However, some economists and critics have said while the budget moved in the right direction when it comes to raising female labour - force participation, its failure to announce steps towards
national affordable child care likely means a significant number of women will remain out of the workforce.
Not exact matches
Well, a
national, quality,
affordable child care program is unquestionably worth doing.
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 Accord.
The
National School Breakfast Program provides nutritionally balanced,
affordable breakfasts to
children each school day.
But at a time of
national insecurity concerning the fate of the
Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid, and only a temporary solution in place for the
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), we believe it is critical for New York's elected officials to clearly share their thinking about the NYHA, one that has the support of 31 State Senators and has passed the Assembly during each of the past three years.
It has been almost 30 years since the
National Council of Jewish Women released «Windows on Day Care,» alerting the country to a looming
child - care crunch that would force working parents to struggle to find care that was
affordable, much less high - quality.
It contravenes the
National Partnership Agreement signed by Commonwealth and the states and territories that «All
children have access to
affordable, quality early childhood education in the year before formal schooling».
Jan2011The
Affordable Care Act and
Children with Special Health Care Needs» This paper developed by the
National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) for the Catalyst Center...
«Instead, Congress should reinvest the savings from the MID reform into
affordable housing solutions, like the
national Housing Trust Fund, rental assistance, or a renter's credit, that would help the lowest income people in America — including seniors, people with disabilities, families with
children, and other vulnerable populations — who too often struggle to pay the rent and make ends meet.