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Committee backs laying over bill to fund Care Portal expansion connecting families with local supports
Summary
A bill to fund Care Portaltechnology that connects child welfare professionals to churches, nonprofits and volunteers was amended and laid over for possible inclusion after testimony about local impacts and planned county expansion.
The House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee on March 19 adopted an authorA1 amendment and laid over House File 18-24, which would provide one-time state funding to expand Care Portal's care-sharing technology across Minnesota.
Care Portalis a web tool that lets child-serving professionals submit vetted requests on behalf of families in crisis; the requests are then shared with a network of churches, businesses and local organizations that can meet tangible needs, testified Tim Herroff, Minnesota area director for…
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