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Teachers gather with their students at National Teachers Academy on the first day for CPS schools on August 30, 2021. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ

Manuel Martinez

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Teachers gather with their students at National Teachers Academy on the first day for CPS schools on August 30, 2021. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ

Manuel Martinez

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Illinois awards $20 million in security grants to potential targets of attacks

The governor says the funds will provide groups with the resources they need to boost security measures amid the “rising tide of extremism.”

Teachers gather with their students at National Teachers Academy on the first day for CPS schools on August 30, 2021. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ

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The Illinois Emergency Management Agency’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program is giving $20 million to 116 groups to protect against public safety and security threats.

Reset hears from a few recipients about how they plan to spend those funds.

GUESTS: Karen Coan, director of Glenview Methodist Preschool

Ahsan Arozullah, member of the board of directors at Darul Qasim College

Larry Chasin, Darchei Noam of Glenbrook

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