LYONS: Helping bad parents learn to be better
By Tom Lyons
Published: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, September 27, 2010 at 8:40 p.m.
News that so pleased Richard Wexler went almost unnoticed by most people, and sounds like bureaucratic trivia.
The federal Department of Health and Human Services has granted Florida a 10-month extension -- and it could soon become five years -- on a waiver from foster-care funding rules.
That means federal dollars that in other states can only be spent to hire foster parents can be used here for alternatives, like helping troubled families keep their children and do a better job caring for them.
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