Oversight Joint Subs Meeting: Child Welfare & Weaponization of State Government - 2/24/2026

Joint Committee on Oversight, Child Welfare, and Weaponization of State Government · February 24, 2026

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Opening, roll call and minutes

Motion

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Clerks called the joint subcommittees to order and took attendance; Representative Paquette moved to approve the February 3 minutes without objection. Routine procedural business concluded and the committees convened for testimony.

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A joint House Oversight Subcommittee hearing received testimony from the West Michigan Partnership for Children (WMPC) and the National Center for Community-Based Child Welfare about the state’s removal of WMPC from the budget, an evaluation published by the University of Michigan, and related statutory and oversight concerns. WMPC leaders said the performance‑based pilot improved permanency and urged legislative fixes after MDHHS removed the program from boilerplate funding and, according to WMPC, placed 426 children back under MDHHS authority.

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