Congressionally Directed Spending Requests - Fiscal Year 2024
Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) is a program that enables Members of Congress to request direct funding for projects that benefit the communities they represent. Senator Duckworth worked with an Independent Review Board to examine and evaluate projects focused on building infrastructure, stimulating economic development and providing essential services for Illinois communities. This page will be updated on a rolling basis.
In compliance with Senate Rule XLIV and Committee Requirement, Senator Duckworth has certified that she, her spouse and her immediate family have no financial interest in any of the projects requested below.
Following the Independent Review Board's examination, Senator Duckworth has requested federal funding for the following Illinois projects:
Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers
Project Location: Cahokia Heights, Illinois
Amount Requested: $6,600,000
Project Purpose: This project would construct interceptor sewers by modifying existing pump stations and force mains to increase the reliability of sewer service, reduce backups and overflows, reduce maintenance costs and enhance compliance with the Clean Water Act.
Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers
Project Location: Upper Mississippi River System
Amount Requested: $120,000,000
Project Purpose: The Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) would improve the capacity and efficiency of the navigation system of the Upper Mississippi River by updating lock and dam infrastructure as well as restoring the riverine and riparian habitat and ecosystem.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Recipient Name: Boys & Girls Club of Livingston County
Project Location: Fairbury, Illinois
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Purpose: This project will help construct a 17,700-square-foot intergenerational community center in Fairbury, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Dixon Family YMCA
Project Location: Dixon, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This funding will support the expansion of the Dixon Family YMCA's Early Childhood program.
Recipient Name: Memorial Hospital Association
Project Location: Carthage, Illinois
Amount Requested: $865,000
Project Purpose: This project would help fund the expansion of Memorial Hospital's primary care services and allow the hospital to develop enhanced outreach services.
Recipient Name: City of Sycamore
Project Location: Sycamore, Illinois
Amount Requested: $345,000
Project Purpose: This project funding will help the Sycamore Fire Department purchase a quint fire truck.
Recipient Name: Buncombe Public Water District
Project Location: Makanda, Illinois
Amount Requested: $150,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the renovation of Springer Ridge pump station facilities that will allow the Water District to better understand how much water loss is occurring at the master meter located in Carbondale, Illinois and the local water tower.
Recipient Name: The City of West Frankfort
Project Location: West Frankfort, Illinois
Amount Requested: $160,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the design engineering to clean out the excess flow lagoons used at the sewage treatment plant in West Frankfort, Illinois.
Recipient Name: City of Anna
Project Location: Anna, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project would help fund the renovation of the Anna Jonesboro Water Commission's well system, water treatment plant and water distribution system.
Financial Services and General Government
Recipient Name: Women's Business Development Center
Project Location: Illinois - statewide
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project would support business entrepreneurship training for childcare providers throughout Illinois in an effort to boost the number of affordable childcare providers.
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Recipient Name: City of East Alton
Project Location: East Alton, Illinois
Amount Requested: $6,500,000
Project Purpose: This project will help enhance the water capacity at the Village of East Alton's water plant.
Recipient Name: City of Amboy
Project Location: Amboy, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the removal of lead water service lines in the City of Amboy, Illinois.
Recipient Name: City of Polo
Project Location: Polo, Illinois
Amount Requested: $400,000
Project Purpose: This project would help fund the removal of lead service lines in the City of Polo, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District
Project Location: Bloomington, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,260,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the construction of a new pump station and force main to allow Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District to absorb Clearview Sanitary District and decommission its aging and non-compliant sewage treatment lagoons.
Recipient Name: Burnside Water District
Project Location: New Burnside, Illinois
Amount Requested: $831,000
Project Purpose: This project would help fund the replacement of old obsolete meters with new AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) to reduce unaccounted water loss, increase revenue and identify customer leaks in real-time.
Recipient Name: City of Cahokia Heights
Project Location: Cahokia Heights, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the construction of new interceptor sewers, pump stations and force mains to increase the reliability of sewer service and reduce backups and overflows.
Recipient Name: City of Spring Valley
Project Location: Spring Valley, Illinois
Amount Requested: $595,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the replacement of the undersized and failing watermain on Dakota Street in Spring Valley, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Cook County Bureau of Asset Management
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the technical planning, design and construction of a more substantial project to address critical water infrastructure needs in historically underserved communities within Cook County, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Village of North Utica
Project Location: North Utica, Illinois
Amount Requested: $619,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the design, engineering and construction of a new watermain to replace the oldest watermain in North Utica, which is cast iron.
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Recipient Name: Southern Illinois University
Project Location: Carbondale, Illinois
Amount Requested: $3,500,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the construction of a new Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility at Rend Lake College, in coordination with the SIU School of Mechanical, Aerospace Materials Engineering.
Recipient Name: McDermott Center
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $910,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the expansion of a new program that supports the mental health of first responders through intensive retreats.
Recipient Name: Peoria County
Project Location: Peoria, Illinois
Amount Requested: $564,000
Project Purpose: This project funding would help Peoria fund the deployment of the Cure Violence model, which is an evidence-based strategy for reducing gun violence among individuals most at risk for violence.
Recipient Name: City of East St. Louis
Project Location: East St. Louis, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,446,000
Project Purpose: This project would help the City of East St. Louis fund the installation of Q-Star Technology FlashCams and Smart LED lights on Summit Avenue between 52nd and 59th Street. This technology will be placed in an illegal dumping hotspot area in East St. Louis.
Recipient Name: Lake Land College
Project Location: Mattoon, Illinois
Amount Requested: $142,000
Project Purpose: This project would help fund the expansion of a STEM program for the community surrounding Lake Land College.
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Recipient Name: Green Era Educational NFP
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $2,367,000
Project Purpose: This project would fund the establishment of the Green Era Renewable Energy and Urban Farm Campus, which is transforming 9-acres of brownfields in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood into a center for organics recycling, green energy and jobs, fresh produce and small business incubation.
Recipient Name: Southern Illinois Airport Authority
Project Location: Murphysboro, Illinois
Amount Requested: $2,100,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the construction of additional parking for airline-size aircraft for maintenance, repair and overhaul work.
Recipient Name: Springfield Airport Authority
Project Location: Springfield, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,800,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the extension of the terminal aircraft-parking ramp, allowing for additional aircraft parking areas while providing safe distances from taxiing aircraft on adjacent pavements.
Recipient Name: Housing Authority of Cook County
Project Location: Cook County, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,544,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund critically needed capital improvements at the Housing Authority of Cook County's south suburban affordable housing properties.
Recipient Name: City of Chicago
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $8,800,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the development of a covered and lit walkway, compliant with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, from Metra's O'Hare Transfer Station to the entrance of the O'Hare Multi-modal Facility and Airport Transit System station.
Recipient Name: Joliet Regional Port District
Project Location: Romeoville, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,327,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the expansion of the aircraft staging and operating apron pavement area available for the growing pilot flight training schools at the airport.
Recipient Name: Illinois Department of Transportation
Project Location: Marion, Illinois
Amount Requested: $265,000
Project Purpose: This project will fund developments to weatherize and protect bus shelters and utilize solar power to provide interior lighting at 8 new bus shelters in Marion, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Centro de Informacion
Project Location: Elgin, Illinois
Amount Requested: $110,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the expansion of facilities for Centro community immigrant services.
Recipient Name: Springfield Branch NAACP
Project Location: Springfield, Illinois
Amount Requested: $750,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the design and construction of a memorial on the proposed 1908 Race Riot National Monument. The project will help boost local tourism revenue and has the potential to be a catalyst for other local economic development.
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Recipient Name: Illinois National Guard
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Project Purpose: This project would help fund major alterations to a 221,391 square foot National Guard Readiness Center for 588 Soldiers (7 units), with a strategic objective of adding 5 additional units and 542 Soldiers.
Recipient Name: Illinois National Guard
Project Location: Peoria, Illinois
Amount Requested: $3,044,000
Project Purpose: This project would help fund the construction of a 76,008 square foot National Guard Readiness Center for 292 Soldiers or 9 units.
Recipient Name: City of Moline
Project Location: Moline, Illinois
Amount Requested: $3,500,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund flood mitigation efforts in Moline, Illinois, specifically in the I-92 corridor.
Recipient Name: Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University
Project Location: Macomb, Illinois
Amount Requested: $2,511,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund renovations to Currens Hall Library to support the development of a state of the art Emergency Operations Center in western Illinois.
Recipient Name: City of Crystal Lake
Project Location: Crystal Lake, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund a flooding mitigation effort to re-establish Crystal Creek into an open water channel.
Recipient Name: City of Golconda
Project Location: Golconda, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,670,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund critically-needed improvements to the Golconda levee system pumping station, issues first identified in the Army Corps of Engineers 2017 Periodic Inspection and 2020 Routine Inspection.
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
Recipient Name: William Rainey Harper College
Project Location: Palatine, Illinois
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Purpose: This project would fund the development and implementation of a career pathway to increase education and training opportunities and improve access for individuals seeking employment in jobs generated from the CHIPS Act to expand microchip manufacturing across the U.S.
Recipient Name: Shawnee Community College
Project Location: Pulaski County, Illinois
Amount Requested: $336,000
Project Purpose: This project would enhance and update the welding program at Shawnee Community College to meet the educational and employment needs of the community.
Recipient Name: Rockford Public Schools
Project Location: Rockford, Illinois
Amount Requested: $300,000
Project Purpose: This project would fund an initiative between Rockford public schools and Rockford University to allow high school students interested in pursuing a career in education to transition to a teacher prep program through Rockford University.
Recipient Name: Northeastern Illinois University
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $145,000
Project Purpose: This project would fund the creation of a Veterans Resource Center at Northeastern Illinois University to support Veteran students' transition from military service to higher education and careers.
Recipient Name: Illinois State Alliance of YMCAs
Project Location: Illinois - statewide
Amount Requested: $400,000
Project Purpose: This project would fund the expansion of the YMCA Safety Around Water drowning prevention program to YMCAs throughout the State of Illinois
Recipient Name: Heartlinks Grief Center at Family Hospice of Belleville Area
Project Location: St. Clair County, Illinois
Amount Requested: $120,000
Project Purpose: This project would fund the creation and distribution of Grief LAB: Life After Bereavement, which is an easily accessible, inexpensive, peer-focused grief support curriculum for K-12 schools.
Recipient Name: Centro Romero
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $150,000
Project Purpose: This project would fund a Latino immigrant and refugee-serving community center to enhance their domestic violence counseling services, immigration legal services, after-school programming, public benefits access and more to enable program participants to thrive through financial self-sufficiency.
Recipient Name: The Black Fire Brigade Org
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Purpose: This project would fund a program to train and place young people in career positions of EMT, EMS or Paramedic through after-school programs, employment programs, vocational training, job readiness training and online high school and GED programs.
Recipient Name: Infant Welfare Society of Chicago (IWS Family Health)
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $185,000
Project Purpose: This project would fund the continuation of a community program that offers on-site developmental delay therapies for low-income and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients in Chicago.
Recipient Name: John A Logan College
Project Location: Carterville, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,480,000
Project Purpose: This project funding will help expand healthcare classrooms and labs, upgrade outdated healthcare classrooms and train healthcare workers to fill critical shortages in rural southern Illinois.
Recipient Name: DuPagePads
Project Location: DuPage County, Illinois
Amount Requested: $347,000
Project Purpose: This project would fund the construction of an outdoor playground for more than 130 children experiencing homelessness who are receiving emergency shelter at the DuPagePads 24-hour Interim Housing Center (IHC).
Recipient Name: Illinois Medical District (IMD) Guest House Foundation
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $168,000
Project Purpose: This project funding will be used to enhance the services that IMD Guest House delivers to their guests with permanent or temporary physical disabilities.
Recipient Name: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
Project Location: City of Peoria and City of Rockford
Amount Requested: $675,000
Project Purpose: This project would train a total of 24 barbers and beauticians in Peoria and Rockford to conduct blood pressure screenings and referrals to the local University of Illinois Health clinics for follow-up and treatment.
Recipient Name: The National Runaway Safeline
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $425,000
Project Purpose: This project funding will enable the National Runaway Safeline (NRS) to partner with Chapin Hall, a national leader in youth homelessness research, to conduct an analysis and study of NRS crisis intervention and prevention services data.
Recipient Name: Chicago Family Health Center, Inc. (CFHC)
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $122,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the construction of a pharmacy at CFHC's south Chicago clinic location.
Recipient Name: Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Project Location: Pinckneyville, Illinois
Amount Requested: $192,000
Project Purpose: This project will provide Pinckneyville Community Hospital with innovative and advanced cardiac monitoring and vital signs capabilities to replace devices no longer supported. New systems will be placed in the Emergency Department, Oncology Unit, Surgical Unit and Medical Floor.
Recipient Name: Mothers' Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes
Project Location: Elk Grove Village
Amount Requested: $850,000
Project Purpose: This project funding will help the Mothers' Milk Bank relocate to a new, expanded facility in Elk Grove, Illinois.
Recipient Name: CommunityHealth
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $516,000
Project Purpose: This project would fund the renovation of CommunityHealth's office space to allow for more employee workspaces and additional rooms for health workshops, vaccine clinics, health education classes and more.
Recipient Name: BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding and Educational Center
Project Location: Harvard and Poplar Grove, Illinois
Amount Requested: $200,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund free equine-assisted services for Veterans and their families, as well as help maintain facilities.
Recipient Name: Best Buddies International, Inc.
Project Location: Macon and Sangamon Counties, Illinois
Amount Requested: $250,000
Project Purpose: This project would fund the Best Buddies in Illinois Inclusion Project for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to create more inclusive school communities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships, inclusive activities and leadership training.
Recipient Name: Illinois Central College
Project Location: East Peoria, Illinois
Amount Requested: $860,000
Project Purpose: This project funding will help purchase training materials for Illinois Central College's Truck Driver Training Program, including tractor trailers, one Class B truck and stipends for participating students.
Recipient Name: Hispanic Federation
Project Location: Cook, Sangamon and Champaign Counties, Illinois
Amount Requested: $700,000
Project Purpose: This project would expand the Hispanic Federation's College Readiness, Achievement and Retention (CREAR) Futuros program to two additional universities in Illinois and support its existing program at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Recipient Name: Richland Community College
Project Location: Decatur, Illinois
Amount Requested: $2,700,000
Project Purpose: This project funding will help contribute to the development of the EV Innovation Hub at Richland Community College.
Recipient Name: Malcolm X College
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $515,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the expansion of Malcolm X College's child development program.
Recipient Name: Oakton College
Project Location: Cook County, Illinois
Amount Requested: $800,000
Project Purpose: This project funding will help Oakton College create a health career hub in Evanston at the NorthShore Hospital complex to provide quality education and experiential learning for students entering the medical field.
Recipient Name: Aunt Martha’s Health and Wellness
Project Location: Kankakee, Illinois
Amount Requested: $450,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the development of an integrated practice unit that will provide patient-centered coordinated care, including primary care, behavioral health and youth wellness services for more than 3,000 low-income adolescents and young adults in Kankakee, Illinois.
