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Public Hearings and times are as follows:
HSB 246 - A bill for an act appropriating federal funds made available from federal block grants and other nonstate sources, allocating portions of federal block grants, and providing procedures if federal funds are more or less than anticipated or if federal block grants are more or less than anticipated.
Sponsored by the Appropriations Committee
Monday, March 18, 2019
11:00 AM (introductions begin)
12:00 PM (conclusion of the hearing)
RM 103, Sup. Ct. Chamber
Comments Received at Public Hearing (Date Published: 03/18/2019)
03-14-2019
Lana Shope [Iowa Community Action Association]
PRO
Speaking about CSBG and LIHEAP
03-15-2019
03-15-2019
Cynthia Steidl Bishop [Eyerly Ball Community Mental Health Services]
CON
Eyerly Ball receives over $400,000 in Mental Health Block Grant dollars annually that is used for client's continuity of care, for staff training to improve quality of services provided to clients and to improve access. These dollars are critical to Community Mental Health Centers to provide services to clients and quality care.
03-18-2019
Kathy Johnson [Abbe Center for Community Mental Health]
CON
I am unable to attend in person, but am submitting a letter, describing my rationale for being against section 2 of HSB 246 as written, proposing to move federal block grant dollars away from Community Mental Health Centers, to be given to MHDS Regions.
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