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Pediatrician urges continued funding for DULCE family-support program amid Blueprint pilot gap
Summary
Brenna Holmes, a general pediatrician and president of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Vermont chapter, told the House Healthcare Committee the DULCE (Developmental Understanding and Legal Collaboration for Everyone) model supports new families and should be sustained as the Blueprint expansion pilot faces a funding gap.
Brenna Holmes, a general pediatrician and president of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Vermont chapter, told the House Healthcare Committee the DULCE (Developmental Understanding and Legal Collaboration for Everyone) model supports new families and should be sustained as the Blueprint expansion pilot faces a funding gap.
Holmes said DULCE — a practice that embeds a family specialist from parent-child centers and a legal consultant into pediatric primary care — has operated in Vermont since February 2016 and currently reaches nine practices, six of which were supported by the Blueprint expansion pilot and three by federal grants.
The committee heard that DULCE identifies unmet social needs — housing, food and connection — at the start of a child's life and connects families to…
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