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JFAC funds vocational rehabilitation supplement to cover federal match and obligates position funding; ombudsman office held to current appropriation with a one
Summary
The committee approved $4.4 million one‑time for Vocational Rehabilitation to cover prior ineligible charges and to match available federal funds; it also approved limited additional salary support for the newly created Office of the Health and Social Services Ombudsman after debate over staffing and accountability.
JFAC approved a FY2025 supplemental for the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation totaling $4.4 million one‑time from the general fund. Committee members said the supplemental was required to pay provider invoices and to match $10 million in non‑cognizable federal funds that became available; the division must provide a state match to draw down those federal dollars, analysts said. The division is also subject to a federal forensic audit that reaches back to 2019, staff…
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