Kathleen Sebelius will have the power to alter almost every aspect of this bill without any oversight.
But they’re not going to tell us how to raise our children, right? No, of course not. They’re just going to counsel us on the correct way to raise our children.
(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term ‘eligible expenditures’—
(A) means expenditures to provide voluntary home visitation for as many families with young children (under the age of school entry) and families expecting children as practicable, through the implementation or expansion of high quality home visitation programs that—
(i) adhere to clear
evidence-based models of home visitation that have demonstrated positive effects on important program-determined child and parenting outcomes, such as reducing abuse and neglect and improving child health and development;
(ii) employ well-trained and competent staff, maintain high quality supervision, provide for ongoing training and professional development, and show strong organizational capacity to implement such a program;
(iii) establish appropriate linkages and referrals to other community resources and supports;
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that means yanking them out for state orphanages if they want to
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(iv) monitor fidelity of program implementation to ensure that services are delivered according to the specified model; and
(v) provide parents with—
(I) knowledge of age-appropriate child development in cognitive, language, social, emotional, and motor domains (including knowledge of second language acquisition, in the case of English language learners);
(II) knowledge of realistic expectations of age-appropriate child behaviors;
(III) knowledge of health and wellness issues for children and parents;
(IV) modeling, consulting, and coaching on parenting practices;
(V) skills to interact with their child to enhance age-appropriate development;
(VI) skills to recognize and seek help for issues related to health, developmental delays, and social, emotional, and behavioral skills; and
(VII) activities designed to help parents become full partners in the education of their children;
My first thought after reading this – what if I say no – I don’t want your voluntary inspection of my family. What will be the ramifications to the families that choose not to volunteer? Will the State consider this an act of someone with something to hide? Will the next step be for Child Protection Services to be contacted just to make sure our children are o.k.?
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