In order to accomplish the goal of the Family Policy Act, the Legislature shall seek to provide to all families of this state the following:
- (1) Access to safe, affordable housing.
- (2) A safe and nurturing environment which will preserve a sense of personal and family dignity.
- (3) Adequate nutrition, shelter, and clothing.
- (4) Effective treatment to address physical, social, and emotional needs, regardless of geographical location.
- (5) Protection from abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
- (6) Equal opportunity and access to quality and effective education which will meet the individual needs of each family member and which will mobilize family strengths into effective educational action through a comprehensive partnership of the family, school, and community that reinforces and enhances family skills and parental responsibility, reinforces a caring environment, and, where feasible, utilizes the school facility as a center for community activity.
- (7) Equal opportunity and access to recreation and other community resources to develop individual abilities and to enhance family unity.
- (8) Opportunity for full-time employment for those family members able to work, at a wage sufficient to maintain family independence.
- (9) Opportunity for economic independence both for adult family members who are disabled and unable to work and for elderly family members.
History.--s. 2, ch. 88-337; s. 124, ch. 94-209.