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DCF Secretary to Testify in D.C. on Foster Care
07/29/10 - 09:16 AM
Associated Press
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The head of the state’s child welfare agency will testify in Washington, D.C., about how states can use federal funds to keep children out of foster care.

Florida’s Department of Children and Families was the first to accept a federal waiver that allows unprecedented flexibility in funding abuse prevention services, which include parenting classes, substance abuse and mental health treatment and even emergency cash assistance.

The flexibility allows the department to keep more families together by offering them help up front, instead of removing the children first. DCF has reduced the number of foster children by 36 percent since 2007.

DCF Secretary George Sheldon will speak before a U.S. House Subcommittee on Thursday.

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