Posted on 08/01/2005 2:55:13 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Betting that larger investment in drug treatment, after-school activities and other programs can reduce incarceration, foster care and remedial education, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is expected to sign an agreement today with business and philanthropic leaders designed to shift millions in state spending in the coming years.
The central idea of the More for Maryland program, the first phase of which is scheduled to be agreed to today, is that spending on prevention programs with proven track records not only improves the lives of children but also saves money.
In what advocates say could be a national model, the proposed series of compacts recognizes that those savings can be quantified, and commits the state to reinvesting a portion of the money into prevention programs.
"We will be able to ensure that we get services to the families of children that need the most in the way they will be most effective," said Arlene Lee, executive director of the Governor's Office for Children. "We're keeping families together. We are ensuring services are going to be immediately available to the children and the families that are impacted by the compact, and they will avoid going deeper into our system."
....other states are watching to see whether it will be a success. What makes it novel is the effort to measure the financial results of prevention programs, and the government's promise to add funding to those that work based on the savings it realizes, he said.
.....A group of businesses and charities, including T. Rowe Price, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Abell Foundation and the Family League of Baltimore City have pledged $2.3 million in startup capital to fund the initial programs.
And in this year's budget, Ehrlich has earmarked $2 million to begin the cycle of reinvestment.
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
>>>>> It all rest's in the way a child is raised.<<<<<
I agree with you. So many kids today have no moral compass.
It's a shame LIBERRAL Democrats had to meddle and screw up so many lives with welfare.
Now, as usual, conservatives have to repair the damage.
Exactly.
They practice what they see and learn from their parents.
'Nuff Said. Go Get'em, Guv'nor!
Bump!
I am for temporary welfare as a safety net, not a way of life. One day in the grocery, I was behind a woman who spent over 30 dollars on a birthday cake. A cake mix and a can of frosting would have done just as well. I am tired of people that will not work, trying to live on the same level as those that do.
That woman was using food stamps.
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