The Department of Social Services shall establish, within available appropriations, families-in-training programs to provide parent education and community support services to expectant parents and parents of children under the age of three. Such services shall include, but not be limited to, providing information and advice to parents on their child's language, cognitive, social and motor development, visiting a participant's home on a regular basis, organizing group meetings for neighborhood parents of young children and providing referrals for parents who need special assistance or services. Such programs shall provide for the recruitment of participants.(P.A. 90-128, S. 2; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-618 transferred to Sec. 17b-851 in 1995.
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