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Legislative panel endorses Millennium Fund report, backs one‑time aid for youth assessment centers
Summary
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee accepted the Millennium Fund Committee report, which recommends one‑time funding for youth assessment centers and other prevention programs funded by tobacco settlement dollars.
Senator Van Burtonshaw, co‑chair of the legislative Millennium Fund Committee, told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Feb. 28 that Millennium Fund dollars derive from the state’s tobacco settlement and are targeted toward prevention, cessation and treatment programs for substances including vaping and alcohol.
The committee recommended one‑time supplemental support for youth assessment centers administered by the Department of Juvenile Corrections, $2 million in additional funding for Department of Education programs (including a second cohort for school vape detectors and related…
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