Children's Cabinet Fund - Renaming and Funding for Grants to Local Management Boards
Sponsor: Emily Shetty (District 18)Committee: AppropriationsSubject: Social Services - GenerallyStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 765 (as of Sep 4, 2026)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Renaming the Children's Cabinet Fund to be the Children's Cabinet Interagency Fund; requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2028 through 2030, to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill to the Fund of an amount at least equal to the appropriation to the Fund in fiscal year 2027; and requiring, in fiscal year 2031, the Governor to provide an appropriation to the Fund of $500,000 above the appropriation for fiscal year 2030, to be used for grants to the local management boards.
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Testimony (14)
MGA witness listFAV 12FavorableUNF 2Unfavorable
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Pruitt, Addisonlobbyist | Compass Government Relations | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Harris, Mrs | District 25 Constituent | Position only |
| FAV | Millard, Demaune | Family League of Baltimore | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kinnally, Kevin | Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Brown, Pamela | Maryland Association of Local Management Boards | Oral |
| FAV | Mitchell, Ellie | Maryland Out of School Time Network | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Luedtke, Dawn | Montgomery County Council District 7 | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Brown, Stacey | The Family Tree | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Shetty, Delegate Shettylegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Krone, Christinelobbyist | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ramsey Granillo, Rosemary | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Shetty, Emily | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Phillips, Dana | Department of Budget and Management | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Davis, Stacey | Individual | Position only |
Organizations on record
The Family TreeFAV 1
Registered lobbyists who testified
FAVPruitt, AddisonCompass Government RelationsRegistered for: American Fidelity; CFG Health Network; CTIA- The Wireless Association; Cloverleaf Standardbred Owners Association; HNTB Corporation; Horizon Foundation of Howard County, Inc., The…
FAVKrone, ChristineRegistered for: American Coatings Association; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; City of Rockville; Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care, The, LLC (dba The Coordinating Center); Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc.; LifeSpan Network…