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DCYF submits targeted 2026 budget and legislative requests as state faces tighter revenues
Summary
The Department of Children, Youth, and Families submitted a smaller, more targeted set of decision packages and six agency-request bills to the governor’s office for the 2026 legislative session, prioritizing core child-welfare and juvenile rehabilitation needs amid a constrained state budget and uncertain federal funding.
The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) presented a condensed set of decision packages and six pieces of agency-request legislation to the governor’s office as it prepares for the 2026 legislative session.
Lisonbee Kretsinger, DCYF chief public affairs officer, said the agency filed its proposals for the governor’s budget build, which typically is released in December, with the legislature due to convene in…
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