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2025 Ambulance Revolving Loan Program
Mission Statement To provide Illinois communities with access to low-cost capital via zero-interest and low-interest loans for the purchase of ambulances by municipalities, a fire protection district, a township fire department, or nonprofit ambulance service based on need as determined by the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM).
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. To provide zero-interest and low-interest loans to fire departments and districts for newly purchased ambulances.
    Source of Funds Ambulance Revolving Loan Fund Statutory Authority 20 ILCS 3501/825-85
    Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Actual
    Input Indicators
    Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) (a) $ 3,688.0 $ 0.0 $ 3,270.0 $ 515.0 $ 0.0
    Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) (a) $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0
    Average monthly full-time equivalents 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
    Output Indicators
    Number of new loan participants 18.0 0.0 16.0 3.0 N/A
    Estimated interest costs saved based on all loans outstanding at a projected interest rate of 4% (in thousands) $ 204.0 $ 73.0 $ 204.0 $ 86.0 $ 79.0
    Footnotes
    As a result of supply chain backlogs during fiscal year 2025, no expenditures were incurred.

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