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McLean County children's advocacy center awarded DCFS and VOCA continuation grants; federal VOCA funding may end
Summary
Children's Advocacy Center Director Eileen Pagan Vega told the Justice Committee July 9 that the center received a $194,493.26 DCFS continuation grant for FY2026 and a federal VOCA continuation grant at the FY2025 level, but VOCA funding could stop after FY2026, threatening staff positions funded by the grant.
Eileen Pagan Vega, director of the McLean County Children's Advocacy Center, told the McLean County Justice Committee on July 9 that the center received a DCFS continuation grant of $194,493.26 for fiscal year 2026 and a federal VOCA continuation grant at the same funding level as FY2025.
Vega said the DCFS amount reflects an increase of about $4,000 for cost-of-living adjustments and is routed through the Children's Advocacy Centers of Illinois (CACI). She said of the VOCA award: “This is a grant that might end this, the fiscal year '26 might be the last year the CAC receives it if the federal government does not…continue this…
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