Christian Nonprofit's Members Avoid Florida's Group Home Standards

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Florida is unusual in that it allows faith-based children's homes to register with a nonprofit in lieu of state licensing.
54% : For example, supervisors at homes registered with the association were not required to have college degrees or previous experience in residential care, as they were at state-licensed programs.
54% : The Legislature also required the association to report emergency situations to state regulators within 24 hours.
51% : Unlike homes that are licensed by the state, the association's members are exempt from visits by state inspectors.
50% : State archival records show that the Florida Association of Christian Child Caring Agencies took the opportunity to suggest that religious group homes be exempted from state oversight if they did not accept government funding.
49% : In September, The New York Times and the investigative podcast Reveal reported that some of the maternity homes had imposed strict limits on residents' communications and movements.
46% : Most of the people who sit on the association's board founded or run its member facilities, federal tax records show.
41% : Experts say that state licensing does not necessarily prevent abuse.
39% : But the Republican lawmaker who filed the Senate version, Clay Yarborough of Jacksonville, pulled it from consideration without public explanation.

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