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Big Brothers Big Sisters warns removal of TANF allocation will leave 1,000 Ohio children without mentors
Summary
A statewide Big Brothers Big Sisters representative told the Senate Finance Committee that the Senate version of the budget removed a $1 million per-fiscal-year TANF allocation that had supported more than 500 new mentoring matches annually and that the loss would leave about 1,000 children on waiting lists unserved.
A representative of Big Brothers Big Sisters told the Ohio Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday that the organization has relied on $1 million per fiscal year in TANF funds to create mentoring relationships across the state and that the Senate budget’s removal of that funding would leave many children without mentors.
"Since 2014, Big Brothers Big Sisters has received $1,000,000 per fiscal year in TANF funds to support mentoring across…
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