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LaSalle County veterans office seeks state renovation grant as committee trims VAC legal and travel budgets
Summary
At a Sept. 11 committee meeting, the LaSalle County Veterans Assistance Commission reported a pending state grant application and described a proposed multi‑county consolidation; the county committee voted to reduce the VAC's legal and travel budget lines and forward an amended budget to finance.
LaSalle County veterans services officials told the county committee Sept. 11 that they applied for a state DCEO grant of up to $250,000 to renovate the VAC office and add private outreach space, and they updated members on pending legislation that could make the VAC a multi‑county (circuit) commission. The grant, VAC staff said, would pay for building changes to create separate counseling and outreach spaces so military‑service providers using the office would have private rooms. The DCEO grant is one of several topics that prompted discussion of how the VAC is funded and governed. Krista, the VAC director, said the legislature has passed related House provisions and that the package is now…
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