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Article: HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE APPROVES LEGISLATION TO EXPAND EARLY CHILDHOOD HOME VISITS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 18, 2008
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The House Education & Labor Committee issued the following news release:
The House Education and Labor Committee today approved bipartisan legislation that would allow more families to benefit from programs that help prepare young children for school, prevent child abuse and neglect, and provide parents with much needed support when raising infants and young children.
The legislation, the Education Begins At Home Act (H.R. 2343), would expand access to early childhood home visitation programs, which provide families with services that promote positive parenting skills and reduce parenting stress, boost children's school readiness, and encourage parents to stay actively involved in their ...