I have often taken Hamp from place to place to piece together a package of services for him. Our Administration has been working with local communities to find out. Of course the answers vary but the bottom line is that the community must plan it. The Federal government still has a way to go, but from organizations such as yours we are learning. We are learning that in order to better serve children and families we have to listen to what is going on at the community level as you navigate the many systems to achieve success.
Children are our most precious natural resource.
If we are truly serious about developing a stronger economy, increased competitiveness, and a life better than our parents and grandparents knew, then we in the United States do not have a single child to waste. We have to continue to get early childhood and K-12 front line educators, government workers, and the private sector to work together. That is why I am so pleased to see so many business leaders here today among the teachers, administrators, children and parents. It is the coming together of family service providers and businesses that must happen on a community level all across the United States. You know all the reasons.