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2024 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Carr
Radio Reading Services

Item 339 #1h

Item 339 #1h

First Year - FY2025 Second Year - FY2026
Health and Human Resources
Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired FY2025 $250,000 FY2026 $250,000 GF

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Page 403, line 10, strike "$1,425,674" and insert "$1,675,674".
Page 403, line 10, strike "$1,425,674" and insert "$1,675,674".

Page 403, line 15, strike "$266,363" and "$266,363" and insert:

"$516,363" and "$516,363".



Explanation

(This amendment provides $250,000 each year from the general fund for radio reading services. There are five radio reading services in the Commonwealth that connect Virginians who are blind and vision impaired to information, news, community and culture using technology and the human voice. Last year these programs grew by eight percent and need additional support to service those additional listeners and prepare for and reach more listeners as the population ages.)