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Children, youth services face cuts to residential treatment and support contracts; SYSC staffing and costs remain a committee concern
Summary
Marie Noonan, director of DCYF, told senators the House budget removes about $10.8 million in children's residential-treatment funding across DHHS and that DCYF is concerned that reductions and contract cuts will put high‑need children at risk.
Marie Noonan, director of the Division for Children, Youth and Families, told the committee that DCYF and the Bureau for Children's Behavioral Health together face a $10.8 million reduction in children's residential-treatment funding under the House appropriation compared with the governor’s proposal. “We believe these put children with the highest needs at risk,” she said.
Noonan described the department’s strategy to reduce reliance on out-of-state residential care by expanding in-state residential, enhanced foster-care rates and community services. She said the House and governor both funded a new enhanced foster-care rate intended for short-term (roughly 60-day) placements that keep youth…
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