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07-21-2011, 12:24 AM
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Florida GOP Rejects Money To Fight Child Abuse And Neglect
In a partisan stand against the Affordable Care Act, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) and GOP lawmakers are turning away much-needed federal funds aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect. According to Linda Merrell of the Florida Child Healthcare Coalition, the state has missed out on up to $52 million in federal funding — $3.4 million of which Scott turned down this year and millions more in grants available under Section 2951 of the Affordable Care Act for home health visits.
The money is sorely needed. <span style='font-size: 14pt'>In 2010, the state legislature cut a staggering 43 percent of the budget for its Healthy Families Florida program,</span> which provides home visitation services to both expecting parents and parents with newborn children in order to prevent future instances of abuse. As a result, Healthy Families was forced to scale back, dropping services for 5,800 children in 3,500 high-risk families. </div></div>
Too expensive you say?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Florida’s taxpayers pay an estimated $64,377 a year to care for an abused or neglected child, while Healthy Families Florida prevents the costs of child abuse and neglect for only $1,671 a year per child,<span style='font-size: 14pt'> saving taxpayers millions of dollars</span>.
A rigorous five-year independent study and follow up study shows that Healthy Families prevents child abuse and neglect, keeping families together and children out of the child welfare system — 98 percent of the children served by Healthy Families are abuse free.” </div></div>
read it (http://thinkprogress.org/health/2011/07/20/274261/florida-gop-rejects-money-to-fight-child-abuse-and-neglect/)
Rick Scott should be in jail.
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In a partisan stand against the Affordable Care Act, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) and GOP lawmakers are turning away much-needed federal funds aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect. According to Linda Merrell of the Florida Child Healthcare Coalition, the state has missed out on up to $52 million in federal funding — $3.4 million of which Scott turned down this year and millions more in grants available under Section 2951 of the Affordable Care Act for home health visits.
The money is sorely needed. <span style='font-size: 14pt'>In 2010, the state legislature cut a staggering 43 percent of the budget for its Healthy Families Florida program,</span> which provides home visitation services to both expecting parents and parents with newborn children in order to prevent future instances of abuse. As a result, Healthy Families was forced to scale back, dropping services for 5,800 children in 3,500 high-risk families. </div></div>
Too expensive you say?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Florida’s taxpayers pay an estimated $64,377 a year to care for an abused or neglected child, while Healthy Families Florida prevents the costs of child abuse and neglect for only $1,671 a year per child,<span style='font-size: 14pt'> saving taxpayers millions of dollars</span>.
A rigorous five-year independent study and follow up study shows that Healthy Families prevents child abuse and neglect, keeping families together and children out of the child welfare system — 98 percent of the children served by Healthy Families are abuse free.” </div></div>
read it (http://thinkprogress.org/health/2011/07/20/274261/florida-gop-rejects-money-to-fight-child-abuse-and-neglect/)
Rick Scott should be in jail.
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