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child abuse prevention

Expanding home visiting programs

  Last week, the Legislature spent several hours debating our state budget and discussing how Nebraska plans to invest in our children over the next two years.   One important decision was the rejection of an amendment to decrease funding for home visiting programs by $500,000.  Visiting high-risk families in their…...

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A push for prevention

Though millions of dollars have been invested and countless initiatives have been developed to “fix” children and youth in the child welfare system, maybe Desiderius Erasmus said it best and “prevention is better than [a] cure.”  If so, then efforts have been made at the wrong end of the system.…...

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