This is something I have been thinking of in my head for years. The form keeps changing as the issues keep evolving. I know that my foundation is going to deal with helping children. I am very passionate when it comes to children that are killed in their homes by either their own parents or a "surrogate" parent; i.e. step-parent, boyfriend/girlfriend, or foster parent. I am appalled that most of these cases of filicide have resulted after numerous contacts with police and child protection agencies. The common belief that the family should stay together at any cost is literally killing the family - and it is an ideal which has carried over from the stone ages.
Who is going to protect the child and punish the adult? I would like my foundation to do both. I would like to help pay for hospital costs, rehabilitation services, therapy, plastic surgery (in certain cases), anything that will help the surviving abused child to grow up and lead a normal life. If the child has not survived I would like to be able to help the states pay for the prosecution and investigation of these crimes. States have gone into massive debt in trying these high profile cases such as the Casey Anthony case and taxpayers deserve some relief.
This is just a small piece of what I would some day like to offer with my foundation.
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