~ TCFPN-SWDPML ~ The Case For Paying Now – So We Don’t Pay More Later

~ TDASOSP ~ The Dollars And Sense Of Solving Poverty

~ WAFE-OSOCFIAFIN-AAEOTLRAEK-N-FPOEI ~ With A Few Exceptions – Our Systems Of Care For Individuals And Families In Need – Are Almost Exclusively Of The Last Resort And Emergency Kind – Not – For Prevention Or Early Intervention

~ WAKIOHTTSAITPN-WKITAUOPIDWAPOC-PCPFAITFP-OALTMEMOTP ~ We All Know In Our Hearts That The Smarter Approach Is To Pay Now – We Know Intuitively That An Ounce Of Prevention Is Definitely Worth A Pound Of Cure – Preventing Costly Problems From Arising In The First Place – Or At Least The Most Expensive Manifestations Of The Problem

~ TGBORAE-STITRPBE ~ The Growing Body Of Research And Experience – Shows That Investing To Reduce Poverty Benefits Everyone

~ TECOPANO-TDCOP-IF-TATOC-IC-HUO-EW-P-C-RE-A-SC-LOPCTSATSTPASIPOE ~ The Economic Costs Of Poverty Are Not Only – The Direct Costs Of Poverty – In Fact – There Are Two Other Categories – Indirect Costs – High Use Of – Emergency Wards – Police – Courts – Remedial Education – And – Societal Costs – Loss Of Potential Contribution To Society And The Strain That Poverty And Steep Inequalities Place On Everyone