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Committee backs short-term funding to keep rapid-response immigration hotline operational and to staff MCPS CPS clearance processing
Summary
Amid concerns that cuts to an LHI/Identity contract would inadvertently reduce backend support for a CASA-run rapid-response immigration hotline, the committee agreed to move a CASA contract enhancement to the reconciliation list and to fund two contractors to keep MCPS CPS clearances from backsliding into prior backlogs.
The Montgomery County joint committee agreed to preserve operational capacity for a rapid-response immigration hotline and to fund additional contractor support for MCPS child-protective-service (CPS) clearances after staff warned that recent contract reductions risked disrupting essential workflows.
Tara Clemens Johnson described a $151,610 county-executive-requested contract for CASA to operate a triage-style rapid-response hotline that handles immigration‑related crisis calls. Department staff said a reduction to the Latino Health Initiative…
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