City Colleges of Chicago has received $12.7 million in federal stimulus money that will be distributed to struggling students.
The money isn’t required to go toward tuition but can be spent on day-to-day living expenses.
“Our students are hard-working and resilient, but many of them needed housing, food and financial support before the COVID-19 crisis, and this pandemic has only exacerbated their need,” Juan Salgado, chancellor of City Colleges of Chicago, said in a statement announcing the stimulus money Monday.
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