Sentences with phrase «ethnic minority children need»

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But auditors — and Children's Centre staff themselves — felt they needed to do more to identify and provide outreach services to families with high levels of need, and the NAO found that «less progress was being made in improving services for fathers, parents of children with disabilities, and for ethnic minorities in areas with smaller minority populationsChildren's Centre staff themselves — felt they needed to do more to identify and provide outreach services to families with high levels of need, and the NAO found that «less progress was being made in improving services for fathers, parents of children with disabilities, and for ethnic minorities in areas with smaller minority populationschildren with disabilities, and for ethnic minorities in areas with smaller minority populations».

«The Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant helps support the learning needs of some of the most vulnerable children in our schools yet the per - pupil value of the grants has been frozen in cash terms.

«This budget, if enacted, would jeopardize our nation's educational, scientific and health enterprises and limit access to critically needed mental and behavioral health services,» said Antonio E. Puente, president of the American Psychological Society (APS) in Washington, D.C. «These cuts would disproportionately affect people living in poverty, people with serious mental illness and other disabilities, women, children, people living with HIV / AIDS, older adults, ethnic and racial minorities, immigrants, and members of the LGBTQ community.»

The narrow focus on plant - based nutrition ignores unique dietary needs of growing children, older adults, athletes, and ethnic minorities.

Among children displaying the same clinical needs, white children are more likely to receive special education services than racial or ethnic minority children.

The Forum declared that Education for All must take account of the needs of the poor and the disadvantaged, including working children, remote rural dwellers and nomads, ethnic and linguistic minorities, children, young people and adults affected by HIV and AIDS, hunger and poor health, and those with disabilities or special needs.

No Child Left Behind, on the books since 2002, was supposed to close achievement gaps for disadvantaged students (racial and ethnic minorities, low - income students, youngsters with special needs and English learners) and to eliminate what President George W. Bush decried as «the soft bigotry of low expectations.»

We Need Diverse Books Short Story Contest is open to emerging diverse writers from all diverse backgrounds (including, but not limited to, LGBTQIA, people of colour, gender diversity, people with disabilities, and ethnic, cultural and religious minorities) who have not been published in a traditional print fiction book format, including self - published, independents, small and medium publishing houses, in all genres whether for the children's or adult market.

Foster carers are needed from all ethnic origins with varying faiths, cultures and languages, especially for sibling groups, teenagers, children from black and minority ethnic groups, children with disabilities and asylum seeking children.

This strongly suggests that more needs to be done to find suitable adopters to care for those children whose needs are well known and all too familiar — children with complex health needs or disabilities, children from minority ethnic, cultural, religious and language backgrounds, older children and sibling groups.

A need for Black Minority Ethnic (BME) foster carers Research has shown that Black and minority ethnic children are over-represented in the care system in relation to the numbers of minority ethnic children in the general popMinority Ethnic (BME) foster carers Research has shown that Black and minority ethnic children are over-represented in the care system in relation to the numbers of minority ethnic children in the general populEthnic (BME) foster carers Research has shown that Black and minority ethnic children are over-represented in the care system in relation to the numbers of minority ethnic children in the general popminority ethnic children are over-represented in the care system in relation to the numbers of minority ethnic children in the general populethnic children are over-represented in the care system in relation to the numbers of minority ethnic children in the general popminority ethnic children in the general populethnic children in the general population.

Figures vary but with approximately three quarters of the children and young people in care being placed with foster carers, we still need more foster carers to look after specific groups of children such as teenagers, children from ethnic minority groups, sibling groups and unaccompanied asylum seeking young people.