Nearly $12 million in federal grants for Illinois nonprofits, government agencies and other organizations through AmeriCorps will be restored after Attorney General Kwame Raoul sued the Trump administration over the cuts.

Funding to AmeriCorps, a federal agency that places volunteers and supports community service programs, was slashed by $184 million nationwide, the federal government announced this spring. The cuts affected local organizations like the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the Boys and Girls Club of Chicago and the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana.

But Raoul joined attorneys general and governors from 23 states in a legal challenge shortly after the cuts were announced in April, but the lawsuit never made it to court. A judge granted a preliminary injunc

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