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Durbin to announce half-million-dollar funding for local organization

April 21, 2023 / 7:42 AM CDT / CBS Chicago

Sen. Durbin announcing federal funding for Chicago organization

CHICAGO (CBS) – Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is in Chicago announcing a big boost for a local organization.

The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago is receiving $500,000 in federal funding.

The half-million dollar funding will help expand youth mentoring on the city's West and Far South Sides as well as south suburban Cook County.

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Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin Weekly Newspaper, OakPark.com and Sportskeeda.