Is the Adam Walsh Act failing in the States?


	Is the Adam Walsh Act failing in the States?

bookchick49

3-11-2009 6:54 PM

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bookchick49 says:

I suppose the $12 to $37 million that it would cost each state to implement isn't worth a child's life. The individual states would rather loose 10% of their funding than put this act in motion by July 27. Sad shame.

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