Lack of proper medical attention during pregnancy places borht mothers and their children at risk. Ensuring children a safe, healthy environment is a basic responsibility of families and communities. Abused children are more likely to perform poorly in school, have health problems, be arrested for deliquent behavior and ultimately abuse their own children. Teens at risk. Today's teens are growing up in a much different world than their parents did.
Children are more likely to be victims of violence than any other age group.
An alarming number of students struggle with basic reading, science and math.