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Board approves budget modification to fund 'true cost of care' preschool model after amendment
Summary
Multnomah County commissioners approved a budget modification to commission a dynamic 'true cost of care' model for the county's Preschool for All program, amending the request so the Department of County Human Services will identify funds internally rather than use contingency.
The Multnomah County Board approved a budget modification to secure a dynamic cost-modeling tool intended to calculate the true operating cost of the county’s Preschool for All program, after adopting an amendment directing the department to identify the funds internally instead of transferring contingency funds.
Commissioner sponsors described the tool as essential for setting provider rates, forecasting expenditures, and modeling policy alternatives (for example,…
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