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Committee hears $15M one-time and $4.2M ongoing child-care proposals; START certification and SWITC updates promised
Summary
Legislative staff and Health and Welfare officials outlined a reorganization that moves several developmental and child-care programs into Medicaid and early learning, described requests for $15 million in one-time child-care federal funds and $4.2 million ongoing, and updated the committee on START certification and SWITC improvements.
At the Feb. 20 Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee meeting, Legislative Services and Department of Health and Welfare officials described reorganization changes that move several developmental-disability and early-learning programs and presented funding requests for the Idaho Child Care Program (ICCP) and START certification work.
Alex Williamson, Legislative Services budget analyst, explained the reorganization: several programs historically in the Developmental Disability Services division will be moved under Medicaid and the newly named Early Learning and Development division. She said community developmental disability services, the Southwest Idaho Treatment Center (SWITC) and extended employment services have historically been part of the division, but that program placement in budgets will change as reorganization takes…
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