# 14 Ill. Adm. Code 691.50: Section 691.50 Prioritization

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## Section

- **Citation:** 14 Ill. Adm. Code 691.50
- **Heading:** Section 691.50 Prioritization
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 14 COMMERCE SUBTITLE C: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY / Part 691 BACK TO BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM / Section 691.50 Prioritization

## Text

Section 691.50  Prioritization
a)         The
Department will provide targeted funding opportunities for industries and
businesses most impacted by the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. In
determining which industries and businesses to prioritize, the Department will
consider the impact of compliance with the COVID-19 Prevention Directives on
business operations or the impact of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency on
the impacted industry. The Department will also prioritize funding to small and
smallest businesses. Assistance will be targeted to businesses facing financial
insecurity, with substantial declines in gross receipts, or facing other
economic harm due to the pandemic, as well as businesses with less capacity to
weather financial hardship, such as the smallest businesses, those with less
access to credit, or those serving disadvantaged communities. The Department
will make this determination on whether to provide targeted funding
opportunities based on an ongoing assessment regarding the needs of the
business community and announce the targeted funding opportunities on its
website as permitted by statute [20 ILCS 605/605-1050(h)(6)].
b)         To
prioritize funding for industries and business districts that were not
enumerated within ARPA, the Department shall maintain an assessment for a
period of 5 years, from the date a prioritized industry is selected, that
outlines how these industries or business districts experienced a negative
economic impact due to the pandemic comparable to enumerated industries.
Additionally, the Department shall outline how program funding will address
this negative economic impact.

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