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Committee hears warnings that ERDC shortfall could force TANF bypass pause under SB 1535
Summary
DELC and advocates testified SB 1535 would allow the Department of Early Learning and Care to temporarily pause TANF bypass enrollment to manage a rapidly growing ERDC caseload; witnesses warned a pause without additional funding could cut service from about 12,000 to 6,000 families and endanger providers.
Senate Bill 1535 directs the Department of Early Learning and Care to study childcare, convene a work group on liability insurance, and gives DELC authority to align TANF bypass rules with other bypass populations so it could temporarily pause new TANF bypass enrollments to manage caseload growth.
Alyssa Chatterjee, DELC director, and Dorothy Spence, early learning programs director, explained ERDC is a voucher program that now…
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