Friday, December 29, 2006
Homeland Insecurity...
Here is a free resource about how our country cares about children, that you may want to check out from Every Child Matters, a national nonprofit organization devoted to improving the lives of children and families by advocating for better public policy during federal and state campaigns. In the words of the EveryChild Matters organization:
"Millions of American children are without health insurance, millions are reported abused and neglected, millions are left unsupervised everyday after school, and millions have parents in a prison system that is crushing families."
To help spark debate about the need for major new federal investments in children and families, the Every Child Matters Education Fund has published a book called Homeland Insecurity… American Children at Risk. The book can be downloaded for free. Our goal is to make children, youth, and family issues a political priority in the forthcoming presidential election.
Drawing mostly from official federal data, Homeland Insecurity shows the challenges families face in raising healthy children. It shows that government policy is failing many of these families. It dispels ideologically driven myths that government-supported programs are ineffectual and that taxes are evil. It shows that some states do much better for children than others. And it shows that a new ten-year $500 billion invest-in-kids initiative would improve the life chances of all children, keep the U.S. competitive in a global economy, and help to support an aging population.
We hope you will find Homeland Insecurity to be useful in your own efforts to promote the well-being of children.
Download the report and take a look. The information is kind of frightening and depressing...
For a New Year's resolution, how about we resolve to help improve the lives of children? Everone can help in some way and we could certianly make 2007 a better year for all. Hope you have a Happy New Year's holiday and hey, remember... moderation in all things!
