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Task force recommends state consider continuing key COVID‑era programs for children; members press for clearer data and funding end dates
Summary
The task force reviewed a draft report proposing that the state continue certain federally funded programs for children — including academic supports, social‑emotional and mental‑health services, food assistance, technology and staff supports — and asked authors to clarify survey representativeness and flag which funding is time‑limited.
A state task force reviewing how COVID‑era federal funds were used recommended that lawmakers consider funding a set of programs for children on a permanent basis while asking report authors to make the limits and data clearer.
Christopher (committee member) led a presentation of the draft report and the team's analysis of federal spending, saying the group had reviewed large programs funded by federal COVID relief and consolidated them according to the task force’s five “whole child” priorities. “COVID had exacerbated existing problems,” Christopher said, “and mental health was a significant factor that was brought up time and again.” He told members the committee traced roughly $2,800,000,000 in federal COVID relief that entered the state and identified priorities the legislature could consider funding…
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