HB1575 - Tennessee: Children, Children's Services, Dept. Of, Correction, Dept. Of

Companion Bill SB1753. Correction, Dept. of - Allocates 0.5 percent of department's annual appropriations to Tennessee Amachi Initiative for mentoring children with incarcerated parent, subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 37, Chapter 5 and Title 41. Fiscal Summary for HB1575 / *SB1753Increase State Expenditures - $3,500,000 Bill Summary for HB1575 / *SB1753 Subject to appropriations, this bill requires that at least one half of one percent of the department of correction's annual appropriations be allocated to the Big Brothers Big Sisters Tennessee Amachi Initiative to invest in prevention by providing professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships for children with an incarcerated parent as a means to provide a long-term solution to the problem of generational [...]

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