... run criminal background checks on prospective foster and adoptive parents, and other adults living in the household to ensure that children are not being put in dangerous situations. According to Pete Hoekstra, "This bill emphasizes the prevention of child abuse and neglect before it occurs." (1) "If we don't pay now for prevention and treatment, we pay later in our criminal justice ... ...

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