SPOKANE, Wash. — Maddie’s Place, a Spokane nursery for babies born with drug withdrawal, is at risk of closing its doors as legislators consider slashing nearly all of the nonprofit’s state funding.
The facility, which opened in 2022, requested $2.2 million, $500,000 less than their current operating budget. However, the Senate’s budget proposal only set aside $200,000, and the House allocated nothing.
“I just don’t think we can make up a $2 million hole,” said Shaun Cross, CEO and President of Maddie’s Place…