Absolutely. In fact, at this moment in time we as a faith community are trying to build a safe environment for children to participate in this community. It's a $6.5 million project. So we're not opposed to that. But as a parent, I know this too: no one can pay any institution to love my child enough. If I desire to have my child at home....
I'm not looking to diss the institutional side of things. And maybe the $1,200 does not go far enough when you're looking at absolute needs of people I'm working with, the working class, the working poor, the low-income people. Maybe that's not enough either. All I'm throwing out here is that I want to see things get better overall, and it just doesn't appear that this bill will provide the solutions I'm looking for.