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• active programs.
• That includes government-to-government grants, federal programs, tribal housing programs, and the like
• There is a direct supervision program, which is called our new covered persons program.
• In four different program increments. So after the fourth program increment, it will go live.
• So that is one of the programs that we're very proud to be able to administer. ...is one of the programs

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• been in the program.
• chooses to walk away from the program. chooses to walk away from the program.
• <00:03:01.840> Both ignition interlock program. Both ignition interlock program.
• And if they restart the program.
• program and then re-entered the program program and then re-entered the program after<00:08:24.960

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• One of the things, and that was a great thing, that program, That was a great thing that program was
• And there is a great program.
• The child and adult care food program is a federal program that provides reimbursement for nutritious
• , and our school-age programs.
• programs.

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• Programming.
• funding and program costs.
• And again, I want to emphasize the importance of the New Mexico Grown Program. Grown Program.
• Program. Um, Mr.
• Of the capital outlay program.

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• Program, or CFAP, and that program provides food assistance to immigrants who otherwise are not...
• underlying program.
• Department of Agriculture programs.
• Department of Agriculture programs, and it increases funding for various USDA programs, including the
• Act programs.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Accountability and Oversight held its fifth hearing of the year to examine the newly enacted federal H.R. 1 and its effects on California. Members and the chair described the law as a major threat to state health, food, education, and climate programs, and emphasized that California would not be able to fully backfill the federal cuts. Several members also highlighted the bill’s tax provisions, including temporary deductions for tips, overtime, seniors, and auto loan interest, while warning that the largest benefits flow to higher-income taxpayers and that major cuts to Medi-Cal, CalFresh, and clean-energy incentives are delayed or phased in over time. The Legislative Analyst’s Office and the Department of Finance presented detailed overviews of the bill’s likely impacts and implementation timelines. They identified the main affected areas as health care coverage and financing, food assistance, higher education, personal income taxes, and clean-energy/electric-vehicle credits. They explained that H.R. 1 limits provider taxes used to finance Medi-Cal, adds work and redetermination requirements, restricts CalFresh eligibility and increases state costs, changes student loan and Pell Grant rules, extends and modifies federal tax provisions, and phases out many clean-energy credits. Finance also noted major rescissions of Inflation Reduction Act funds, new border and immigration enforcement spending, and the possibility of PAYGO sequestration if Congress does not act to offset the deficit increase. During member questions, the committee focused on likely enrollment losses, administrative burdens, and fiscal exposure for the state and counties. Witnesses said many details still depend on federal guidance, but they estimated significant impacts on Medi-Cal, CalFresh, and graduate/professional student borrowing, and noted that California’s high CalFresh error rate could increase state costs. UC testified that the elimination of Graduate PLUS loans would affect thousands of professional students, especially in health, law, and other high-cost programs. Members asked for follow-up data on county, health, and tax impacts, and staff agreed to provide additional tables and estimates as implementation guidance becomes clearer. Public commenters from counties, early childhood advocates, health coalitions, disability rights groups, immigrant-rights organizations, and other stakeholders urged the Legislature to mitigate the law’s effects. They warned of higher county costs, reduced access to health care and food assistance, increased administrative burdens, and harm to children, immigrants, people with disabilities, and low-income families. Several urged new state revenue solutions and stronger protections for Medi-Cal, CalFresh, child care, and home- and community-based services. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational and ended with a commitment to continue monitoring federal guidance and to work on state responses in the budget process.

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• These programs include safe care plans, targeted home visiting programs, and intensive family preservation
• look at the program because you can also look at this program and say, well, we're enrolling a lot more
• We provide wellness in my program.
• Within our program, we are sponsors of the summer food program.
• We do have a fatherhood program.

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• Were you with the program then? Have you been with the program since its inception?
• Okay, I have been with the program before it was even a program, a pilot, and that was 1985.
• We have a program. This is one of several programs, but probably...
• 80 growers who've been part of this program, and the program is growing.
• and the program is growing.

Bills: HF3692

Keywords: Farmer-Lender Mediation Act, mediation, agriculture finance, debt relief, civil law, 1183, house

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• I would like to thank the Legislature also for funding the Wright grant program, the Jails to Job program
• Farm Worker Housing Grant Program, and the Portfolio Reinvestment Program.
• rail capital program, and the low-carbon transit operations program.
• We are very appreciative of the allocations to the state LIHTC program and the MHP program.
• This will inherently impact our Tier 3 programs, which include our ASIC program, another flagship program

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• Steven Stangle: A program like Helmets to Hardhats is a great program for veterans because, like he was
• 06:41.199> for to hard hats is a great program for to hard hats is a great program for veterans
• Minnesota helmets to hard hats program Minnesota helmets to hard hats program uh<00:07:44.479>
• the program.
• So these programs are programs that help people sustain a living, right?

Bills: HF1439, HF1004, HF498, HF1326

Keywords: HF1439, Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation, Carts to Careers, workforce development fund, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, grocery industry, food industry, food retail, retail workforce, job training, career pathways, scholarships, certifications, workforce pipeline, one-time appropriation, industry training, labor shortage, youth employment, apprenticeship

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• Stanley, as a sponsored research program, a sponsored program, meaning external funding.
• As a sponsored research program, a sponsored program, meaning external funding, these funds that were
• This program, again, was treated internally as a sponsored program with the external funds from Pulaski
• The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at UALR reviewed the expenditures per program guidelines
• Yes, I mean, the program staff were administering the program per the guidelines that have been approved

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• I will explain how school meal programs work and how the program mechanisms work, highlight the various
• Together, these features of the program are more comprehensive than school meal programs in other states
• However, the program evaluation may be too early to accurately assess the long-term impacts of the program
• The whole program is a wonderful program.
• It costs more for some of these programs, and so as you all consider the right way to fund these programs

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• program.
• and parenting support programs.
• life-affirming program.
• Is your program, is this Thriving Texas Families Program geared towards addressing that?
• the program is.

Bills: SB670, SB1388, SB627, SB912, SB269, SB528, HB2711, HB4819, HB5248, HB4175

Keywords: SB 670, investigational sun protection products, sun protection, sunscreen, FDA approval, clinical trial, phase one trial, patient access, informed consent, physician prescription, Texas Health and Safety Code, Texas Medical Board, compassionate use, experimental treatment, medical freedom, patient autonomy, healthcare regulation, dietitian, dietitians, licensed dietitian

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• an example I would say in most programs an example I would say in most programs there<00:24:37.760
• <00:31:26.960> is<00:31:27.200> that<00:31:28.159> you program is that you program
• region and and really build a program region and and really build a program right<01:14:40.760><
• <01:20:09.000> is program and this Pathways program is program and this Pathways program is
• Our programs are life changing. Our programs are life changing.

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• phases, on the Perkins program.
• That typically is what we're funding is, you know, our robotics programs, our art programs, programs
• You can name another program. I may be saying the wrong one. Give it the money for a program.
• You can name another program. I may be saying the wrong one. Give it the money for a program.
• Or we make it programming.

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• This program is really going to improve transparency of our programs, accountability, data production
• This is our oldest grant program.
• Again, this program was established in 1987. Again, this program was established in 1987.
• programs, to the special mission-based programs, to our core participation loan programs, provide a
• So it depends on the program.

Summary: The committee received a compliance and budget update on Industrial Commission agencies and programs, including the Industrial Commission administrative office, the Oil and Gas Research Program, the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority, the State Energy Research Center, the Research Technology Park grant program, and related funds. Staff reviewed spending and balances for items such as electric grid resiliency grants, lignite research, enhanced oil recovery, the salt cavern business case study, and the new NDSU research and technology park grant. Members also discussed timing, carryover balances, matching requirements, and how some programs are structured to reimburse projects over several years rather than spend funds immediately. Karen Tyler of the Industrial Commission described the agency’s administrative budget, the grant management system nearing completion, and the transition to standalone audits and staffing after separating from other agencies. She also outlined the status of active grant rounds across lignite, oil and gas, renewable energy, outdoor heritage, and clean sustainable energy programs. Members asked about the length of active grants, demand for clean energy funding, and the possibility of future grant rounds. Tyler and members also discussed the salt cavern study, the need to better define its commercial value, and the research technology park grant’s cash-match requirement. Ron Ness then testified on enhanced oil recovery and broader oil and gas market conditions. He said North Dakota production remained steady, but future growth depends on infrastructure, longer laterals, and better use of natural gas and carbon dioxide for EOR. He described the state’s EOR grant round, the use of federal DOE funding to replace part of a state-funded project, and the expectation of additional grant rounds. Members asked about CO2 supply, storage, and the economics of using legacy fields and pipelines to extend oil production and support agriculture and industrial uses. The committee also heard from Bank of North Dakota President Don Morgan, who reviewed the bank’s mission, governance, lending verticals, disaster programs, and new initiatives. He said the bank is seeing deposit growth flatten and is responding to fintech competition by focusing on liquidity, risk management, and a new payment infrastructure initiative called Rough Rider Coin, which he emphasized is not crypto and not a public coin, but a banking payment rail for North Dakota institutions. Members asked about student loan rates, disaster lending, and how the bank’s lines of credit and balance sheet capacity are affected by deposit trends. Morgan said the bank remains profitable and continues to support agriculture, commerce, and industry through participation loans, student lending, and state-directed programs.

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• And this program at St. Kates mid20s. And this program at St.
• This program helped us with that. This This program helped us with that.
• the programs.
• There's programs like the Jeremiah There's programs like the Jeremiah program<00:42:17.040> that
• Cloud. grant program. We had to make hard grant program.

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• Prevention Program.
• This program offers a variety of residential models, case management, and day programs to support the
• Also, the Older Independent Blind Program, the services that are offered through that program, along
• Because it is a federal program, it's not our program.
• programs that I mentioned earlier.

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Summary: The hearing was an informational and oversight session of the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities, with chairs and members hearing agency updates from several commissioners. The Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition described its maternal and child health work, including home visiting, early intervention, WIC, newborn hearing screening, and cross-agency efforts on prenatal substance exposure, respite care, children’s vision, and maternal health initiatives. DPH emphasized that federal grant cuts, layoffs, and the loss of data systems such as PRAMS would weaken services and planning, and members asked about Title V funding and the impact of federal uncertainty. The Massachusetts Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing highlighted communication access services, interpreter and CART referrals, emergency after-hours support, family navigation, and independent living services. Commissioners and members discussed the shortage of ASL interpreters and the need to expand training pipelines, including partnerships with colleges and possible ASL programming for younger students. The Department of Developmental Services reported serving nearly 50,000 people and focused on youth and adult services, transition-age supports, autism services, self-direction, respite, and new high-acuity residential models. Members asked about respite availability, self-direction outcomes, and workforce shortages; DDS said it was expanding clinical capacity and provider rates while monitoring possible federal Medicaid, SNAP, and immigration-related impacts. The Commission for the Blind described services for about 28,000 legally blind residents, most of whom are older adults, including social rehabilitation, orientation and mobility training, children’s services, assistive technology, vocational rehabilitation, and Turning 22 supports. The commissioner discussed a UMass-based effort to build the workforce pipeline for blindness services and said the agency was watching federal restructuring but had not yet seen direct cuts. MassAbility’s leadership then warned about major federal changes affecting Social Security disability determinations, including staff restructuring, office closures, and a new overpayment repayment policy, and said the agency was preparing for possible increases in claims and uncertainty around reallotment dollars that help fund services. The Disabled Persons Protection Commission closed the hearing with an update on its abuse investigations and protective services for adults with disabilities. DPPC reported rising hotline calls and investigations, a growing caseload, its sexual assault response team, the abuser registry, and a new interagency protective services integration system funded by ARPA dollars through 2027. The agency also flagged new federal rules that could affect funding eligibility and said it may need statutory changes to comply. Members asked about funding, reporting pathways, and how complaints reach DPPC, and the commissioner said the agency uses both mandated reporting and proactive outreach to identify and respond to abuse.

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• Program.
• in the ESA program transferred from that state's tax credit program.
• joining the ESA program.
• program.
• SAT program.

Bills: HB 3

Keywords: emergency communication, public safety, interoperability, Texas Interoperability Council, grant program, emergency communications, public safety radio, first responders, radio system, dispatch, 911, emergency management, Texas Division of Emergency Management, public safety infrastructure, Project 25, P25, broadband emergency alerting, outdoor warning sirens, homeland security, disaster response

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• program serve motans better. program serve motans better.
• state program? state program? >> We<00:51:53.839> do.
• the<01:03:05.280> entire<01:03:05.680> program The state uh program, the entire program
• insurance program with other insurance programs?
• , your insurance program your program, your insurance program with<01:29:45.120> other<01:29:45.360

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• <00:20:26.559> STARS<00:20:27.640> program of Alternative Programs STARS program of
• program.
• program.
• program.
• cycle as traditional programs. cycle as traditional programs.

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