DfE announces £10mn to create 'powerful' network of regional care co-operatives - CYP Now The government has confirmed more than £10 million of funding to support the establishment of up to six new regional care cooperatives (RCCs), as part of national care placement improvement drive.

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Mainers urge $1 million stabilization fund and faster rate review to stop children's residential care closures Providers, hospitals and advocates told lawmakers a statewide crisis in children's residential care is forcing kids into ERs and out‑of‑state placements. LD 2125 would create a $1,000,000 emergency stabilization fund and expedite a rate determination for children's residential care; witnesses cited extensive bed losses, long ED stays, and provider operating deficits.

Maine lawmakers are sounding the alarm as children's residential care facilities face imminent closures, urging a $1,000,000 stabilization fund to keep vulnerable kids from languishing in emergency rooms.

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