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Department of Health seeks $11.2M for developmental preschools, stresses statutory duty to present request
Summary
The Wyoming Department of Health presented a roughly $11.2 million supplemental request for early intervention and developmental preschool services and said it was required by state statute to bring the combined child‑count, per‑child and cumulative external cost adjustment figures before the Joint Appropriations Committee.
The Wyoming Department of Health told the Joint Appropriations Committee Thursday it had submitted a supplemental budget request of about $11.2 million for early intervention and developmental preschool services. Department officials said the request combines the updated child count, the statutory per‑child amount, and cumulative unfunded external cost adjustments (ECA) that statute requires the department to present each year.
"These are services for children birth through age 5 who are identified with a developmental disability or delay," Director Stefan Johansen told the committee, describing the regional providers that deliver the developmental preschool services and the statutory elements (child count, per‑child amount, and ECA) that determine the request.
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