Save Up to $72 million per Year!
Yes, that’s correct. If every divorce recorded in Multnomah County Oregon (for example) were prevented, it would have saved tax-payers as much as $72 million in 2010!
Each divorce costs a community, on average, as much as $30,000 to make an attempt at mitigating the damage it does to society (arrests, justice system, drug prevention, teen pregnancy, alcohol abuse, education expenses etc). A single divorce has an earth shattering impact on a community. Multnomah County had 2,400 in 2010, Clark County Washington recorded nearly 1,500 (that’s $45 million in tax money). Our point? Not only does divorce do direct emotional damage to parents, children and families – it also has a lingering indirect negative impact on community growth and well-being. Consider the following…
The prevention of just ONE divorce…
- Saves a community as much as $30,000!
- Reduces the chances that a child will be verbally, physically or sexually abused by a factor of 7 TIMES!
- Reduces the likelihood of a teenager being suspended from school by as much as 70%!
- Reduces a child’s likelihood of living in poverty by a FACTOR OF 6! – (what effect would this change have on strained Welfare resources?)
- Reduces academic, social, sexual and drug problems among youth, teens and adults!
- Encourages emotionally stable children capable of making positive decisions based on adequate self-worth and parental support.
BOTTOM LINE: Not every divorce can be prevented and while each situation is unique, 70% of all divorced couples list ‘communication’ as the main reason for their split. It could be argued that divorce is the number one reason for society’s problems and all the millions of tax dollars we spend to treat the symptoms of divorce can be prevented if we look to the cause of the problem. What if just 20% of all divorces were prevented? How about 50% or even 70%? What impact do you think that will have on your next door neighbors? The children your kids attend school with? What impact will it have on drug use or bullying in schools, teen pregnancy and a host of other problems? Isn’t it time we start treating the ‘disease’ instead of the symptoms? Couples struggling in their marriage need help! They don’t want a divorce – they just want to be happy. MarriageTeam coaching can provide them the path they need to heal their relationship and be happy again.
Consider this: it takes only $160 for one struggling couple to get help through our program. That is just $14.00 a month per year. Compare that to the $30,000 society is guaranteed to spend this year on mitigating that same couple’s decision to divorce and the answer becomes clear.
Benjamin Franklin once said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!”. Never has this statement been more true when you look at it from a marriage/divorce perspective.
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