Lake County, IL Grant Opportunities

Lake County Community Development takes Program Year 2027 applications for CDBG public improvement projects; activities must generally benefit persons at least 51% of whom are low- or moderate-income. Funding sources and amounts are not yet determined and depend on the federal budget.

Lake County takes Program Year 2027 public service applications for CDBG (Lake County, North Chicago and Waukegan) and Emergency Solutions Grant funds, estimated at $375K, $40K, $110K and $220K and subject to the federal budget. CDBG and ESG requests start at $10,000 with no maximum (Waukegan CDBG: $5,000 to $25,000); the match is at least 25% for CDBG and dollar for dollar for ESG.

Lake County takes Program Year 2027 applications for Video Gaming Revenue funds, about $430,000, for gambling addiction assessment, education and outreach, clinical and non-clinical gambling addiction services, and other behavioral health services. There are no minimum or maximum requests and no match is required; funding must expand services rather than subsidize existing ones.