Sentences with phrase «on child poverty in»

Basic Facts about Low - Income Children, the center's annual series of profiles on child poverty in America, illustrates the severity of economic instability and poverty conditions faced by more than 31 million children throughout the United States.

Despite significant gains in household income and reductions in the overall poverty rate in recent years, 43 percent (30.6 million) of America's children are living in families barely able to afford their most basic needs, according to Basic Facts about Low - Income Children, the center's annual series of profiles on child poverty in America.

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A child interested in the lives of others could focus volunteer energy on chipping away at poverty and hunger.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research group that focuses on reducing poverty, 20 million children in the United States (nearly 1 in 4) will have received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — better known as food stamps — in 2016.

In 2014, 700 teams submitted their plans for developing Android applications for tablets that could provide children living in extreme poverty with clear lessons on how to read, write, and do basic matIn 2014, 700 teams submitted their plans for developing Android applications for tablets that could provide children living in extreme poverty with clear lessons on how to read, write, and do basic matin extreme poverty with clear lessons on how to read, write, and do basic math.

They quickly pointed out the faults in Clark's boasts about her gender equitable government, which cut essential services women need: child care, family and poverty legal services, education, healthcare, the list goes on.

According to the 2015 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada, one in ten Canadians and one in five children is food insecure, meaning they don't know where their next meal is coming from.

«This report proves that children are living in poverty because the B.C. Liberal government is clawing back child support from single parent families living on income assistance and disability,» said Mungall.

Her article goes a long way toward explaining the feminization of poverty and the war on children, phenomena that in my view could eventually destroy the social fabric of our nation and undermine any hope of a bright future for my two young sons.

In a world with poverty, priest se * ually abused children, and violence, the church opts to spend 700K on an idolotrous statue.

In one of his final speeches, King admonished: «If our nation can spend $ 35 billion dollars a year to fight an unjust, evil war in Vietnam, and $ 20 billion dollars to put a man on the moon, it can spend billions of dollars to put God's children on their own two feet right here...» MLK's talking points of tapping into America's financial resources in order to help the poverty - stricken across the land were directly at odds with the economic status quo, and that is part of what got him killeIn one of his final speeches, King admonished: «If our nation can spend $ 35 billion dollars a year to fight an unjust, evil war in Vietnam, and $ 20 billion dollars to put a man on the moon, it can spend billions of dollars to put God's children on their own two feet right here...» MLK's talking points of tapping into America's financial resources in order to help the poverty - stricken across the land were directly at odds with the economic status quo, and that is part of what got him killein Vietnam, and $ 20 billion dollars to put a man on the moon, it can spend billions of dollars to put God's children on their own two feet right here...» MLK's talking points of tapping into America's financial resources in order to help the poverty - stricken across the land were directly at odds with the economic status quo, and that is part of what got him killein order to help the poverty - stricken across the land were directly at odds with the economic status quo, and that is part of what got him killed.

And in his annual Message for the World Day of Peace on 1 January 2009, Benedict XVI noted: «The extermination of millions of unborn children, in the name of the fight against poverty, actually constitutes the destruction of the poorest of all human beings.»

The number of people below the poverty line, measured in terms of minimum necessary nutritional standards, is said to be going down and yet malnutrition as well as severe physical debilities and destitution are on the increase, especially these affecting women and children, the simple physical capacity of the youngest generation to withstand the strains of living becoming ever more unstable and fragile.»

It is important to know that in developing nations, where many women are living on less than $ 1 or $ 2 per day, the systemic challenges of extreme poverty create obstacles for good health, especially among women and children.

«ONS figures show that under this Government, around 300,000 fewer children are in poverty or growing up in workless families.

The breakout indie hit tells the story of children living in motels on the outskirts of Orlando, while their parents battle poverty and attempt to find hope to instill in their children.

Of the 698 children born on Kauai in 1955, 201 were in the high - risk category, exposed to various combinations of perinatal trauma, family discord, chronic poverty, and alcoholic, under - educated, or mentally disturbed parents.

Even if we can not know the answer to all of society's ills, even if we can not pretend to know how to solve the problems of crime and drugs and inflation and poverty, we can still proclaim that it is obviously and unquestionably a moral wrong to maintain a penal system based on vengeance instead of rehabilitation; to allow human rights violations to go unchallenged (on either side of the iron curtain); to waste vast quantities of food and resources while others are malnourished and sick and poor; or to allow so many children in our own midst to go through childhood unwanted and unloved and even abused.

The matter of what happened on the night in question in the city of David when there was no room in the inn is not really about anything — unless there is something more to this child than a birth in poverty into an indifferent world.

She spoke after Labour, Tory and Green MSPs on Holyrood's Social Security Committee united in June to vote through a series of amendments to the Scottish Government's Child Poverty Bill - including one by Green MSP Alison Johnstone requiring ministers to set out whether they will use new welfare powers to increase child benChild Poverty Bill - including one by Green MSP Alison Johnstone requiring ministers to set out whether they will use new welfare powers to increase child benchild benefit.

In 1970, 15 percent of children were in poverty, but by the late 1980s nearly 20 percent were on or below the poverty finIn 1970, 15 percent of children were in poverty, but by the late 1980s nearly 20 percent were on or below the poverty finin poverty, but by the late 1980s nearly 20 percent were on or below the poverty fine.

Since 1990, the world has cut in half maternal and child deaths, infectious diseases, and poverty as well as turned the tide on HIV / AIDS.

On the other hand, the absence of an employed adult in the family increases the chances of a child growing up in poverty considerably.

Although there are people in Los Angeles who are struggling tremendously, we don't know intense poverty and pain like the untouchables do in India or the children orphaned and living on the streets of Zambia or Brazil.

On its website it said: «While child poverty in Scotland soars as a result of brutal Tory cuts, Westminster is happy to waste # 130billion on renewing and maintaining Trident — money which should be spent on making our country a better place to livOn its website it said: «While child poverty in Scotland soars as a result of brutal Tory cuts, Westminster is happy to waste # 130billion on renewing and maintaining Trident — money which should be spent on making our country a better place to livon renewing and maintaining Trident — money which should be spent on making our country a better place to livon making our country a better place to live.

Oxfam works closely with partner organisations in country and on the ground alongside vulnerable women, children and men to end the injustices that cause poverty.

In addition, poverty keeps farmers from hiring professional workers, forcing them to rely on their family members, including their children, to work the fields.

The future success of the anti-GMO movement will be written on the gravestones of these children, who will die painfully but out of sight in remote poverty - stricken communities across South and East Asia.

Conversely, low interest by fathers in their children's education (particularly boys) has a stronger negative impact on their achievement than contact with the police, poverty, family type, social class, housing tenure and child's personality [2].

It's certainly indisputable that growing up in poverty is really hard on children.

The daily news can make issues like poverty and the environment seem overwhelming, yet by focusing on issues in ways that make sense to children, parents can raise socially conscious kids who care about the world beyond themselves.

Yet schools that educate large numbers of children in poverty are generally run, even more than others, on principles of behaviorism rather than self - determination.

Paul Tough writes about education, parenting, poverty, and politics for various publications in the U.S.. His book How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, was translated into 27 languages and spent more than a year on the New York Times best - seller list.

In FatherWorld, Dr Patrice Engle, who leads the UN's fatherhood programmes, describes how UNICEF has recently created new projects in dozens of countries to support fatherhood because of the latest evidence about its impact on child poverty, breastfeeding and educatioIn FatherWorld, Dr Patrice Engle, who leads the UN's fatherhood programmes, describes how UNICEF has recently created new projects in dozens of countries to support fatherhood because of the latest evidence about its impact on child poverty, breastfeeding and educatioin dozens of countries to support fatherhood because of the latest evidence about its impact on child poverty, breastfeeding and education.

Host Ira Glass introduces a story on the most ambitious and hopeful solution to urban poverty in the country — the Harlem Children's Zone.

Now, in Helping Children Succeed, Tough takes on a new set of pressing questions: What does growing up in poverty do to children's mental and physical deveChildren Succeed, Tough takes on a new set of pressing questions: What does growing up in poverty do to children's mental and physical devechildren's mental and physical development?

* 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 Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent - Child Bond: Focus on Children in Poverty.

She has served as an advisor to former Vice President Al Gore, as well as to the Tennessee Commission on Aging, the National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia University, the Appalachian Rural Science Initiative of the National Science Foundation, and several private foundations.

New York was one of ten states that participated in a three - year infant and early childhood mental health (I - ECMH) learning community facilitated by the National Center on Children in Poverty, ZERO T...

Virginia was one of ten states that participated in a three - year infant and early childhood mental health (I - ECMH) learning community facilitated by National Center on Children in Poverty, ZERO TO TH...

This paper reports on a study of how mothers» participation in the Legacy for ChildrenTM intervention (Legacy) improves the health and well - being of children born into poverty.

This paper summarizes the harmful impacts of poverty, food insecurity, and poor nutrition on the health and well - being of children; and summarizes research demonstrating the effective role of the Child Nutrition Programs in improving food and economic security, dietary intake, weight outcomes, health, and learning.

Children fed on formula are more likely to become sick than breastfed babies and, in conditions of poverty, more likely to die.

Investigating successful kids and programs at low - income schools and high - achieving prep schools, as well as interviewing psychologists and neuroscientists, Tough challenges some conventional wisdom on causes of failure (poverty, teacher quality) and contends that nurturing character in children and young adults is the key to success.

The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining a Strong Parent - Child Bond: Focus on Children in Poverty (AAP Clinical Report)

The Union's motion at the TUC Congress in Brighton condemned the government's record on child poverty as «shameful» and highlighted the way some schools were adding to the problem.

Ms Keates was speaking at the TUC Congress in Brighton on behalf of an NASUWT motion highlighting the devastating impact poverty has on the life chances of children and young people.

This rhetoric has been used to justify devastating welfare cuts - including caps on in - work benefits and cuts to disability support - which in turn have led to a rise in food bank use, homelessness, and child poverty.

child poverty: Labour has been in power for twelve years and has failed to achieve even its own goals on this.