Sec. 137.255. OUTCOMES. The commission shall ensure that a home visiting program achieves favorable outcomes in at least two of the following areas: (1) improved maternal or child health outcomes; (2) improved cognitive development of children; (3) increased school readiness of children; (4) reduced child abuse, neglect, and injury; (5) improved child safety; (6) improved social-emotional development of children; (7) improved parenting skills, including nurturing and bonding; (8) improved family economic self-sufficiency; (9) reduced parental involvement with the criminal justice system; and (10) increased father involvement and support. Transferred and redesignated from Government Code, Subchapter X, Chapter 531 by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1033 (S.B. 24 ), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2023.
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