Food insecurity and housing are two prevailing themes interwoven into DuPage County’s spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year budget, based on recently unveiled details.

County Board Chair Deborah Conroy delivered her annual address on the fiscal year 2026 budget at a meeting Tuesday, Sept. 23 . The board will spend the next two months deliberating components of the budget before it is acted upon at the Nov. 25 meeting and takes effect Dec. 1.

A big picture look at the county’s FY 2026 budget

The proposed DuPage County budget for the upcoming fiscal year is balanced, Conroy said, and clocks in at $644.7 million. It includes a general fund budget in the amount of $263.1 million.

Conroy said the proposed general fund budget is a 2.31% increase from the amount earmarked in FY 2025 an

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