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Committee backs funding measure to help judiciary contract with community-based organizations
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended passage of HB 560, which appropriates funds to the judiciary for contracts with community-based organizations that provide services to vulnerable households; testimony stressed rising costs and a growing gap between contract rates and service delivery costs.
The Senate Committee on Judiciary recommended passage of House Bill 560, which appropriates funds to the judiciary to contract with community-based organizations that provide essential services, streamline judicial processes, and support the judiciary’s work with vulnerable households.
Witnesses representing statewide and local nonprofit providers urged the committee to fund the “true cost” of contracted services. Tricia Kajimura, representing Parents and Children Together (PACT), said, “We're a…
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