Homewood is getting some conditional economic relief to help cope with the costs of COVID-19.
The village board approved an agreement Tuesday to accept $436,731.52. That's Homewood’s share of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
The county is the pass-through agency for the funds. It received $429 million in CARES Act funds. About $51 million will be divided among suburban towns.
A formula was developed with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning to determine how much each municipality would be given. It’s . . .