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Committee recommends targeting infant‑toddler reimbursement gap, backs several base funding increases
Summary
A Human Services Committee working group recommended prioritizing higher reimbursement rates for infant and toddler care and proposed base-budget increases for Building Bright Futures, CIS, youth apprenticeships and the statewide 2‑1‑1 service; final votes are pending.
The Human Services Committee working group recommended narrowing a reported infant‑and‑toddler reimbursement gap by restoring funding to the base and targeting rate increases this fiscal year, while leaving a broader automatic inflation adjustment for a follow‑up bill next year.
The recommendation to prioritize infant and toddler reimbursement emerged after the group reviewed a department cost study that, members said, shows the largest shortfall in programs serving infants and toddlers. The working group identified two index‑based increase options (roughly 4.7 percent or a capped 6.15 percent) and noted that applying the higher cap would represent about a $6,500,000 increase to the base to close the shortfall in the near term.
Why this matters: committee members tied the recommendation to Act 76, which the committee said intended to address provider rates and capacity. The working group argued that by closing the infant/toddler gap now…
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