Training Hours/Classes Required by Each State

State	Training Hours	Course Name	Months before Petition
Alabama	30		3
Alaska	12		6
Arizona	6		6
Arkansas	30		6
California	12		6
Colorado	27		6
Connecticut	27		6
Delaware	27	PRIDE	6
Florida	30	MAPP	3
Georgia	30	MAPP	2
Hawaii	27	PRIDE	6
Idaho	27	PRIDE	6
Illinois	27	PRIDE	6
Indiana	20		6
Iowa	30	MAPP	6
Kansas	30	MAPP	6
Kentucky	30	MAPP	3
Louisiana	30	MAPP	6
Maine	24		6
Maryland	27		6
Massachusetts	30	MAPP	6
Michigan	6		6
Minnesota	12		3
Mississippi	18		6
Missouri	39		6
Montana	18		6
Nebraska	27		6
Nevada	36		6
New Hampshire	21		6
New Jersey	24		6
New Mexico	20		6
North Carolina	40		1
North Dakota	27	PRIDE	6
Ohio	24		6
Oklahoma	24		6
Oregon	24		6
Pennsylvania	24		6
Rhode Island	27		6
South Carolina	14		6
South Dakota	27	PRIDE	6
Tennesse	30	PATH	6
Texas	27	PRIDE	6
Utah	32		6
Vermont	30		6
Virginia	not specified		6
New York	12		6
Washington	30		6
Washington D.C.	30		6
West Virginia	27	PRIDE	5
Wisconsin	12	PACE	6
Wyoming	26		12

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

When you thought I wasn't looking you hung my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint another.
When you thought I wasn't looking you fed a stray cat, and I thought it was good to be kind to animals.
When you thought I wasn't looking, you baked a birthday cake just for me, and I knew that little things were special things.
When you thought I wasn't looking you said a prayer, and I believed there was a God that I could always talk to.
When you thought I wasn't looking you kissed me good-night, and I felt loved.
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things hurt--but that it's all right to cry.
When you thought I wasn't looking you smiled, and it made me want to look that pretty, too.
When you thought I wasn't looking you cared, and I wanted to be everything I could be.
When you thought I wasn't looking--I looked . . . and wanted to say thanks for all those things you did when you thought I wasn't looking.

Author: Mary Rita Schilke Korzan

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