0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 14
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                         MARY JANE M. GARCIA
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0008|             FOR THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
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0009|     
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO CONDUCT AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS OF
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0012|     PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHILD
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0013|     CARE DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT STATE PLAN THAT INCLUDES
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0014|     COLLABORATIVE PARTICIPATION FROM THE PUBLIC, CONSUMERS AND THE
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0015|     LEGISLATURE. 
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0016|     
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0017|          WHEREAS, the United States congress adopted the Personal
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0018|     Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996; and
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0019|          WHEREAS, the children, youth and families department
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0020|     developed a child care and development block grant state plan
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0021|     without sufficient advocate and consumer input; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, the children, youth and families department held
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0023|     a public hearing but did not provide adequate notice to the
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0024|     public or distribute the proposed plan prior to the hearing;
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0025|     and
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0001|          WHEREAS, children and families will experience hardship in
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0002|     the transition from the existing system to a new, unfamiliar
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0003|     and complicated system of assistance; and
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0004|          WHEREAS, in order for parents to work, they will need
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0005|     support services such as child care to enable them to work and
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0006|     thus no longer need subsistence benefits;
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0007|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0008|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the governor be requested to conduct a
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0009|     collaborative and inclusive process in the planning and
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0010|     development of the child care development block grant state
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0011|     plan; and
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0012|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0013|     transmitted to the governor and the secretary of children,
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0014|     youth and families.
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