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Residential infant care center says Senate budget removal of $1M jeopardizes services that keep newborns out of foster care

3717157 · May 29, 2025
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Bridget's Path founder told senators that elimination of a $1 million infant‑vitality line item would force the Dayton residential infant care center to halve operations and leave newborns more likely to enter foster care.

Jill Kingston, founder and president of Bridget's Path, told the Senate Finance Committee that her Dayton residential infant care center — which treats newborns experiencing neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and provides wraparound family supports — requires the $1,000,000 line item in the Infant Vitality budget to remain open.

Kingston said Bridget's Path has cared for nearly 300 babies and…

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