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Residential infant-care center says Senate cut will force Dayton program to halve operations
Summary
Bridget's Path told the Senate Finance Committee that removing a $1 million Infant Vitality line item will force the Dayton-based residential infant-care center to reduce operations and turn away newborns exposed to substances, increasing foster-care placements.
Bridget's Path, a licensed residential infant-care center in Dayton that treats newborns experiencing withdrawal from prenatal substance exposure, told the Ohio Senate Finance Committee that a Senate budget cut to a $1 million Infant Vitality line item would make the program unsustainable.
"Without the funding, Bridget's Path quite literally cannot stay open," founder and president Jill Kingston said Wednesday. She told senators the organization has cared for nearly 300 babies…
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