Sentences with phrase «policy for child poverty»

Responding to Walking the Breadline, a new report published today on UK food poverty by Oxfam and Church Action on Poverty, the Head of Policy for Child Poverty Action Group, Imran Hussain, said:

Imran Hussain, the Head of Policy for Child Poverty Action Group, responds to Walking the Breadline, a new report published today on UK food poverty by Oxfam and Church Action on Poverty...

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Family Matters: New Policies for Divorce, Lone Mothers, and Child Poverty, The Social Policy Challenge 8, by Martin D. Dooley et al..

Specific policies include the 30 - 50 Plan to Fight Poverty, which is committed to reducing the number of people living below the poverty line by 30 percent and the number of children by 50 percent; an Affordable Housing Plan; pursing the long - term goal of a national high - quality, universal, community - based, early education and child care system; increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna Poverty, which is committed to reducing the number of people living below the poverty line by 30 percent and the number of children by 50 percent; an Affordable Housing Plan; pursing the long - term goal of a national high - quality, universal, community - based, early education and child care system; increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna poverty line by 30 percent and the number of children by 50 percent; an Affordable Housing Plan; pursing the long - term goal of a national high - quality, universal, community - based, early education and child care system; increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna Accord.

These statements underline a host of hazards confronting children — from gun violence to poverty - and call for generous welfare policies.

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* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

The effects of breastfeeding on children's development have important implications for both public - health policies and for the design of targeted early intervention strategies to improve the developmental outcomes of children at risk as a result of biological (e.g., prematurity) or social adversity (e.g., poverty).

The fringe, «Reclaiming the Promise for all Children and Young People» heard how the educational progress and achievements of children and young people have been blighted by rising poverty, and by education policies which have fostered ineChildren and Young People» heard how the educational progress and achievements of children and young people have been blighted by rising poverty, and by education policies which have fostered inechildren and young people have been blighted by rising poverty, and by education policies which have fostered inequality.

ENDS • For more information, please contact Imran Hussain, Head of Policy, on 07816909302 • CPAG is the leading charity campaigning for the abolition of child poverty in the UK and for a better deal for low - income families and childrFor more information, please contact Imran Hussain, Head of Policy, on 07816909302 • CPAG is the leading charity campaigning for the abolition of child poverty in the UK and for a better deal for low - income families and childrfor the abolition of child poverty in the UK and for a better deal for low - income families and childrfor a better deal for low - income families and childrfor low - income families and children.

CPAG's activities build on our history of strategic policy leadership to identify and campaign for changes in policy, practice and attitudes necessary to end child poverty.

Some opponents have argued that this provides a perverse incentive for more children to be born into poverty, others say it is a band - aid that doesn't deal with structural causes, and still others criticize the policy for not being inclusive enough.

· This 200,00 children is in addition to the 400,000 more children that the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has previously projected will be living in relative poverty by 2015 as a result of coalition policies, and the 800,000 more children it estimates will living in relative poverty by 2020 (http://www.ifs.org.uk/comms/comm121.pdf) · The government has not disclosed the likely impact of its sub-inflation uprating on absolute poverty rates which measure whether children are experiencing a real, as opposed to relative, fall in the standard of living.

«If it is proposed that Labour MPs are being asked to vote for the government's plans to cut benefits to families, I am not willing to vote for policies that will push more children into poverty.

«If it is proposed that Labour MPs are being asked to vote for the government's plans to cut benefits to families I am not willing to vote for policies that will push more children in to poverty,» he said.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies has said that if the Coalition Government's current policies continue unchanged, child poverty will rise by around 100,000 every year.

His trickle - down economic policies don't trickle down to working - class women, who need living wage jobs, a closing the male - female pay gap, affordable child care, paid family leave, and increased cash assistance and job and educational opportunities for single mothers in poverty,» added Hawkins.

WHEREAS, research shows that women are substantially less likely to self - select or be recruited for elective office, this gender gap in political ambition persists across generations and over time and that qualified female candidates who are equally or more qualified than men are often seen as less qualified or less viable than male candidates; and WHEREAS, research confirms that the presence of more women in a governing body leads to greater transparency and a focus on progressive policies such as closing the funding and achievement gaps in education, closing gaps or loopholes in contraception coverage and affordable health care, closing the wage gap, and removing obstacles that contribute to poverty of women & children; and

The analogy to the climate change legislation could be to make a statutory commitment to reduce child poverty (for example, to reach by 2020 a level of child poverty at least 90 % below the 1999 when the commitment to reduce and end child poverty was made) and then to set up an equivalent group to the Low Pay Commission or Monetary Policy Committee to report before each pre-budget report and budget as to progress towards this, and to assess and advise on the range of policy options necessary to get on Policy Committee to report before each pre-budget report and budget as to progress towards this, and to assess and advise on the range of policy options necessary to get on policy options necessary to get on track.

The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health has launched an updated and enhanced edition of its 50 - State Policy Tracker, a unique online tool for comparing safety net policies that are critical to the economic security of working families.

The journal offers a forum for the presentation of research and policy initiatives in education, social services, public policy, and welfare reform as they affect children, youths, and families in poverty.

«The By All Means project is a perfect example of the ways that Harvard University can advance our understanding of the mechanisms that perpetuate the lack of educational opportunity for too many children in poverty, and the ways in which we can begin to confront this inequality through thoughtful policy and collaborative action,» said Harvard University President Drew Faust.

They explore complex contemporary issues and problems facing education and society — including issues of community - focused leadership development for high - poverty rural schools, college access and student success, sexual violence, cross cultural counseling, community college leadership, and state and institutional policies that affect children and adult learning — with a view toward solutions that will make a real, positive difference for students, teachers, counselors, administrators, policy makers, and communities.

Left - wing policy supports neighborhood - based public schools, opposes any methods to measure or differentiate the performance of teachers or schools, and argues instead for alternatives to school reform like increased anti-poverty spending or urging middle - class parents to enroll their children in high - poverty schools.

Kris Nordstrom, a consultant for the progressive N.C. Justice Center (the parent nonprofit for N.C. Policy Watch) and a former fiscal analyst for the legislature, warned legislators that their efforts would be better spent on proven methods, such as increasing access to pre-K programs, expanding instructional time, recruiting and retaining high - quality teachers, and addressing poverty - related issues such as mental health and child nutrition.

One hundred thousand students in the New York City public schools were homeless during the 2015 - 16 school year, reports a new study by the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness, a New York City - based policy research group.

In this report, we examine need estimates through the lens of four different policy options for financing of out - of - school time programs: universal coverage (every child in a public school receives full or partial subsidy), subsidies for children and young people in households with incomes at 130 percent of the poverty line, subsidies for those designated as «at risk» for academic failure, and subsidies for those in households with incomes at or below the poverty line.

This sort of backward thinking echo back to the days before the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001, when education policymakers and practitioners preferred to ignore the racialist policies that often made American public education a way - station to poverty and prison for poor and minority children.

Although his statewide marathon of appearances has proven less than fun when addressing crowds of individuals who seek to improve his reform proposals, he's repeatedly acknowledged how imperative it is for this state's future that the ravages of poverty be overcome within our public schools and that policies and state funding mechanisms be devised to ensure equal educational opportunity for all children.

Underserved Populations: Many children require specific instructional supports to reach their full potential, such as children living in poverty, those with disabilities, or who are English Language Learners, and / or are living in the United States under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy.

But for decades, they have labored in a policy environment that demands that they lift those children from poverty while the rest of society accepts zero responsibility for the policies that have ravaged their communities.

And for more ideas about how schools can mitigate the effects of poverty, see the latest Policy Points — Poverty and Education (PDF)-- which includes recommendations aligned with the whole child tenets: healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and chalpoverty, see the latest Policy Points — Poverty and Education (PDF)-- which includes recommendations aligned with the whole child tenets: healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and chalPoverty and Education (PDF)-- which includes recommendations aligned with the whole child tenets: healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.

As we demonstrated in our 2015 analysis of the Common Core debate on Twitter, the dispute about the standards was largely a proxy war over other politically - charged issues, including opposition to a federal role in education, which many believe should be the domain of state and local education policy; a fear that the Common Core could become a gateway for access to data on children that might be used for exploitive purposes rather than to inform educational improvement; a source for the proliferation of testing which has come to oppressively dominate education; a way for business interests to exploit public education for private gain; or a belief that an emphasis on standards reform distracts from the deeper underlying causes of low educational performance, which include poverty and social inequity.

The report further remarked that national education policies, including the expansion of charter schools, ignore race and poverty and have «consistently failed» to meet the goal of improving education for our neediest children.

After examining the various measures available to replace FRPL as a proxy for student poverty, our analysis shows the best policy option for Connecticut to measure low - income students, for purposes of a statewide school funding formula, is to add HUSKY A (Connecticut's children's Medicaid program, which includes children from birth to age 19 and their caregivers) to the measures currently used to directly certify students for school meals.

In Standards - Based Reform and the Poverty Gap: Lessons for No Child Left Behind, leading scholars in sociology, economics, psychology, and education policy take on this critical question.

Eventually, DCPS plans to guarantee preschool slots for neighborhood children at all its high - poverty schools, but for this coming school year that policy is in place at only five schools.

The Education Practice Group advocates for appropriate and meaningful educational opportunities for children in poverty, including a focus on discipline cases and disrupting the school to prison pipeline, particularly for African American and Latino youth who are disproportionately impacted by these policies.

A study released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has found that a deplorable 40 % of indigenous children live in poverty in Canada.

One thing needed now in children's services policy and practice development is a debate about the significance of and explanations for these inequalities and a central and highly topical issue concerns the impact of relative poverty on parenting and child maltreatment..

National Center for Children in Poverty, Project Thrive (www.nccp.org): The Public Policy Analysis and Education Center for Infants and Young Children at the National Center for Children in Poverty has as its core mission increasing knowledge and providing policy analysis that will help states build and strengthen comprehensive early childhood systems and link policies to ensure access to high - quality health care, early care and learning, and family suPolicy Analysis and Education Center for Infants and Young Children at the National Center for Children in Poverty has as its core mission increasing knowledge and providing policy analysis that will help states build and strengthen comprehensive early childhood systems and link policies to ensure access to high - quality health care, early care and learning, and family supolicy analysis that will help states build and strengthen comprehensive early childhood systems and link policies to ensure access to high - quality health care, early care and learning, and family support.

The American Academy of Pediatrics advocates for programs and policies that have been shown to improve the quality of life and health outcomes for children and families living in poverty.

The importance of early interventions that target caregiving is underscored by studies demonstrating high cost - effectiveness through greatly enhanced long - term outcomes.41 Furthermore, children who receive more nurturing caregiving may also be protected from exposure to stressful life events, suggesting this central target may have positive ramifications on brain development.42 Considering these issues, study findings are relevant to the public policy debate on the importance of early preschool programs for young children living in poverty.

Early Childhood Profiles National Center for Children in Poverty Highlights States» policy choices that promote health, education, and strong families in addition to other contextual data related to the well - being of young cChildren in Poverty Highlights States» policy choices that promote health, education, and strong families in addition to other contextual data related to the well - being of young childrenchildren.

Identify key, high - priority research gaps the filling of which would significantly advance the knowledge base for developing policies to reduce child poverty in the United States and assessing their impacts.

Citing the need for a two - generation approach to overcoming poverty, a new policy brief by the Annie E. Casey Foundation identifies home visiting as a key strategy for addressing the needs of both parents and their children.

Ending Child Poverty Now outlines a series of policy changes and federal investments that collectively result in marked economic improvements for poor families and their children.

Contemporary Policy Challenges for Indian Child Welfare MacEachron & Gustavsson Journal of Poverty, 9 (2), 2005 View Abstract How four recent Federal policies may challenge or alter Indian Child Welfare Act outcomes.

Another recent study identifies three family policies associated with substantially lower poverty rates among single parent households: (1) family allowances (direct payments to parents of dependent children), (2) paid parental leave, and (3) publicly funded childcare for children under age 3.

Encouraging and supporting healthy marriages is a cornerstone of the Bush Administration's proposed policies for addressing the poverty - related woes of single - parent households and, importantly, for improving the well - being of low - income children.