Other Papers Say: Drug-Exposed Newborns Cut Off

Other Papers Say: Drug-exposed newborns cut off

Without warning or even a phone call, the Pediatric Interim Care Center in Kent, a resource for treating drug-exposed newborns, was cut off entirely from Washington state funds through a partial budget veto by Gov. Bob Ferguson. Read more...

WA facility caring for drug-exposed newborns at risk of closure after state funding cut

(Getty Images)The only medical facility focused on caring for drug-exposed babies in western Washington is pleading for help after Gov. Bob Ferguson vetoed its funding and the state abruptly canceled its contract.  And a group of GOP lawmakers is urging Ferguson to find a way to keep the Kent facility operating. For decades, the Pediatric Interim Care Center has tended to babies born to mothers with substance use disorder. Just under half of its…

A victim of Gov Ferguson’s veto: Kent's PICC center for babies exposed to drugs

Gov. Bob Ferguson’s veto and DCYF’s contract termination threaten the Pediatric Interim Care Center’s (PICC) closure, risking care