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Lawmakers warn ARPA‑funded child mental‑health and care programs face lapse on Sept. 30; demand continuity plans
Summary
At a May 22 House commission hearing, legislators pressed AMSCA and CUDEN officials about ARPA‑funded child mental‑health and care programs that agency witnesses said will end Sept. 30 unless replaced, and ordered agencies to provide payment and program continuity information within five business days.
President Ortiz Lugo convened the Commission for Development and Oversight of Public Funds for the southeast region on May 22 to examine House Resolution 204 and probe the future of ARPA‑funded child programs that agency witnesses said expire Sept. 30.
Julissa Rivera Santiago, director of legal affairs for CUDEN, and Wilmaira Villafaña, director of AMSCA’s Division for Children, Youth and Families, told the commission the ARPA and recovery funds financed emergency expansions — including mental‑health outreach, mobile and intensive ambulatory services, and added social‑work positions — that have reached thousands of participants. "Hemos atendido más de ciento setenta mil personas en…
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