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The City of Bloomington is putting a chunk of its pandemic relief money into homeless services, youth education and support, a program for sexual assault survivors, and the facility of a human services agency.
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More young adults in Bloomington-Normal need shelter now than during the early part of the pandemic. Project Oz Youth Service Director Cheris Larson said
Project Oz Two Twin City nonprofit agencies will expand services in areas of high need after being awarded state grants funded by marijuana tax money. Project Oz and Prairie State Legal Services will both get about $200,000 to focus on areas of Bloomington affected by chronic and historical disinvestment, though amounts of the grants might not be final. Prairie State Director Adrian Barr said his organization will use the money to do outreach to African Americans who traditionally distrust the criminal legal system. "They generalize those experience to encompass all issues regarding the law...