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Residential infant‑care center warns Senate budget cut will force service reductions, foster‑care placements may rise
Summary
Bridget's Path told the Senate Finance Committee the Senate removed $1 million in infant‑vitality TANF funding that sustained its residential infant care center for newborns experiencing neonatal abstinence withdrawal.
Bridget's Path founder testified that the Senate’s removal of a $1 million infant‑vitality line in the budget undermines a two‑year legislative effort to build a Medicaid reimbursement structure and could force the Dayton program to reduce operations or close.
"Without the funding, Bridget's Path quite literally cannot stay open," said Jill Kingston, who described the organization as a…
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