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Prevention councils seek steady funding to expand community supports and parent outreach
Summary
Witnesses urged lawmakers to fund county prevention councils so they can expand universal, community‑level supports for families and prevent child abuse and neglect.
Representative Michelle Meyer presented LD 10 61 to provide funding to Maine's county prevention councils and to strengthen community supports for families. The bill would distribute funding to the statewide network of prevention councils to bolster prevention, coordination and education activities.
Heidi Aker, director of Maine Children's Trust, told the committee the councils have been flat‑funded despite expanded expectations and now operate with limited staff. "In…
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