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Nonprofit service providers ask Appropriations Committee for sustained funding amid rising costs
Summary
Representatives of Compass Youth Collaborative and Containment Care urged state appropriators to maintain or increase funding for violence-intervention and behavioral health providers, citing measurable program outcomes, staff shortages, and rising operating costs.
Nonprofit providers of violence-intervention, behavioral health and housing services asked the Appropriations Committee to increase or annualize funding as state and federal sources shift and costs rise.
Christopher Brecklin, director of data and digital systems at Compass Youth Collaborative, described the organization’s Peacebuilders program and asked the committee for core support as ARPA funding winds down. Brecklin said Peacebuilders combines credible messengers, licensed social work,…
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