What
results are we looking for?
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Healthy Children
Why?
- All children deserve a healthy start in life.
- Each child has a right to a safe, stable, healthy and nurturing environment, free of abuse and neglect.
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Children ready to succeed in school
Why?
- Intellectual
stimulation, development of social skills and emotional stability at a
very young age increases the learning ability of a child.
- Preschool
and other child centered services should be available to all children,
ages birth through five years old, regardless of economic status, race
or religion.
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| 3. |
Safe and supportive communities
Why?
- Each child's well being and development is also the responsibility of each adult in the community.
- Being
able to collaboratively plan for the effective and efficient use of
limited resources will strengthen the community and family bonds.
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| 4. |
Secure and nurturing families
Why?
- The family is the foundation of the community.
- Each child's family has the primary responsibility for that child's well being and development.
- Every family has the right to quality services that promote self-determination and self-sufficiency.
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Secure and nurturing child care environments
Why?
- All children benefit from a stable environment where their physical, emotional, social, and intellectual needs are met.
- As every family has the right to self-sufficiency, quality, affordable childcare should be available to all families.
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Stable, self-sufficient, and healthy young people
Why?
- Young people learn to become productive members of their communities by making positive choices.
- Young
people benefit from a stable environment (whether family or relative
care, group care, or foster care) where their physical, emotional,
social, and intellectual needs are met.
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