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Big Brothers Big Sisters warns Senate removal of TANF funds will leave thousands of Ohio children waiting
Summary
Stephanie Hightower of Big Brothers Big Sisters told the Senate Finance Committee that the Senate's removal of TANF funding from HB96 would halt mentor expansion statewide; she urged restoration of $1 million per fiscal year that the DeWine administration proposed and that the House partially restored.
Stephanie Hightower, representing Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio and state affiliates, told the Senate Finance Committee the organization's statewide mentoring work depends on a $1 million per fiscal year TANF allocation that the DeWine administration included in its budget.
"Since 2014, Big Brothers Big Sisters has received $1,000,000 per fiscal year in TANF funds to…
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