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Senate committee hears plea to fund Change the Outcome opioid-prevention program
Summary
Witnesses told Minnesota senators that Senate File 1138 would expand Change the Outcomeeducation to more middle and high schools; committee laid the measure over for possible omnibus inclusion.
On Monday, March 10, 2025, the Minnesota Senate Human Services Committee heard testimony on Senate File 1138, a bill that would appropriate state funding to Change the Outcome, a nonprofit that delivers prevention education about opioids and emerging drug trends in schools.
Change the Outcome founder and executive director Colleen Ronny told the panel that her organization grew from a pilot after the 2016 overdose death of her son. "Luke was just 20 years old when he experienced a fatal overdose in our home in 2016," Ronny…
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