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Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced today they will be introducing the Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act, legislation that would offer grants to states to establish statewide or regional partnerships to better coordinate the work of health care and social service providers, and improve the health and well-being of Americans as a result.
The senators bill would enable states to leverage local expertise and technology through public-private partnerships to connect individuals with food, housing, child care, job training and transportation services that invariably impact a person s health care outcomes. The goal of the legislation is to connect health care providers with existing social services in order for every American to be able to access quality care, regardless of where they live.
When Joanna McFarlin was 18 or 19 years old, she was studying to be a teacher.Â
As part of her program, she was placed in a preschool. And in that preschool, there was a little boy who would cry and throw a tantrum every day when he had to go home.Â
One day, she pulled him aside and tried to talk with him about what the problem was. But for some reason, her superiors did not approve of this. They reprimanded her, telling her that trying to ask a child about what might be going on outside of school was not appropriate.Â
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