Rep. Sharon Block introduced House Bill 610 in Health and Welfare Committee that directed the department of Health and Welfare to place children in foster care based upon the following criteria.
1. A fit and willing relative.
2. A fit and willing non-relative with a significant relationship with the child.
3. Foster parents and other persons licensed with the state.
This is one of the most common sense ideas that has come out of the legislature. Why hasn't the department being doing this in the past? Has the department of Health and Welfare not been in the business of keeping families together?
This bill is an example of the good things that can happen when government spending decreases and more innovative, low-cost methods must be used. Such as using the natural advantages of the family unit.
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