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Florida Social Welfare Code Section 409.153 - Social And Economic Assistance - Implementation of Healthy Families Florida program.

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Title XXX   SOCIAL WELFARE

Chapter 409   SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

409.153  Implementation of Healthy Families Florida program.--The Department of Children and Family Services shall contract with a private nonprofit corporation to implement the Healthy Families Florida program. The private nonprofit corporation shall be incorporated for the purpose of identifying, funding, supporting, and evaluating programs and community initiatives to improve the development and life outcomes of children and to preserve and strengthen families with a primary emphasis on prevention. The private nonprofit corporation shall implement the program. The program shall work in partnership with existing community-based home visitation and family support resources to provide assistance to families in an effort to prevent child abuse. The program shall be voluntary for participants and shall require the informed consent of the participants at the initial contact. The Kempe Family Stress Checklist shall not be used.

History.--s. 1, ch. 98-175.

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Last modified: November 21, 2006