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McLean County FAC delays vote on Brightpoint funding, asks for detailed budgets and audit confirmation
Summary
Members of McLean County’s Funding Advisory Committee debated a FY2026 request to fund two Brightpoint programs — a family visitation center and a children’s waiting room — and agreed to gather detailed per-program budgets and confirm a court fund balance before taking action. The committee set a follow-up meeting to review numbers rather than approve an immediate amendment.
Members of the McLean County Funding Advisory Committee met in a special session to reconsider a FY2026 budget amendment seeking support for two Brightpoint programs: a supervised family visitation center and a children’s waiting room located at the McLean County Law & Justice Center.
The committee heard presentations from court administrators and Brightpoint staff about program scope, staffing and costs. William Scanlon, court administrator for the judicial circuit, said the CJCC proposal is focused on county use: “the criminal justice coordinating councils is only related to McLean County,” and the visitation program as proposed is for persons ordered into the McLean County Circuit Court process. Brightpoint representatives told the committee they lost a prior grant that had supported expansion and that, without new funding, “If we don't receive additional funding we'll have to close the programs.”
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