Chicago mayor to shift $80 millon in ARPA spending, restart guaranteed income program
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration will change how roughly $80 million in federal pandemic dollars get spent in the coming months to ensure the city doesn’t lose any money for not spending it by the 2026 deadline, officials said Monday.
Some programs will also see their American Rescue Plan Act funding scaled back or canceled launched during Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s tenure, but nixing her administration’s plans for a sobering center and support for low-barrier homeless shelters run by outside agencies.
