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Advocates urge preservation of state funding for North Dakota FASD center
Summary
Family Services Network told the Senate panel that the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) diagnostic center at UND requires continued funding in the budget (about $859,000 cited in testimony) to maintain diagnostic capacity and clinical expertise as the center's lead clinician plans to retire.
Carl Young, executive director of Family Services Network, told the Senate Appropriations Human Resources Division the state should preserve existing funding for the University of North Dakota Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) center which provides diagnostic capacity and clinical evaluation.
Young said the center's lead clinician, "Doctor Larry Byrd, is retiring…
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