Nebraska Bill 1072 Veto Overide

April 3, 2012
On April 2, 2012, the Nebraska legislature voted to override Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman’s veto of a $2.5 million budget measure that would have permitted the state to reimburse 50 child welfare provider organizations that had subcontracted with lead agency Boys and Girls Home and were left unpaid when the agency lost its state contract in October 2010. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) ended the Boys and Girls Home contract to manage child welfare services in central, northern, and western Nebraska because the organization . . .