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Most people imprisoned of any industrialized country.
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The largest high-school dropout rate in the world.
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Half the world's billionaires and millionaires live here.
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Every dollar invested in prevention saves monumentally in back-end care.
Without taking money from programs already keeping problems from worsening, far more can be invested in prevention — addressing small problems before they become huge and expensive. Every dollar spent up front saves monumentally in back-end care and, most importantly, treats people far more humanely.
Social problems are interrelated — child abuse to a runaway teen to substance abuse, prostitution, and/or homelessness. That spiral can be prevented when great programs scale up to reach the masses.