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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => The Troubled Teen Industry => Topic started by: JustWrit on April 09, 2010, 08:59:11 AM

Title: H.R.911 Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs
Post by: JustWrit on April 09, 2010, 08:59:11 AM
Please sign the petition so that the senate knows there is a great interest in this bill and takes an interest. Thank you

HR 911 "Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2009" passed the House of Representatives over one year ago.  Today, it continues to sit in The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, waiting to be taken up.  
This bill, if passed would protect scores of our nation's kids from abusive and unregulated private or public residential "boot camps, boarding schools, behavioral modification programs, etc."

There are scores of adults that bear the scars of abuse at the hands of unregulated institutions that would today be regulated by this bill. Many have contacted me and are losing hope of ever seeing justice through legislative change to protect kids today. We failed these men and women once.  Let's not fail our kids today.
I urge you to sign this petition.  Force a hearing in the Senate HELP committee on HR 911.  Child abuse prevention is important to us, it should be of the utmost importance to those on our payroll in the US Congress.  


http://http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/demand-senate-take-up-hr-911-put-an-end-to-institutionalized-child-abuse
Title: Re: H.R.911 Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs
Post by: Son Of Serbia on April 09, 2010, 01:58:04 PM
Quote from: "Electrolite"
Please sign the petition so that the senate knows there is a great interest in this bill and takes an interest. Thank you

HR 911 "Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2009" passed the House of Representatives over one year ago.  Today, it continues to sit in The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, waiting to be taken up.  
This bill, if passed would protect scores of our nation's kids from abusive and unregulated private or public residential "boot camps, boarding schools, behavioral modification programs, etc."

There are scores of adults that bear the scars of abuse at the hands of unregulated institutions that would today be regulated by this bill. Many have contacted me and are losing hope of ever seeing justice through legislative change to protect kids today. We failed these men and women once.  Let's not fail our kids today.
I urge you to sign this petition.  Force a hearing in the Senate HELP committee on HR 911.  Child abuse prevention is important to us, it should be of the utmost importance to those on our payroll in the US Congress.  


http://http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/demand-senate-take-up-hr-911-put-an-end-to-institutionalized-child-abuse

Thank you for posting the link.  I just signed the petition & I strongly encourage everyone who posts at fornits to do the same.  It literally took only a minute of my time, so please everyone, get involved and sign the petition!
Title: Re: H.R.911 Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs
Post by: Anne Bonney on April 09, 2010, 02:36:27 PM
Do online petitions really have any weight?  I've read (Snopes perhaps) that they're pretty useless but I"m not exactly "up" on these things.  Anyone have any knowledge?
Title: Re: H.R.911 Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs
Post by: Eliscu2 on April 09, 2010, 09:25:23 PM
Quote from: "Anne Bonney"
Do online petitions really have any weight?  I've read (Snopes perhaps) that they're pretty useless but I"m not exactly "up" on these things.  Anyone have any knowledge?

Oh ya, they work.
Title: Re: H.R.911 Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs
Post by: DannyB II on April 09, 2010, 10:14:59 PM
Thank you very much.....signed.
Title: Re: H.R.911 Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs
Post by: Che Gookin on April 11, 2010, 07:44:52 AM
Quote from: "Eliscu2"
Quote from: "Anne Bonney"
Do online petitions really have any weight?  I've read (Snopes perhaps) that they're pretty useless but I"m not exactly "up" on these things.  Anyone have any knowledge?

Oh ya, they work.

As evidenced by?
Title: Re: H.R.911 Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs
Post by: Anne Bonney on April 12, 2010, 03:09:03 PM
Quote from: "Eliscu2"
Quote from: "Anne Bonney"
Do online petitions really have any weight?  I've read (Snopes perhaps) that they're pretty useless but I"m not exactly "up" on these things.  Anyone have any knowledge?

Oh ya, they work.


Good to know.  I honestly wasn't knocking it, just asking.
Title: Re: H.R.911 Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs
Post by: AuntieEm2 on April 12, 2010, 08:14:12 PM
Petitions are good, but a personal letter to your senators works much better!

When petitions tend to be dismissed is when they contain loaded political language and you are petitioning the other side; the other side tends to ignore it, they weren't listening to your side anyway.

Auntie Em
Title: PLEASE H.R.911 Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs
Post by: JustWrit on April 23, 2010, 03:27:56 PM
We need more signatures. ......more, more .....please


http://www.foreverendeavorshelter.com (http://www.foreverendeavorshelter.com)
Title: Re: H.R.911 Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs
Post by: Che Gookin on April 23, 2010, 06:56:35 PM
You'll have to explain why I should support this legislation. Further, you'll need to explain how this electronic petition will work.

Can't be arsed otherwise.