Champaign council to rethink decision on agency grants

CHAMPAIGN – A city council decision to end grants to local social service agencies next fiscal year could be reversed Tuesday night.

The city council will consider Tuesday, in study session, a staff recommendation to set aside a total of $300,000 for the next two fiscal years to provide social service grants and to fund neighborhood improvement initiatives like the youth pilot program in the Garden Hills neighborhood.

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