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Senate committee advances bill to modernize Tony Grama Youth Services grant program
Summary
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee heard testimony supporting Senate Bill 197 to streamline the Tony Grama Youth Services (TGYS) grant program, adopt administrative changes and broaden access for smaller community organizations; two technical amendments were adopted and the bill was sent to the Appropriations Committee.
Senate Bill 197 to modernize the Tony Grama Youth Services program advanced from the Senate Health and Human Services Committee after testimony from statewide youth-serving organizations and two committee amendments were adopted.
The bill’s sponsor described the measure as “not a big or complicated thing” but as a move to “modernize this 30‑year‑old program and grow its capacities,” noting the proposal consolidates funding streams, streamlines reporting, removes matching requirements for mentoring programs and transfers administrative responsibilities from a volunteer board to TGYS staff within the Colorado Department of Human Services.
Witnesses from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado, Kemp Foundation (Fostering Healthy Futures), Parent Possible, Colorado…
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