Joint Legislative Hearing Testimony: Increase in Funding for Home Visiting

Prevent Child Abuse New York's Projects Manager, Michelle Gross, gave testimony to the Joint Legislative Hearing on the Human Services Budget on February 5, 2008, encouraging an increase in funding for home visiting.

An excerpt:  "We do so much for education, and now for universal pre-k, but learning and nurturing do not begin at age three or four.  Families at risk must be reached right from the start, and infancy must not be ignored.  [That's why] we are seeking additional funding for Healthy Families New York:  to ensure that New York's most vulnerable children grow up in safe, nurturing environments with supportive, informed parents."

To read the testimony (Download pcany_testimony.pdf)