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Hunt County Child Welfare Board asks commissioners for $40,000 annual allocation
Summary
Celeste Prather, representing the Hunt County Child Welfare Board, presented a year‑long accounting of local child welfare expenditures and asked the county to raise annual funding from $20,000 to $40,000 to cover services the board provides for children not eligible for other public funding.
At the June 27 Hunt County Commissioners Court meeting, Celeste Prather, representing the Hunt County Child Welfare Board, outlined the board’s spending and requested that the commissioners increase the county’s annual allocation from $20,000 (budgeted in 2015) to $40,000 to meet current needs.
Prather summarized the board’s role under Texas Department of Family and Protective Services guidance and described how local funds are used for items not covered by state or federal programs, including clothing, transportation, emergency moves, specialized medical and therapeutic care, school supplies, and the county’s “Rainbow Room” inventory. “Since that time, we have…
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