If that same young woman does not become pregnant at 16, graduates from high school, waits until 21 to have a child and actually marries the father of her child, the likelihood of that family living in poverty is 8 percent.
Carper contrasts outcomes of early vs. delayed motherhood on poverty.
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To have vacancies that may be not just months, but in some cases years to that have been filled, that justice delayed is justice denied.
We will do it again. Maybe the next time we will actually make it to Columbia.
Public engagement can build trust, it can increase public buy-in, can help resolve issues, can help prevent litigation, and ultimately it can save time and money.
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