County Council committees support spending $5.4M to help migrant children
Funds proposed for staffing in county health department, schools
July 23, 2021
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This story was updated at around noon on July 23, 2021, to correct part of what Diego Uriburu said at Thursday’s meeting.
Two County Council committees on Thursday supported spending about $5.4 million to help serve migrant children and their families seeking asylum in Montgomery County.
It’s up to the full County Council to approve the money.
If approved, the money would be used to hire more than three dozen support workers within the county’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Montgomery County Public Schools. It includes a coordinator position in each to help lead those efforts.