She wanted to help manage the transition to a new welfare system, and the local level was the place to do that. So far, she has been remarkably successful. Through it, the county intervenes at the earliest possible stage in a child's life. All first-time mothers and teenage mothers receive home visits from a registered nurse, regardless of income. Where the nurse identifies a challenge, such as illness or a struggling welfare family, an ongoing home visitation program is put in place.
Toasters come with four pages of instructions in two languages.
Babies just come home naked. She came by them long ago. Her mother was an ally of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and a founder of the National Welfare Rights Organization. Jane Campbell was an activist on women's issues at the local level before winning her state legislative seat while she was still in her 20s. Moving from a state government setting to a local commission, Campbell has continued to practice the politics of civility for which she was known in the legislature.