You hear the stories every day maybe even see the truth outside your window: America s inner cities are falling apart.
The hearts of many of our cities have become decaying centers of poverty and crime where residents are afraid to walk the streets of their own neighborhoods. The situation is getting worse every day despite the billions of taxpayer dollars Washington bureaucrats spend each year on solutions.
But there is hope. Finally, a small group of lawmakers in Congress has figured out what most Americans have known all along: The solutions to our inner-city problems have to come from the churches, homes, charitable organizations and neighborhoods of America.