Relating to: funding for grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriation. (FE)

SB 997 creates a new funding line for economic support specialist positions at resource centers, appropriating $1 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year. It replaces the previous funding mechanism for these specialists (defined under statute 46.2805(10)) with a dedicated appropriation. The bill directly affects resource centers that provide economic support services, ensuring funding for specialist staff positions. This is a procedural budgetary change, not a policy shift, and takes effect immediately for the 2025-26 funding cycle (with a repeal of the prior provision scheduled for July 1, 2027).