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PA Struggles to Fund Mandated Child Death Reviews
The funding falls far short of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposal as counties review only half of child death cases since 2020.
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Mandatory child death review program gets fraction of requested funding as counties struggle
The Pennsylvania Department of Health received $242,000 in this year’s budget to help county teams review the deaths of children, a state mandate many have struggled to keep up with.
·Toronto, Canada
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PA struggles to fund mandated child death reviews
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Health received $242,000 in this year’s budget to help county teams review the deaths of children, a state mandate many have struggled to keep up with. The allocation is a fraction of the $2.5 million that Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed earlier this year for the Child Death Review program, and some advocates say it won’t be enough to make major changes to the failing system. The program requires counties t…
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Leaning Left3Leaning Right0Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution62% Center
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- 62% of the sources are Center
62% Center
L 38%
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