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Proposed Bill Would Expand Mental Health Facility That Pairs Veterans With Dogs in Need

March 7, 2022

Lawmakers in Tallahassee, FL are submitting appropriations hoping to get some funding for their districts. 35th District Representative Blaise Ingoglia, who covers Spring Hill and Brooksville in Hernando County, has nine bills he’s looking to get some funding for including the expansion of a mental health facility for veterans in the county.

K9 Partners for Patriots has grown tremendously since 2014. Organizers say they’ve doubled the number of veterans coming forward looking for some assistance within the past three years alone. That’s why Rep. Ingoglia backed a $175,000 appropriation in this year’s legislative session to expand the organization. K9 Partners helps veterans like Mark find their fur-ever friend that will give them a chance at a more stable and happy future.

“I guess just look at him as more than just a dog,” Mark Wing said about his dog, and that’s because everywhere you see Mark, you see his dog Chance. “He came in like two days prior from Louisiana, from a kill shelter, he wasn’t really responding to anybody,” Mark continued to say but now they are constant companions.

He added, “I had dogs when I was growing up, as a kid, but this is my first dog in a few years. My first service dog, too.”

Read more at BayNews9.com.

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