Dear friend,

The health and prosperity of California and our nation is dependent on our children's well-being. 27% of Californians are children, ages 0-17, and 13% of our nation's children reside in our state.

If significant children's policy changes are not made now, the next generation will be worse off than the one before it. At minimum, we will be forced to cover the higher costs of remedial health services and lack the well-educated workforce needed to compete in tomorrow's economy. But better preventative policy approaches can be implemented to correct this course.

That's why we urge you to read the new 2006-07 California Report Card: The State of the State's Children, share it with others, and support change now.

Sincerely,

Children Now