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Committee backs H.219 funding to codify and expand 'Kids Apart' visitation program; bill asks about $400,000
Summary
Members recommended that H.219 be supported to codify the Lund Family Center's 'Kids Apart' visitation program and to fund expansion into a men's facility; the committee discussed a roughly $400,000 budget to make current sites whole and start a pilot in Newport.
The House Corrections & Institutions Committee reviewed H.219 and recommended supporting funding to codify the Kids Apart prison visitation program and to pilot an expansion into a men’s facility.
Committee members described the Lund Family Center’s Kids Apart program at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility as an established visitation service that is not currently codified in statute. The…
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