CAPCIL Re-launches Disaster Relief Unit

[September 15, 2021]   Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois temporarily re-launches the Disaster Relief Unit in hopes to help those financially affected by the pandemic. The Disaster Relief Unit (DRU) is funded by the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG).

DRU will run July 19th through September 30th, providing support services during, and following the COVID-19 pandemic. Support Services will include rental & mortgage assistance, and additional utility assistance. These services will be available in all six counties in their service area.

If you have been directly affected by COVID-19 and need assistance, please contact us for eligibility by calling CAPCIL. For those in Logan, Mason & Fulton Counties please call 217-732-2159. For those in Dewitt, Menard, & Piatt Counties please call 217-762-2421.

It is the mission of CAPCIL, in partnership with communities in our service area, to empower persons with low income and the aged by creating and implementing poverty-fighting initiatives for those in crisis and those that endeavor a life of lasting independence.

[Breann Titus
Director of Agency Development
Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois]