A legislative budget commission voted yesterday to accept federal home visiting grants GOP lawmakers had initially opposed because the money was allocated through the federal health care reform law.
State Sen. Joe Negron, R-Palm City, said multiple times that the home visiting programs provide no “tangible services.” He also said that these home visiting programs were “amorphous assistance.”
“What I am not in favor of is having someone funded by the government showing up in people’s homes giving advice and guidance, not providing a tangible service,” he said. “It’s overly intrusive and it’s creating a myth that services are provided when really you are having someone talk to the people.”
State Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, echoed Negron’s sentiments and said that “we have devolved in this conversation to an information and referral service.”
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