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Big Brothers Big Sisters warns TANF cut would leave more than 1,000 Ohio children without mentors
Summary
Witnesses told the Ohio Senate Finance Committee that revisions to House Bill 96 that remove TANF support for Big Brothers Big Sisters would cost the program capacity and keep more than 1,000 children from receiving mentors over two years.
Elizabeth Martinex, representing Big Brothers Big Sisters affiliates in Ohio, told the Senate Finance Committee that the organization has relied on $1 million per fiscal year in TANF funds since 2014 and that the loss of those dollars in the current deliberations would sharply reduce the program’s reach.
“Without these dollars, over a thousand children statewide go without a mentor over the next 2 years,” Martinex said during testimony. She told senators the DeWine administration included $1,000,000 per fiscal year for the program in the executive budget, the House cut that funding by half, and the Senate finance committee version removed it…
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