Sentences with phrase «on vulnerable families»

«These charges will have a disproportionate impact on vulnerable families.

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The bishops» message called on «Congress and the administration to protect essential help for poor families and vulnerable children and to put the poor first in budget priorities.»

During the 1948 siege of Jerusalem, these two rooms accommodated refugees from more vulnerable neighborhoods, who stepped over the sleeping family at night on their way to the toilet that could not be flushed for lack of water.

(a) Using some of the Vatican's incomprehensible wealth to educate these vulnerable people on health family planning and condom use;

Additionally, in a 2009 letter to the United States Senate, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops called on the legislative body to «place the needs of poor families and the most vulnerable in our nation and around the world first in setting priorities in the federal budget resolution.»

Murray Bowen has been examining the forces in contemporary society that increase stress on families and render them highly vulnerable to dysfunction — e.g., the frantic pace of life, the loss of supportive contact with the extended family, the pressures caused by the population explosion and the depletion of nonrenewable resources.

Tower Hamlets complained about the third article, published on 30th August 2017, which said the child was «removed from her Muslim foster parents yesterday and reunited with her family as a judge urged councils to seek «culturally matched placements» for vulnerable children».

We give witness that the Church's teachings — on the dignity of the human person and the value of human life from conception to natural death; on the meaning of human sexuality, the significance of sexual difference and the complementarity of men and women; on openness to life and the gift of motherhood; and on marriage and family founded on the indissoluble commitment of a man and a woman — provide a sure guide to the Christian life, promote women's flourishing, and serve to protect the poor and most vulnerable among us.

«As Christian leaders, we have a commitment to caring for the vulnerable in our churches while also supporting just, compassionate, and welcoming policies toward refugees and other immigrants,» the letter opens, going on to request legal protection for the Dreamers who entered the US as children, an increase in the admittance of refugees and persecuted Christians, and quicker priority for immigrants seeking to reunite with their families.

As the Pope still has significant influence over the less educated masses in these parts of the World, he has exercised this power by: (a) Using some of the Vatican's incomprehensible wealth to educate these vulnerable people on health family planning and condom use; (b) Supporting government programs that distribute condoms to high risk groups; (c) Using its myriad of churches in these regions to distribute condoms; or (d) Scaring people into NOT using condoms, based upon his disdainful and aloof view that it is better that a person die than go against the Vatican's position on contraceptive use.

Anne Longfield OBE, Chief Executive of 4Children said: «Families across the country, particularly the most vulnerable, depend on Sure Start Children's Centres to help get their children off to the best start in life.

Hands - on exploratory «field trips» including labyrinth visit, horse grooming and riding, low and high ropes course, Ashtanga yoga and a Doula Blessing (similar to a Mother Blessing), ALL designed with the purpose of teaching you the vital and mysterious skills doulas need to support families in intimate and vulnerable settings, as well as stretch you in your own personal growth, which is hands - down the most important tool in a doulas tool bag

I remember how it felt early on, and I hate the idea that vulnerable new mothers come across this and start making choices out of fear, rather than what's best for them and their families.

At a time when a sharp focus is on infant and maternal mortality, making it more difficult for vulnerable families to maintain a breastfeeding relationship will hurt mothers and their babies.

As apart of this rich annual event, BMBFA is excited to partner with Henry Ford Health System to launch Mommy - Friendly Detroit ™ — a celebration of black motherhood that helps Detroit to become a place where systems, policies and practices align to achieve racial and health equity on behalf of all women, with an emphasis on Detroit's most vulnerable women, their babies, families and communities.

A few days after the Paris attack I attended a Combating Online Radicalization and Extremism workshop at the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) annual conference in Washington where experts pointed out that people who interact with extremists via social media are already highly vulnerable and on the path towards radicalization.

Critical parenting services to vulnerable families will continue, utilizing current group leaders and based on the ECPC approach to early childhood development.

We urge organizations in Maryland to sign on to this letter reaffirming our collective commitment to a strong and effective national nutrition safety net for vulnerable, low - income individuals and families.

Nonetheless, there is a lot of evidence that parents have a much bigger impact on their preschool - aged children than teachers do, and that pro- grams to support good parenting practices in vulnerable families pay off in the long run, especially in the early years.

They may also focus on families in which the child is more vulnerable than the typical child because of health or developmental concerns.

Early childhood home visitation has a promising future that builds on its successful history serving vulnerable families across our nation.

I had been up in the night with a sick child, before leaving at 6 a.m. for a 3 - hour drive to conduct on - site interviews with 9 vulnerable families over a couple of days.

«Helping vulnerable children and families in crisis is very important to my entire family,» shared Rich Webster, speaking on behalf of the Helen and Will Webster Foundation.

I worked for five of the most wonderful, challenging, eye opening years on the High Dependancy Neonatal Cardiac Unit at Birmingham Children's Hospital where I would care for the most delicate of babies, most sick babies, most vulnerable babies and their parents and families.

Support for adoptive families is getting better, but often the onus is on adoptive parents to find the services and treatments that can help their vulnerable children feel confident, happy and secure.

Eligibility has been defined to focus on the most vulnerable families: first - time pregnant women, and first time parents with a child less than 6 months of age.

«Government plans to cut critical support for families denied asylum is a direct - and potentially devastating - assault on vulnerable children's lives,» Peter Grigg, director of external affairs at The Children's Society, said.

«Tish is focused on continuing her work to be an effective public advocate, standing up for working families and the most vulnerable New Yorkers,» the spokesperson told BuzzFeed News in an email.

«These sad events shine a light on the onerous responsibility councils bear in working with the most vulnerable children and families, and the equally onerous responsibility we ask individual members of staff, children's social workers especially, to carry on our behalf,» she is expected to say later.

«Congressman Bob Turner's troubling position on guns leaves Queens families and New York's finest vulnerable,» Lancman said in a statement.

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He said the Urban League was wasting money on legal costs that would be better spent helping the vulnerable children and families the agency serves, calling their decision to sue «unfortunate and truly sad.»

My heart goes out to Wayne's family, including his son Mac and his beloved wife Fran who is a valuable member of my team, performing crucial work on behalf of the most vulnerable people of New York each and every day.»

We are calling on the next government to ensure that the benefits system is adequate to protect vulnerable families, not punish them.»

«For years, I have worked on legislation and issued numerous reports to protect the state's most vulnerable children from convicted, high level sexual predators who have been allowed to reside near preschools and inside family shelters.

«Allowing high - level sex offenders to stay in family shelters where vulnerable women and children are trying to get back on their feet is not only troublesome but dangerous,» Klein said in a statement.

Since the inherited risk is based in family genetics and is therefore beyond clinical reach, McFarlane relies on multifamily group therapy and social supports at school and at work to protect vulnerable patients from environmental triggers — illicit drugs and emotional stress in particular — that might send them over the edge.

Gabriel Arana's report on «The Most Urgent Queer Political Battles to Fight in 2018» lists everything from Trump's attempt to ban on transgender Americans serving in the Armed Forces to how repealing Obamacare makes the poorest members of the LGBTQ + family most vulnerable.

While the organization is currently focused on the impact of marijuana legalization on children and families, Youth Forward intends to address other issues affecting vulnerable youth as the organization grows.

The difference is this: with years of experience working with vulnerable families, Kineara's practitioners are well aware of the impacts of multiple forms of vulnerability on young people.

Minister for vulnerable children and families, Edward Timpson, said: «We've already made the biggest changes for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in a generation, but we want to go further and build on that success.

Keeping Kids Cosy aims to improve the health and well being of vulnerable families with young children and reduce the pressure on health and social services.

As activists and as students, we recognize that beyond the political nuances of the recent executive orders on immigration, there are many students and families who feel incredibly vulnerable as they watch their government place bans against their countries.

They focus especially on relying on the wisdom and assets of the most vulnerable students and families while providing opportunities, services, and supports at the time they are needed.

The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Military Child Initiative assists public schools to improve the quality of education for highly mobile and vulnerable young people with a special focus on military children and their families by providing national, state and local education agencies, as well as schools, parents and health, child welfare, juvenile justice and educational professionals with information, tools and services that enhance school success.

From negative comments on social media to pressures to look a certain way, the well - being of young people is at risk,» said the minister for vulnerable children and families, Edward Timpson

Only that misconception could lead adults to go on strike, thrusting chaos and untenable choices on the most vulnerable families least able to cope with abrupt changes in the routines of their children.

With a heavy emphasis on equity and access for students and families in our most vulnerable school communities, the annual summer institute will support leaders at the school and district level to embrace the complexities, challenges, and opportunities of their positions.

Included in this strand are topics that focus on how trauma - informed practice can improve opportunities for success for our most vulnerable children and families.

In addition to replicating the success of Annie Fisher in New Haven, the founders of ECMS have placed particular emphasis on two elements of full Montessori implementation that are also recognized as best practice for serving vulnerable families (Epstein, 2010; Reynolds, et.al, 2001).