From: Nancy Scannell
Sent: Thu 7/21/2011 4:00 PM
To: MAFF Exec Board
Subject: ADVOCACY NEEDED TO MOVE CHINS BILL
As you know The CHINS/FACES bill S.1963 has passed the Senate and is now in House Ways and Means. There is a good chance that it will be voted on by the House next week but we need your help to see that happen.
A small group of individuals have been meeting with House Leaders expressing objections to certain pieces of the CHINS reform – specifically the piece allow parents to stop the process. They want that removed. We have to act fast to ensure a parents’ right to stop a CHINS is preserved.
The best way to prevent this and other changes that will water this bill down is to make sure that the small number of voices who want to keep things as they are are drowned out by those of us who know that things need to change! Please forward the action alert from the Children's Mental Health Campaign on to your lists!
Thank you everyone for all your help and efforts on passing CHINS reform!
Nancy
Dear Children’s Mental Health Campaign Supporter,
We only have one more week. Just one week to get CHINS reform through the House to begin implementation this year. The TIME for action IS NOW!
We all agree that helping children and their families in the community and not through the courts is the best option. We all believe that parents should have the right to get help for their children and not lose custody in that process. We all know that parents and families have been relegated to the sidelines for far too long in the current CHINS system. And we have seen that children stigmatized with a CHINS label and a probation offer will most likely have more future involvement with the courts and criminal actions – which will cost the state more in the long run.
The time to stop this cycle is now. The time for you to stand up and make a difference is now. The finish line is so close – we need you to put S.1963 across it NOW!
We need everyone to make the call, send the email and forward this alert to every parent in the state and let our collective voices be heard – CHINS reform happens NOW!
Click HERE to call your State Representative TODAY!
THEN
Click HERE to send an email to House Speaker DeLeo and Ways and Means Chairman Dempsey.
Thank you,
Erin G. Bradley Coordinator, CMHC
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