As 2009 comes to a close, it’s time to look forward. Statistics suggest that there are some things we should be concerned about. If nothing changes in the United States between now and 2020:

That’s not good enough for our children.

Numbers like that are staggering. It would be easy to be overwhelmed and give up. But what if each one of us were to focus on just one thing?

I am going to focus my energy on the 261,000 who are at risk of growing up in foster care – those young people who might never have families.

I am going to work hard to lower that number.

What are you going to do?



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