It's time to focus on prevention, because no one has ever built a prison big enough to handle the alternative. It's time to invest wisely in our future, not just keep throwing money at the problems of the present. That brings me to my third initiative. To help pay for prevention programs, I intend to work with the Legislature and private industry to resurrect and revitalize the Alaska Children's Trust, which was created in 1988. It is designed to pay for programs that aid in the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Trouble is, there's never been a dime in the trust.
I plan to change that. If there ever was a time to do more for Alaska's children, this is it. We will seek funding from individuals. I talked to a few business leaders over the past couple of days, and they're with me on this. I plan to call on others over the next few weeks.