Budget writers urged to fund child care, mental health
HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted a critical need to maintain or boost funding for schools, mental health treatment, child care scholarships and other programs, advocates told House budget writers Tuesday.
In past years, hundreds of members of the public have packed into Representatives’ Hall to offer feedback to House Finance Committee members as they work on the next two-year state budget. Because of the pandemic, they instead offered testimony by phone or video Tuesday, with many opposing proposed cuts they said would hurt already struggling programs and people.