Now with the news of numerous cases made in courts all over the United States by young adults who still suffer emotionally because they had been forced to attend a program during their teenage years combined with news coverage which should have been made decades ago, the problem of regulating residential programs must be addressed.
Now the time has come to get a secure legislation into place, so a start can be created.
Because the work is not done with the present proposed legislation. There are loopholes. Politics can only be made when you reach the majority of the politicians on you side. So it will not be perfect the first time, but it is a start.
Write to your congressman or senator. HR911 failed once. This time it must pass.
Source:
- New Efforts to Crack Down on Residential Programs for Troubled Teen, By Maia Szlavitz, Time Healthland, October 7, 2011
- Fact Sheet: The Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2011, The Committee on Education and the Workforce, Democrats
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