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inJeopardy Nonprofits at risk of closing programs respond to budget crisis by mobilizing immigrants to vote
with immigrant organizations, as well as other organizations due money from the state, to address as many outstanding bills as possible, but cannot act alone. The governor has been working with the General Assembly to pursue a combination of strategies to help the state solve its $13 billion dollar deficit. These strategies include creating jobs, cutting spending, responsible borrowing, help from the federal government and increasing revenues.
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Illinois ResourceNet (IRN) will convene its second annual conference Sept. 16 at UIC Forum. Since 2008, the organization has helped nonprofits and local governments throughout the state submit proposals, leading to $6.8 million in awards for these groups. In the course of two years, IRN has collaborated with experts from federal, state and regional groups who will be present at the conference to assist participants on topics such as planning and obtaining federal grants in place-based strategies.
As an alternative to the issue, IRN helps capacitate nonprofits that do not have the manpower to apply for federal dollars.
“A lot of federal dollars are left on the table by state agencies, local governments and Illinois nonprofits like MLEA,” said Atanacio “Nacho” González, associate director of UIC Neighborhoods Initiative. “The role of groups like Illinois ResourceNet is to simplify the federal grant seeking process so that Illinois agencies and nonprofits can more easily access federal dollars.”
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