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Committee hears updates: H-248 childcare vote possible, concerns about Reach Ahead pilot payments, SNAP restaurant proposal and ombudsman funding cut
Summary
Members of the House Health and Welfare Committee on 2025-10-12 reviewed several pending items and asked staff and agencies for follow-up information about H-248, the Reach Ahead pilot payments, H-151 (SNAP/restaurant meals) and cuts to health care ombudsman funding.
Members of the House Health and Welfare Committee on 2025-10-12 reviewed several pending items and asked staff and agencies for follow-up information. Committee leadership said H-248, the Child Care Financial Assistance Program bill, is "fairly straightforward" and could be voted on the floor later the same day or the following morning depending on testimony; a specific committee vote on H-248 was not recorded at the hearing.
The nut graf: committee members directed staff to press the Department for Children and Families (DCF) for missing information on the Reach Ahead pilot, which members said appears to have unspent funds while some eligible…
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