Florida GOP Legislature/Rick Scott refuse $4.9 million in federal funds to strengthen parenting

[seafan]

Florida turns down $4.9 million from federal government designed to strengthen parenting




Florida Governor Rick Scott (via Tampa Bay Times)


By Curtis Krueger, Times Staff Writer
August 21, 2012

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Earlier this month, the Florida Department of Health turned down a $4.9 million federal grant that already has helped 84 Pinellas County families and hundreds more statewide.

The department was forced to turn down the money after the Florida Legislature refused to accept it.

Some state lawmakers were upset because the program is connected to the Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare."

"It's unconscionable, unconscionable that we should return this money to Washington . . . and allow it to go to other states," said state Sen. Nan Rich, D-Weston.

The federal government was poised to give the $4.9 million to programs around the state that provide in-home visits to parents in areas with high rates of premature babies, poverty, crime, substance abuse, joblessness, child abuse and other issues.

The in-home visits are designed to combat those problems by deploying professionals who teach parenting and other skills.

Though the Legislature had the role of deciding whether to accept the grant money, Gov. Rick Scott said last month that "we're not going to implement Obamacare in Florida."

Lawmakers turned down the money.

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These right wing lunatics hate women;

they hate children;

they hate families;

they hate immigrants;

they hate blacks;

they hate all minorities;

hate gays and lesbians;

they hate public education;

they hate the environment;

they hate regulations;

they hate the taxes needed to run our government;

they hate Medicare;

they hate Social Security;

they hate Medicaid;

they hate workers' unions;

they hate public school teachers;

they hate public workers;

they hate reproductive health programs;

They hate accountability for their crimes.






THEY HATE.


And they must be stopped now.

[DainBramaged]

1. Doucherocket, may it bite him in the ass come his re-election year

[No Elephants]

2. He got elected despite his health care fraud, so you gotta wonder what will get him out of office.

[madfloridian]

3. The man is a fool.

But I see too many here who applaud everything he does, though they don't understand it.