A Spokane program that cares for infants exposed to toxic drugs in the womb will receive $2 million in state money to help fund another year of operations.
Maddie’s Place CEO Shaun Cross says legislative budget writers agreed to another one-year grant as part of the new budget approved last weekend. Governor Ferguson must first sign it into law.
Cross says Maddie’s Place has helped more than 130 babies over the last two years to be weaned from the drugs they ingested in utero from their mothers. It has also helped parents with addictions to go through treatment programs…