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Big Brothers Big Sisters tells Senate Finance cuts to TANF line would leave more than 1,000 Ohio children without mentors
Summary
A Big Brothers Big Sisters representative told the Senate Finance Committee that recent budget changes eliminated a $1 million per‑year TANF allocation that has funded mentoring statewide since 2014, and that the removal would increase waiting lists by more than 1,000 children over two years.
A representative for Big Brothers Big Sisters asked the Senate Finance Committee to restore TANF funding that has supported mentoring programs statewide since 2014.
Why it matters: Witnesses said the $1 million per fiscal year the organization had received in prior budgets created more than 500 new mentoring relationships annually, and that…
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