Committee adds and backs bill to tighten residential child-care education and practitioner training The committee added House Bill 396 to its agenda and moved favorable after presentations and discussion; the bill would require educational supports for children in state-funded residential child-care programs and set minimum training topics for staff certification, and the committee requested inclusion of mental-health training and first aid.

A pivotal bill to enhance education and training in Maryland's residential child-care programs just gained crucial support—could this be the change we've been waiting for?

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