Sentences with phrase «child poverty»

Nevertheless, children in immigrant families contributed little to the change in child poverty rates in the 1990s and early 2000s.

In fact, marriage reduces the probability of child poverty by 80 percent.

At worst, we may be seeing the start of the greatest rise in child poverty in a generation.

For single parents and for couple families who want a second earned income, this is the most effective way of reducing child poverty rates.

The government would have to spend an additional # 28 billion to meet its target of ending child poverty by 2020 under current plans, according to a new report.

At the heart of this should be concrete action on ending child poverty and narrowing the gap in education.

I didn't know we had the 5th highest child poverty rate in the country.

If we are serious about hitting the 2002 child poverty target, and we reject means - testing, what does that mean for child benefit?

The government will miss its targets to tackle child poverty by 600,000 unless it dramatically increases its spending, a report claimed today.

The latest data for child poverty is one year behind unemployment figures.

It says a lack of better progress is restricting the government's effort to reduce child poverty levels.

Rising child poverty and homelessness is impacting on children and young people's progress and achievements.

Required to conduct a local needs assessment and produce joint local child poverty strategy.

If the government truly cared about child poverty and social mobility then it would not be stripping away the protections that ought to be our children's birth - right.

The news comes as annual child poverty figures show a second consecutive rise, meaning the number of children living in poverty has increased by 100,000.

The maps also show the reach of the programs layered with child poverty rates as one indicator of the need for these critical services within communities.

It is addressing child poverty by supporting children's earliest development to get their lives off to the best possible start.

Factors which are common among pupils who are falling behind their peers include child poverty, insecure housing, poor physical and mental health among families and job insecurity.

Fortunately, it is possible to dramatically cut child poverty and ensure that children have a strong start in life.

The government has been urged to encourage well - paid part - time work in an effort to cut the gender pay gap and help alleviate child poverty.

Previously, we showed a strong relationship between child poverty and student test performance.

Given that our society is challenged with growing child poverty, spousal abuse, violence in our midst and drug abuse, we have a lot of priorities that need to be addressed.

In fact, the increase in the proportion of single - parent families accounted for about half of the overall increase in child poverty from 1979 through 1987.

This report sets out the latest internationally comparable data on child deprivation and relative child poverty.

And they stress that whatever voters were not telling Labour at the general election, it was not that they wanted more child poverty.

We need to ensure that reducing child poverty remains a priority.

The notion was reinforced that more marriage and less child poverty would result if public policies could just be brought in line with the expressed interests of low - income couples.

How can new constituency MPs be taken seriously if child poverty becomes a key local campaigning issue for them?

Government assistance to families with children has lowered the official child poverty rate.

Our experts can provide insight into child poverty, basic needs, diaper banking, and public policy among other issues.

They focus on income inequality — specifically child poverty — for evaluating gaps in those educational resources and outcomes.

And he maintained it was still tackling the two «big issues» of the time, namely child poverty and climate change.

The local cost of child poverty varies in each community.

«We are in the absurd situation where if we increase the state pension, child poverty actually goes up,» he said.

We can't be serious about tackling child poverty without doing more for these families.

The growth of such families since 1970 has increased the overall child poverty rate by about 5 percentage points (from 20 to 25 percent).

Many educational observers indeed blame the nation's sky - high child poverty level for the country's comparatively low performance in math.

The current pressures on the personal finances of families make the goal of ending child poverty more urgent than ever.

Today, 61 percent of students qualify for free - or - reduced lunch, a standard measure of child poverty, and nearly 20 percent of its students are English - language learners.

Child poverty in perspective: an overview of child well - being in rich countries.

It is addressing child poverty by supporting children's earliest development to get their lives off to the best possible start.

Approximately 64 percent of rural counties experience high child poverty rates, compared to 47 percent of urban counties.