This isn’t about saving money, this is about saving lives. Just focusing on foster care is too late. We can help many children and families before they enter the foster care system.

Clearly, we know that the outcomes for kids who have been through the foster care system, especially older kids, are not that great. We want to do everything we can to change that picture.

Fifty-two is unacceptable. We’ve had too many kids who have been abandoned. Moms don’t know they can take the child to a hospital … no questions asked.

We want to make sure we are moving effectively and quickly because this is such a critical issue. It’s an issue that has been around a very long time across the country. It’s been studied...