Illinois Department of Human Services issued the following announcement on Dec. 16.
Healing Illinois, an initiative to engage residents of communities across the state that have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 in meaningful dialogue, has selected 179 organizations to receive awards. The organizations will use the funding to create community-centric, inclusive spaces to talk, learn and grow, supporting the initiative’s overarching goals: to build and advance knowledge and understanding of racial healing and racial equity in communities across the state; increase trust and relationship building among the residents of Illinois; and provide opportunities for communities and individuals to begin to heal from the harms caused by racism.
Click here to read the full press release: https://www2.illinois.gov/Pages/news-item.aspx.
Original source can be found here.
Source: Illinois Department of Human Services
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