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SCAM ALERT: DCEO has been made aware of organizations receiving fraudulent “notice of award” letters claiming to be from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. These are not legitimate notices from DCEO. If your organization receives a notice, please report it to the Federal Trade Commission and/or the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center.

The NEU Portal

The NEU Portal is now closed. The deadline for NEUs to register on the DCEO Portal was September 3, 2021.  Unclaimed NEU funds were reallocated to all eligible communities on November 19, 2021.

To see the amount of funds your NEU was allotted by the US Treasury, view it on DCEO webpage here: