Congressionally Directed Spending Requests - Fiscal Year 2025
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:
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Recipient Name: Herrin CUSD No. 4
Project Location: Herrin, Illinois
Amount Requested: $819,500
Project Purpose: This project will help expand capacity at the Herrin CUSD No. 4 Pre-K Center.
Recipient Name: Memorial Hospital Association
Project Location: LaHarpe, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help construct an additional health clinic in LaHarpe, Illinois to expand access to healthcare in this community.
Recipient Name: West Frankfort Illinois Fire Department
Project Location: West Frankfort, Illinois
Amount Requested: $454,000
Project Purpose: This funding will help secure a new fire truck and equipment for the West Frankfort Fire Department.
Recipient Name: Mount Carroll Fire Protection District
Project Location: Mount Carroll, Illinois
Amount Requested: $750,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the construction of a new fire station in Mount Carroll, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Village of Prairie Du Rocher
Project Location: Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois
Amount Requested: $600,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the rehabilitation of sewer infrastructure projects in Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Southeastern Illinois College
Project Location: Harrisburg, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,650,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the expansion of the College's welding shop to boost capacity for more students.
Recipient Name: Galena - Jo Daviess County Historical Society
Project Location: Illinois
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the construction of a new museum adject to the U.S. Grant Home State Historic Site.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE AND SCIENCE AND RELATED AGENCIES
Recipient Name: Urbana School District 116
Project Location: Urbana, Illinois
Amount Requested: $262,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the development of a community school initiative in Urbana School District 116.
Recipient Name: William Rainey Harper College
Project Location: Palatine, Illinois
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the development of a quantum workforce education and training network at William Rainey Harper College.
Recipient Name: Youth Advocate Programs, Inc
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $750,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund community-based, youth violence prevention efforts in Chicago, Illinois.
Recipient Name: City of Aurora
Project Location: Aurora, Illinois
Amount Requested: $128,000
Project Purpose: This project will fund crisis intervention training for law enforcement in Aurora, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Defy Ventures
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $100,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund additional programming and training dedicated to Defy Ventures' efforts to reduce recidivism in Illinois.
Recipient Name: Eastern Illinois University
Project Location: Charleston, Illinois
Amount Requested: $580,000
Project Purpose: This project will fund new technology and equipment upgrades for the Eastern Illinois University Student Security Operations Center.
Recipient Name: County of Kane
Project Location: Kane County, Illinois
Amount Requested: $200,000
Project Purpose: This funding will help upgrade and modernize transportation and emergency operation communications for Kane County, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)
Project Location: Dixmoor, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the replacement of degraded water mains in Dixmoor, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)
Project Location: Calumet City, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,350,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund stormwater infrastructure improvements in Calumet City, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)
Project Location: Union County, Illinois
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the Southwest Illinois Levee Systems feasibility study.
Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)
Project Location: Red Bud, Illinois
Amount Requested: $600,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the Ecosystem Watershed Plan for Kaskaskia River.
Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)
Project Location: Rock Island, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the dredging and removal of sediment of the Sunset Marina and Lake Potter, including its entrance to the Mississippi River.
Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)
Project Location: Illinois
Amount Requested: $287,00,000
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.
FINANCIAL SERVICES, GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES
Recipient Name: Chicago's Sunshine Enterprises, Inc.
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $550,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund programming support for Sunshine Enterprises, an organization dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs in Chicago's historically underserved communities.
Recipient Name: The Growing Season
Project Location: Evanston, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This funding will support the mission of The Growing Season and The Aux in empowering entrepreneurs from underserved communities in Chicago in gaining access to small business opportunities.
Recipient Name: Kansas Police Department
Project Location: Village of Kansas, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,211,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the development of the Village of Kansas Municipal Building.
Recipient Name: E-COM Dispatch Center
Project Location: Cook and Will Counties, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,500,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the development of a South Suburban Emergency Communications and Operating Center
Recipient Name: City of Rockford
Project Location: Rockford, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund vital flood mitigation infrastructure upgrades in Rockford, Illinois.
Recipient Name: City of North Chicago
Project Location: North Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund improvements to the fire facility in North Chicago, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Cahokia Heights
Project Location: Cahokia Heights, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund sanitary infrastructure improvements in Cahokia Heights, Illinois.
Recipient Name: City of Mendota
Project Location: Mendota, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,150,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund sanitary infrastructure improvements in the City of Mendota, Illinois.
Recipient Name: City of Chester
Project Location: Chester, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,334,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund a water main replacement in Chester, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Bonnie Brae Forest Manor Sanitary District
Project Location: Lockport, Illinois
Amount Requested: $250,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund water main infrastructure improvement projects in the Bonnie Brae Forest Manor Sanitary District.
Recipient Name: Winnebago County
Project Location: Rockford, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help address PFAS contamination through funding water infrastructure upgrades in Rockford, Illinois.
Recipient Name: City of Markham
Project Location: Markham, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,620,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund water infrastructure improvements in the City of Markham, Illinois.
Recipient Name: City of Paris
Project Location: Paris, Illinois
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund wastewater improvement initiatives in Paris, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Godley Public Water District
Project Location: Godley, Illinois
Amount Requested: $800,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund water infrastructure improvements in the Godley Public Water District.
Recipient Name: Village of Lansing
Project Location: Lansing, Illinois
Amount Requested: $250,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund water infrastructure improvements in the Village of Lansing.
Recipient Name: Village of Park Forest
Project Location: Village of Park Forest, Illinois
Amount Requested: $653,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund water main improvements in Park Forest, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Village of Forreston
Project Location: Village of Forreston, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund water infrastructure improvements in the Village of Forreston, Illinois.
Recipient Name: City of Jerseyville
Project Location: City of Jerseyville, Illinois
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund improvements to water and storm drain infrastructure in the City of Jerseyville, Illinois.
Recipient Name: City of Carbondale
Project Location: Carbondale, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund critical stormwater infrastructure upgrades in Carbondale, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Village of Sheffield
Project Location: Village of Sheffield, Illinois
Amount Requested: $258,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund water infrastructure upgrades in the Village of Sheffield, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Vermilion Advantage
Project Location: Danville, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund stormwater infrastructure upgrades to a site in Danville, Illinois.
Recipient Name: The Rend Lake Conservancy District
Project Location: West Frankfort, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project would help fund water main replacements in West Frankfort, Illinois.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERAN AFFAIRS
Recipient Name: Illinois National Guard
Project Location: Marseilles, Illinois
Amount Requested: $3,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will update and modernize the range facility at the Marseilles Training Center.
Recipient Name: Illinois National Guard
Project Location: Peoria, Illinois
Amount Requested: $10,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will 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.
LABOR, HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND EDUCATION
Recipient Name: Parkland College
Project Location: Champaign, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,050,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund upgrades to Parkland College's Aviation Training program.
Recipient Name: College of DuPage
Project Location: Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Amount Requested: $350,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the expansion of the College of DuPage’s electric vehicle curriculum.
Recipient Name: Stroger Hospital
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund Cook-County Health-Stroger Hospital programs.
Recipient Name: Collinsville Area Vocational Center
Project Location: Collinsville, Illinois
Amount Requested: $3,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for this project will help expand programs at the Collinsville Area Vocational Center.
Recipient Name: Project SYNCERE
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $200,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund educational improvements at E-CADEMY.
Recipient Name: Waubonsee Community College
Project Location: Sugar Grove, Illinois
Amount Requested: $250,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund innovations to the Waubonsee Community College.
Recipient Name: Chinese Mutual Aid Association
Project Location: Elgin Township, Illinois
Amount Requested: $135,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the Chinese Mutual Aid Association adult day service program.
Recipient Name: Jackson County Health Department
Project Location: Murphysboro, Illinois
Amount Requested: $176,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund improvements to the Jackson County Health Department.
Recipient Name: City of Chicago
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,387,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the City of Chicago's Department Public Health substance abuse initiatives.
Recipient Name: Share Our Spare
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $387,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund Share Our Spare's family relief initiatives.
Recipient Name: City of Chicago
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund initiatives within Chicago's Department of Family and Support Services.
Recipient Name: Illinois Eye Institute
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund program and training initiatives for the Illinois College of Optometry.
Recipient Name: Eagle View Community Health System
Project Location: Oquawka, Illinois
Amount Requested: $550,000
Project Purpose: This project will help expand Henderson County Rural Health Center's rural health program initiatives.
Recipient Name: Rosecrance, Inc
Project Location: Rockford, Illinois
Amount Requested: $800,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund initiatives within the Rosecrance, Inc. Behavioral Healthcare comprehensive system.
Recipient Name: Dominican University
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund Dominican University Chicago's Workforce Development Center.
Recipient Name: Sauk Valley Voices of Recovery
Project Location: Dixon, Illinois
Amount Requested: $220,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the Sauk Valley Voices of Recovery Crossroads Mobile Outreach unit.
Recipient Name: Southern Illinois Hospital Services
Project Location: West Frankfort, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund renovations to the Miners Memorial Rural Health Clinic.
Recipient Name: Iroquois Memorial Hospital and Resident Home
Project Location: Watseka, Illinois
Amount Requested: $200,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the Iroquois Memorial Hospital improvement upgrades.
Recipient Name: Reading Is Fundamental
Project Location: Statewide
Amount Requested: $742,000
Project Purpose: This program would fund a literacy program for children in various counties throughout Illinois.
Recipient Name: Evanston ASPA
Project Location: Evanston, Illinois
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the development of an Asian American Art and Cultural Center.
Recipient Name: Sunset Home
Project Location: Quincy, Illinois
Amount Requested: $400,000
Project Purpose: This project will help expand a senior living facility in Quincy, Illinois.
Recipient Name: The Morton Arboretum
Project Location: Lisle, Illinois
Amount Requested: $414,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the purchase of handicap accessible transportation to enhance accessibility for mobility- challenged visitors at the Morton Arboretum.
TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Recipient Name: Illinois Facilities Fund
Project Location: Collinsville, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help expand affordable housing units in Collinsville, Illinois.
Recipient Name: VOA Illinois
Project Location: Joliet, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the expansion of Hope Manor Village Joliet's housing development initiative.
Recipient Name: Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $750,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund accessibility upgrades at the Boys and Girls Club True Value in Little Village, Chicago.
Recipient Name: BEDS Plus, Inc.
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,400,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the expansion of transitional shelter services at BEDS, Plus Inc.
Recipient Name: North Lawndale Catalyst Impact Initiative, Inc.
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,600,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund infrastructure developments in the North Lawndale community in Chicago, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Margaret's Village
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $444,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund renovations to expand capacity at Margaret's Village.
Recipient Name: City of Marseilles
Project Location: Marseilles, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,460,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund a bridge replacement in Marseilles, Illinois.
Recipient Name: People for Community Recovery
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $400,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the development of Hazel M Johnson Institute for Sustainability and Environmental Justice.
Recipient Name: Rock Island Economic Growth Corporation
Project Location: Rock Island, Illinois
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help expand affordable housing capacity through the redevelopment of the Shimer Square housing development.
Recipient Name: MidAmerica St. Louis Airport
Project Location: Mascoutah, Illinois
Amount Requested: $4,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund infrastructure upgrades at the MidAmerica St. Louis Airport.
Recipient Name: City of Carbondale
Project Location: Carbondale, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,500,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the development of a new homeless center facility in Carbondale, Illinois.
Recipient Name: Uprising Theater
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $850,000
Project Purpose: This project will fund renovations to expand capacity at the Uprising Theater.
Recipient Name: After School Matters, Inc.
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help expand capacity for youth mentoring programs at After School Matters, Inc.
Recipient Name: Public Building Commission of St. Clair County, Illinois
Project Location: Belleville, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,500,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the renovation costs of the Belle-Clair Fairgrounds Park.
Recipient Name: Navy Pier, Inc.
Project Location: Streeterville, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,218,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund accessibility upgrades at Navy Pier.
Recipient Name: The Outlet Mentoring Program
Project Location: Springfield, Illinois
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: This project will help fund the development of a youth mentoring center in Springfield, Illinois.
