Did you know? Approximately 40,000 Alabama Children annually are subjected to custody orders by the Alabama court system and limited to loving and spending time or visit with the non-custodial parent usually one night a week and every other weekend. Birthdays and holidays are pre-assigned. Research has proven that children with limited or no contact with one of their biological parents experience social problems that account for 71% of school dropouts. These same children account for 85% of youths in prison, 75% juvenile drug users, 71% teen pregnancies, and 90% of homeless and runaway children. The economic impact of the 23,000 Alabama dropouts (2011) growing up in these circumstances and thus not becoming taxpayers themselves represents a lost lifetime earnings of $2.5 billion. The annual cost to house an Alabama Department of Corrections young offender is $15,780. If only 10% of the Alabama prison population were reduced it would save more than $48 million. If half of Alabama’s dropouts had graduated, they would provide the following economic benefits to our State: - $227 million in increased home sales and $13 million in increased auto sales - 800 new jobs and a $141 million increase in the gross state product - $6.6 million in increased annual state tax revenue The bottom line: Children who are denied equal access to both fit parents often experience social problems thus causing the economic snowball affect mentioned above. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein Solution: Reform Alabama Family Law - 2015! alfra.org/resources/supporting-facts-to-the-childrens-equal-protection-cep-act/
Posted on: Fri, 23 May 2014 16:01:36 +0000