Communities are the backbone of every state. They nurture and protect those who cannot do so for themselves, and they help us to raise our children. In a community, everybody watches out for everybody else.
People care about one another.
And that is how it should be. We are here today to celebrate a similar type of community involvement. An involvement that stems from the state, counties, businesses, social and faith communities all working together to move families from welfare to work. We could not have done this without the help of Sen. Martin Madden and Del. Sandy Rosenberg, co-chairs of the Legislative Committee on Welfare. We accomplished this large feat only with the help of several communities working together.