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Council reviews Project NOW 'Level Up' request after program shows early results
Summary
Project NOW told Moline City Council the Level Up emergency assistance program served 57 households in its second year and requested $264,000 in city funding for fiscal 2026 to continue monthly stipends, emergency payments and program administration.
Project NOW officials told the Moline City Council on July 22 that their Level Up emergency-assistance program helped dozens of local households and is asking the city for continued funding as part of its fiscal 2026 payments-to-agencies request. The agency asked the council to authorize $264,000 next year to continue monthly stipends, emergency payments and program administration.
The request matters because Level Up is intended to plug short-term gaps — rent, utilities, transportation and other urgent needs — for households facing economic shocks. Project NOW said the program is structured to avoid triggering reductions in other state- and federally supplied benefits, an issue the group said required state policy changes to resolve.
Reverend Ford of Project NOW framed the program as…
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