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Health, human services and disability providers urge council to protect HHS programs, minority health initiatives and DD supplement
Summary
Representatives of public‑health coalitions, community clinics and developmental‑disability providers asked the County Council to preserve funding for Department of Health and Human Services programs, minority health initiatives, community clinics and the developmental‑disability (DD) supplement for direct support professionals.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — Health and human‑services advocates and disability‑service providers told the County Council at the April 8 hearing that funding for HHS programs, minority health initiatives, community clinics and the developmental‑disability supplement should be preserved amid state and federal uncertainty.
Speakers representing the Latino Health Initiative, the Asian American Health Initiative, and the African American Health Program said the county’s investment in community partnerships…
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