9th District Projects Set For $26 Million In Funding, Schakowsky Says

Local projects financed by the $1.7 trillion in spending include road improvements, building renovations, lead line replacement and more.

By Jonah Meadows, Patch Staff

Dec 27, 2022 2:50 pm CDT

U.S. Rep. Jan. Schakowsky announced 15 projects in Illinois 9th Congressional District would receive funding from a 12-bill omnibus funding package that passed Congress on party lines Friday. (Jonah Meadows/Patch, File)

EVANSTON, IL — Fifteen projects across U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky's congressional district are in line to receive more than $26 million from the $1.7 trillion in government funding package approved by lawmakers last week.

“For years, we have seen many worthy projects in our community go underfunded," Schakowsky (D-Evanston) said in a statement. "Whether it be school programs, community centers, or infrastructure needs, public funding has come up short or has been non-existent."

Schakowsky is a senior chief deputy whip and an outgoing subcommittee chair in the House Energy and Commerce Committee. She is due to be sworn in to a 14th term in office next month.

"I am proud to announce, thanks to the passage of this spending package, I will be bringing home $26,239,331 for 15 vital projects throughout Illinois’ 9th Congressional District," Schakowsky said.

Schakowsky submitted each of the the following projects to the House Appropriations Committee for funding in the coming fiscal year.

$7 million for the Rand Road/Kensington Road/Route 83 intersection improvement project in Mount Prospect.
$3.75 million for renovations to the High Ridge YMCA facility in Chicago
$2.42 million for the River Trails Stormwater Project in Prospect Heights
$2 million for the village of Skokie's lead service line replacement project
$2 million for renovations to Connections for the Homeless' Hilda's Place in Evanston
$2 million for the swimming pool at the Broadway Armory Natatorium in Chicago
$1.76 million towards completing a 4.2 mile gap in the Skokie Valley Trail Project in Skokie
$1.2 million for a 175-seat educational outreach studio theater at Black Ensemble Theater in Chicago
$1.13 million for renovations to the Family Focus "Our Place" building in Evanston
$650,000 for the Living Room program at Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center in Skokie to expand in coordination with Evanston
$625,000 for Loyola University Chicago's Minority-Owned Business Dashboard program
$546,859 for the trauma-informed mental health programs of RefugeeOne of Chicago, which are geared towards Afghan and Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers
$525,000 for the simulation and healthcare provider teacher center at Hatzalah Chicago in Lincolnwood
$300,000 for the a mobile mental health advocacy unit and training for Apna Ghar of Chicago to provide resources and mental health care to survivors of gender-based violence
$333,000 for Muslim Women Resource Center in Chicago, for two vans, a program coordinator and two drivers as part of resettlement programs for Afghan refugees.

"This will provide needed funding for our community," she added. "I will continue fighting every single day to ensure that all people in the 9th Congressional District have the resources they need and deserve."

The $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package — 4,155 pages composed of a dozen individual appropriations bills — includes $772.5 billion on domestic initiatives and $858 billion in military spending. The bill contains about $40 billion in emergency spending in the U.S., mostly for places hit by climate-related disasters, as well as $45 billion for the defense of Ukraine.

The legislation cleared the House Friday by a mostly party-line vote of 225-201, will fund government agencies through September. It had earlier passed the Senate by a vote of 68-29, and President Joe Biden pledged to sign it.

Congress is due to return Tuesday, Republicans will have a majority in the House of Representatives, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) is set to relinquish the gavel.