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| The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will take up the |  
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| Charge #2 - Study the benefits, efficiencies and costs, and effectiveness |  
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| of the social service related prevention and early intervention programs |  
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| at the health and human services agencies, the juvenile and adult criminal |  
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| justice agencies and other government agencies that have programs that |  
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| address mental illness, substance abuse, child abuse and neglect, domestic |  
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| violence, single-parent families, absentee fathers, early pregnancy, and |  
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| unemployment. Study other states' prevention programs and efforts to |  
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| administer these programs through a merged prevention department. Make |  
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| recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of these |  
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| Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes. |  
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| If submitting written testimony, please provide 20 copies with your name |  
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