Increases FY2024 appropriation from General Fund to DCF for the Center for Great Expectations by $1.5 million from $500,000 to $2.0 million.

This bill increases state funding for the Center for Great Expectations in Somerset by $1.5 million, raising its FY2024 appropriation from $500,000 to $2.0 million. The Center provides housing and support services to over 1,000 low-income individuals annually, including homeless people, pregnant or parenting individuals, and those with mental health or substance use needs. The additional funds will cover existing shortfalls in their adolescent residential program, adult residential program for pregnant women, and outpatient mental health/substance abuse services. This is a straightforward budget adjustment to support existing state-funded services, with no new policy changes.