State delays making cuts to program for at-risk children
Health Department first must hold hearings on administrative rules

Date: Jul 16, 2010
Source: Pacific Business News
By: Linda Chiem

Planned cuts to a program that helps special-needs children assimilate into early childhood education have been delayed because a state department failed to draft the necessary administrative rules to legally make the changes. The cuts to the state Department of Health's early intervention program, also known as the Part C program, were scheduled to take effect July 1.

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