CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has given $1.2 million in settlement proceeds to the state's eight regional food banks.
Madigan says the money will help feed thousands of families across the state.
The cash comes from a $25 million settlement reached by Madigan's office, 22 other states and about a dozen vitamin manufacturers.
Illinois got nearly $1.4 million of the settlement. The court ordered that the money be used for improvements in health, nutrition or science.
The Greater Chicago Food Depository got the largest chunk of the $1.2 million with $655,000. The depository serves 650 agencies.
Depository officials estimate the number of people they've served increased by 36 percent from 2006 to 2009 to 678,000.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
Madigan says the money will help feed thousands of families across the state.
The cash comes from a $25 million settlement reached by Madigan's office, 22 other states and about a dozen vitamin manufacturers.
Illinois got nearly $1.4 million of the settlement. The court ordered that the money be used for improvements in health, nutrition or science.
The Greater Chicago Food Depository got the largest chunk of the $1.2 million with $655,000. The depository serves 650 agencies.
Depository officials estimate the number of people they've served increased by 36 percent from 2006 to 2009 to 678,000.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
