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Committee prioritizes recovery centers, earmarks prevention funds and narrows childcare cuts
Summary
The committee recommended level funding recovery centers at $800,000, directed that four smaller prevention programs be funded from the Substance Misuse Prevention Special Fund, and agreed to a package of childcare‑division adjustments that shifts a large child‑care special fund into a special fund and reprioritizes $180,000 for concrete supports in parent‑child centers.
During internal budget deliberations, committee members prioritized a set of prevention and child‑care recommendations for inclusion in the Appropriations draft.
Substance‑use prevention: staff reviewed the Substance Misuse Prevention Special Fund (partly fed by cannabis excise tax revenues) and the department’s proposed allocations for FY27. The committee identified four smaller prevention programs it wants explicitly funded from the prevention fund (the transcript lists amounts for each: Elevate ~$288,935; Greater Falls connections ~$125,000; Interaction/Friends for Change ~$200,000; New Pee Park ~$26,697)…
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