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JFAC accepts Millennium Fund report, approves one‑time aid for youth assessment centers
Summary
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee accepted the Millennium Fund Committee report by unanimous consent and approved one‑time funding and budget recommendations aimed at prevention, cessation and treatment programs, including emergency support for youth assessment centers.
Senators and representatives on the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Feb. 28 accepted the Millennium Fund Committee report and approved one‑time supplemental funding to shore up statewide youth assessment centers.
The Millennium Fund was established with proceeds from a tobacco settlement. “The funds that come to the Millennium Fund are from the tobacco settlement in 02/2007,” Senator Van Burtonshaw, co‑chair of the Millennium Fund Committee, told JFAC as he outlined the committee’s priorities, which he said focus on prevention, cessation and treatment for tobacco,…
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