Residents displaced by a recent fire at a West Chicago apartment complex are getting a helping hand from DuPage County.
County board members have approved $59,000 in disaster assistance to aid reside.
DuPage County and the DuPage Foundation awarded $1.3 million in grants Tuesday to help address food, housing and mental health needs of county residents.
WeGo Together for Kids, an organization that works with 60 partner agencies to help families in West Chicago, is one of the groups to receive a grant this year through the Daily Herald Neighbors in Need fund in partnership with the McCormick Foundation.
For the second year, the Daily Herald is partnering with the Robert R. McCormick Foundation to raise money for charitable organizations that address hunger, homelessness and health care disparities in the suburbs.