Oak Park gives $70k to charities who refused federal grants

Oak Park gives $70k to charities who refused federal grants

Oak Park leaders voted to provide over $70,000 in village funds to three charities which declined to accept federal community development grants over a new immigration-related provision.  Each year, Oak Park disperses U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant funds to local community organizations. The village identified nine local charities supporting a variety of causes for 2025’s round of grant funding…