The DuPage County Board is moving forward on a plan to allocate $4.8 million in surplus funds from the fiscal year 2025 budget to combat the growing prevalence of food insecurity. The contributions are intended to directly assist food pantries and improve distribution infrastructure.
The board at its Tuesday, March 24, meeting approved three resolutions to fund specific food insecurity-related programs and initiatives across the county. The series of votes came on the heels of a preliminary discussion earlier this month.
A breakdown of the county’s food insecurity funding plan
The board committed $2.5 million to Loaves & Fishes Community Services, which will be applied toward the agency’s food distribution hub in Aurora.
Loaves & Fishes representatives are in the midst of an $8 million project that will increase the size of the existing food distribution facility from 30,000 square feet to 62,000 square feet and quadruple the amount of cold storage capacity…