Economics End Poverty An Ounce of Prevention Is Most Cost-Effective in Long Run
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Education costs less than ignorance, preventive health care far less than emergency rooms, preventive family services less than out-of-home care, and Head Start much less than prisons.
The average annual per child cost of a mentoring program is $1,000.
The cost of providing a year of employment training for unemployed youths is $2,492.
The annual per child cost of a high quality after-school program is $2,700.
The average cost of ensuring that a low-income family has affordable housing is $6,830.
The average annual per child cost of Head Start is $7,028.
The annual per child cost for a high quality comprehensive full-day, full-year early childhood education program is $13,000. The average annual per prisoner cost is $22,650. States spend on average almost three times as much per prisoner as per public school pupil.
It’s time for America to do the right and cost-effective thing by investing in children now. That will happen only when advocates for children stand up together and make it happen. |
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