Bi-State Regional Commission

A Forum for Inter-governmental Coorperation and Delivery of Regional Programs

NEWS

  • Grant Updates

    Federally, local governments can check the following link for the latest federal discretionary grants: USDOT Key Notices of Funding Opportunity.  Federal grants require registration in Grants.gov, and EUI-Entity Identifier, a 12-character unique number assigned to all entities who must register to do business with the federal government in SAM-System for Award Management.  If you are considering a federal grant, it will be important to have an EUI and be registered in SAM.

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  • Quad Cities MPO News

    Traffic Safety Action Plan: Quad Cities, Kewanee and Muscatine
    A Traffic Safety Action Plan is underway for Quad Cities, Kewanee and Muscatine. The public is invited to comment by form or interactive map. More information on the traffic safety planning pagetraffic safety planning page.

    See media release for details

    pdf Traffic Safety Action Plan Media Release, July 2024 (99 KB)

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  • Quad City Health Initiative

    BHQC Logo with Skip

    The Quad City Health Initiative (QCHI) was formed in 1999 and a cross-community partnerships to create a healthy community. The 2021 Vision states: “The Quad Cities region is united as one vibrant, diverse, collaborative community with engaged citizens, safe, thriving neighborhoods, and equitable and inclusive access and opportunities for overall health and social well-being.” 

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Data Services Staff compiles, maintains, and monitors a variety of current and historical data related to educational attainment and school enrollment for various geographies at local, regional, state, and national levels.  

Educational Attainment is available through the U.S. Census Bureau, decennial Census (historical) and American Community Survey.  To access educational attainment data for the Region, please see the Data Clearinghouse page.  Or, to access multiple data sets and/or multiple geographies within the Nation, such as census blocks, tracts, voting districts, cities, counties and school districts, visit the Census’ American Factfinder: http://factfinder2.census.gov or contact our Data Services Staff.

School Enrollment is available through the Illinois and Iowa State Boards of Education.  To access school enrollment data for the Region, please see the Data Clearinghouse page.  Or, to access multiple data sets for various school districts in the region, visit the following websites:

Illinois Interactive Report Card
http://iirc.niu.edu/

Illinois State Board of Education website
http://www.isbe.net

Iowa Department of Education – Education Statistics (Enrollment)
http://www.educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=129&Itemid=55

Or contact our Data Services Staff.

Mission Statement

A local, voluntary organization of five counties and 47 municipalities. We serve as a forum for intergovernmental cooperation and delivery of regional programs and to assist member local governments in planning and project development.