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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Rene Howitt ~~ Passionate about saving children, she is the founder of the C.O.P.E.24 school program, an "in school" education program for "Changing Our Parenting Experience." Ms. Howitt teaches teens how to avoid becoming abusive parents. (see: www.cope24.com) and is the author of a book "Whose Best Interest? A Fight to Save Two American Kids" that describes her efforts to save two children who where being abused. Millions of dollars are spent every year by Family Services in an attempt to repair broken families in the United States. There are approximately 500,000 children living in foster homes, kinship homes, or group homes. There are probably just as many who should be in the system. However, there is just no place to send them.