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CARES Institute warns state appropriation cuts will force clinic closure and staff reductions
Summary
The CARES Institute told the Assembly Health Committee that proposed state budget cuts totaling $2.7 million would force it to close its Cumberland County clinic, terminate more than 30% of staff and reduce services for abused and neglected children in southern New Jersey.
Dr. Rachel Silliman Cohen, director of the CARES Institute and a child‑abuse pediatrician, told the Assembly Health Committee that the governor’s proposed budget would reduce CARES’s state appropriation by $1,850,000 in the coming fiscal year, on top of an $850,000 cut in the current year, for a total reduction of $2,700,000. She said that loss would prevent CARES from meeting its…
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