LD 1417 - Expands Access to Head Start Programs - Maine Key Vote
Bill Diamond voted Yea (Ought to Pass as Amended Vote) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Senate "Ought to Pass as Amended" Report Adopted
- May 21, 2019
- House Bill Passed
- May 16, 2019
- Introduced
- March 28, 2019
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Title: Expands Access to Head Start Programs
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that expands access to head start programs to help opioid-affected and other at-risk families.
Highlights:
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Requires a Head Start program service provider to provide Head Start services to a child up to 5 years old who is affected or whose family is affected by a substance use disorder, or whose family income is below 185% of the federal poverty level (Sec. 1).
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Appropriates $7.5 million for the 2019-2020 fiscal year and $15 million for the 2020-2021 fiscal year to provide ongoing funds to supplement funding to non-tribal Head Start program service providers (Sec. 3).
Title: Expands Access to Head Start Programs
Title: Expands Access to Head Start Programs
- Anne H. 'Pinny' Beebe-Center (ME - D) (Out Of Office)
- Edmund 'Ned' Claxton Jr. (ME - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ryan Michael Fecteau (ME - D) (Out Of Office)
- Craig V. Hickman (ME - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lois Galgay Reckitt (ME - D) (Out Of Office)
- Linda F. Sanborn (ME - D) (Out Of Office)
- Holly B. Stover (ME - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rachel Talbot Ross (ME - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eloise A. Vitelli (ME - D) (Out Of Office)