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Committee approves amendment to reserve CCDF slots for licensed foster parents to ease emergency placements
Summary
Lawmakers amended and advanced a bill to reserve a small set-aside of CCDF childcare vouchers to prioritize licensed foster families, aiming to remove a barrier to foster recruitment and emergency placements. The committee approved the amended bill and sent it to the floor.
The committee approved an amendment and advanced House Bill 1248 to reserve a limited number of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) vouchers for licensed foster parents, a change supporters said will reduce barriers to emergency foster placements and encourage recruitment of licensed foster homes.
Representative Brown and other sponsors said the amendment creates a separate lane — 200 reserved vouchers in the bill as discussed in committee — to ensure licensed…
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