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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Childrens Services Agencies Ask Legislators for More Money. |
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By Bill Cohen - January 26, 2001 |
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Give more money to schools but don't forget us. That's the message that children's service agencies across Ohio are sending to state legislators. The agencies say they have a record high number of children in foster homes - more than 35, 000 because they've been abused or neglected by their birth parents.
Crystal Allen works for a statewide coalition of childrens service agencies. In an interview with statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen, she says: if there were more help for the parents to get their own lives together, more of the children could return to their original homes. |
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Bill Cohen reports (1:45) 
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| That's Crystal Allen who speaks for Childrens Services agencies across Ohio. The agencies report that over the past 2 years, they have finalized more than 3,000 adoptions but the number of children waiting for a new permanent home continues to grow -- at last count, there more than 5,300. |
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