To date, $236 million has been awarded to all 102 counties for the program and that more than 1,600 tracers have been hired statewide. The state is also offering up $60 million in grants for subcontractors to be pandemic health navigators, assisting with COVID-19 education efforts.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.