided among Illinois’ 102 counties, with allocations largely determined by population.
What is the breakdown by local municipalities?
- Algonquin $3,817,257
- Barrington $1,262,288
- Barrington Hills $517,665
- Carpentersville $4,602,651
- Cary $2,232,139
- East Dundee $397,330
- Fox River Grove $564,984
- Hoffman Estates $6,146,629
- Inverness $911,289
- Lake Barrington $601,431
- Palatine $12,844,662, and
- South Barrington $617,245
Source: U.S. House Budget Committee
The Daily Herald story continues here, and an expanded list of municipalities can be found here.
Editorial note: Funding for villages we’ve often used as comparable to ours include Mettawa $67,086, Wadsworth $451,073 and Wayne $300,098.
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