Important Links

National stimulus website: http://www.recovery.gov

• Student Assistance Commission (including FAFSA forms): http://www.collegezone.com
  
  

National updates:

• May 2009 Quarterly Report to the President
  
  

Illinois State Agency Stimulus Websites:

• Healthcare and Family Services: http://hfs.illinois.gov/recovery/
  
  
• Transportation : http://www.dot.il.gov/stimulus/index.html
  
  
• IDOT's "shovel ready" highway program list: http://www.dot.il.gov/stimulus/April_Letting_List_With_Letter.pdf
  
  
• Board of Education: http://www.isbe.net/arra/default.htm
  
  
• Environmental Protection: http://www.epa.state.il.us/water/financial-assistance/economic-stimulus/index.html
  
  
• Commerce and Economic Opportunity: http://www2.illinoisbiz.biz/econ/
  
  

Illinois stimulus programs:

• Unemployment Compensation : http://www.ides.state.il.us
  
  
• Vocational Rehabilitation: http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=29737
  
  
• Helps people with disabilities find and keep jobs.
  
  
• COBRA and other continuation health insurance coverage : http://recovery.illinois.gov/documents/COBRAFACTSHEET.pdf
  
  
• Emergency Food assistance: http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=30366
  
  
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families : http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=30358
  
  
• Provides temporary cash assistance to help families achieve independence.
  
  
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance: http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=30357
  
  
• Food assistance for Women, Infants and Children: http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=30513
  
  
• Provides food assistance to pregnant women, new mothers and young children.
  
  
• Child Care: http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=29720
  
  
• Provides working families with access to quality, affordable childcare services.
  
  
• Neighborhood Stabilization: http://www.dhs.state.il.us/nsp
  
  
• Helps with problems caused by foreclosures, high-risk mortgages, and high numbers of abandoned or vacant properties.
  
  
• Broadband technology: http://tinyurl.com/tech-IL
  
  
• Home Weatherization Assistance: http://www.weatherizationillinois.com
  
  
• Serve Illinois Commission: http://www.serve.illinois.gov
  
  
• AmeriCorps: http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=31865