Audit reveals COVID grant dollars given to ineligible Illinois applicants – Center Square

The Business Interruption Grant Program was to provide $585 million for small businesses hit hardest by COVID-19, but an audit done by the Office of the Auditor General shows $11 million was paid to applicants who weren’t eligible under state law.

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