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Committee lays over bill to commission fiscal analysis of Minnesota child-welfare system
Summary
The Children and Families Committee accepted an amendment and laid over House File 2,135, which directs the Department of Children, Youth and Families to contract for an independent fiscal analysis of the state’s child-welfare funding streams and federal funding opportunities.
The Children and Families Committee on Oct. 12 laid over House File 2,135 for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill after adopting an amendment that narrows the bill’s language.
The bill, as amended, directs the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) to contract for an independent fiscal analysis of Minnesota’s child-welfare financing and report findings to the legislature. Representative Pinto, sponsor of the bill, said, “So, what the bill, as amended as amended does is to, commission a fiscal analysis of our child welfare system.”
Why it matters: Witnesses and the bill sponsor told the committee that Minnesota relies disproportionately on counties and tribal governments to fund child-welfare services and that a comprehensive fiscal picture is necessary to identify untapped federal resources and…
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