The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), working closely with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA), the Illinois Housing Development Agency (IHDA) and inviting input by communities, individuals and other interested parties, has developed the following action plan to outline the eligible activities available to assist counties to meet unmet housing, business, public service, public infrastructure and other needs incurred by the 2008 disasters as well as addressing critical needs stemming from previous flooding in many of the same areas which impair long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and response to future disasters.
* The Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. Law 110-329), enacted on September 30, 2008, appropriated $6.5 billion through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).
