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Madison County reports roughly $5.5M in COVID grants; contact tracing funded and reemployment training awarded
Summary
The county Health Department described three COVID grants totaling about $5.5 million — including a $4.9 million contact tracing grant — and county workforce officials said a nearly $1.5 million Dislocated Worker grant will fund short-term training for about 100 displaced workers.
MADISON COUNTY, Ill. — Madison County health and workforce officials reported multiple federal and state grants that will fund COVID response activities and reemployment training.
Toni Corona of the Health Department told the county board the department received three grants totaling about $5.5 million. She said a $132,000 early response grant has been fully expended; a $4.9 million Illinois Department of Public Health contact tracing grant (through May 31, 2021) funded the bulk of newly hired contact tracers; and the county’s share of a state 'CURE'…
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