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Committee asks for details before approving $265,000 increase for DCBS contract with Kentucky Youth Advocates
Summary
The Department for Community Based Services requested an increase for a contract that pays Kentucky Youth Advocates to manage a trusted‑advisor (lived‑expert) program; lawmakers asked whether funds were budgeted and deferred the item to allow DCBS to detail funding sources and expected efficiencies.
The Department for Community Based Services asked the Contract Review Committee on May 1 to approve a $265,000 increase to an existing memorandum of agreement that supports Kentucky Youth Advocates as an external facilitator for a trusted‑advisor or lived‑expert program.
Lisa Dennis, commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services, and staff explained that Kentucky Youth Advocates administer the program’s administrative tasks, recruit lived experts and manage invoices submitted by lived…
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