Des Plaines awards $160,000 in social service grants
Updated 4/23/2021 3:38 PM Twenty-eight organizations will receive municipal grants totaling $160,000 through Des Plaines' annual social service program.
The city council approved the grants this week. Funding was included in the annual city budget. The city's health and human services division evaluated the grant requests. Grants ranged from $2,000 to $15,000 each. The grants were awarded based on several criteria, including: what local needs an applying agency meets; the number of Des Plaines residents served; the percentage of clients from Des Plaines; and the abundance or scarcity of the service provided. The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged Des Plaines-area social service agencies to serve a growing number of clients, Kathy Puetz, a community social worker for the city, wrote in a memo about the grants.