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[John Hoffman] I was driven

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 first personally and

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anecdotally to be involved, but then

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as I reached out it became bigger and

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bigger and bigger. And I started to see

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how systems that had good... discussions

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at first just weren’t necessarily

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tying themselves together. And it

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brought me back to saying that the...

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the piece about Part C that was the

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most important for the…for the United

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States was that it dictated the states

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to be coordinated, comprehensive and

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collaborative in their approach to

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children and families birth to three,

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specifically those that might have unique

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needs that aren’t typically

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talked about. And so...

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so I’ve always had that deep desire.

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There’s still that lack of the

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McKnight, looking at how things should

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be, you know, the concentric circles

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piece about putting the children and

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families in the center, and I wish... for

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me, the deliverable outcome is to...

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to continually focus on that so that

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our intended outcomes are going to be

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where we need to be, but it’s got to start

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and focus with the family first, and

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that’s what's always driven me is

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those needs and supports for children

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and families, always from the get-go.

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And so the rest is... is history.