Sentences with phrase «spent on child welfare»

For every $ 3 spent on prevention, at least $ 6 is saved that might otherwise have been spent on child welfare, medical care, foster care and legal services

Not exact matches

But, rather than fighting child poverty on First Nations reserves, the government has been spending literally millions of your dollars and mine to fight against equal child welfare support for First Nations kids.

«Harlem's Man With the Plan,» January / February 2009 «Obama, drawing on the research of his Hyde Park neighbor, the economist James Heckman, has made the point that programs like the Harlem Children's Zone are not giveaways; they're investments that will pay for themselves in reduced spending on welfare, job training, and the criminal justice system.»

But Obama, drawing on the research of his Hyde Park neighbor, the economist James Heckman, has made the point that programs like the Harlem Children's Zone are not giveaways; they're investments that will pay for themselves in reduced spending on welfare, job training, and the criminal justice system.

It says that children matter and this cash, paid to the mother, is highly likely to be spent on their welfare.

But former Labour welfare minister Frank Field said the money could be better spent on support for disadvantaged children before they reached school age.

In his hourlong speech before a joint session of the House and Senate, Mr. Clinton portrayed himself as eager to work out deals on a balanced budget and welfare reform despite an intransigent Republican Congress insistent on spending cuts «that undermine our obligations to our parents, our children, and our future.»

One way forward for simplification and increases in the productivity of the federal investment is to make social programs intended to support lower income families with children more like tax expenditures — putting more money directly in the hands of parents to spend on the care and development of their children and less money directly in the financial accounts of states, welfare agencies, and social service providers.

The federal government now spends less than it did about 30 years ago on some of the country's poorest children, the result of cuts to federal welfare programs, according to a new research paper.

In addition to time, donation, and education spent in schools and churches, the Colorado Springs veterinary hospital also routinely works with the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region, 9 Lives Rescue, and Dreampower Animal Rescue organizations in pet adoption efforts for homeless animals; as well as with the police department for training for police K - 9s, and with schools for educating children on animal welfare and veterinary careers.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Lilia spent three years as a Program Officer at a private family foundation focused on child welfare, where she managed that foundation's grant programs, including programs in many art disciplines.

In the challenge, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and the Assembly of First Nations argue the federal government, which is responsible for funding social programs on reserves, is discriminating by spending 22 per cent less on child - welfare services than provincial governments provide for children who live off reseChild and Family Caring Society and the Assembly of First Nations argue the federal government, which is responsible for funding social programs on reserves, is discriminating by spending 22 per cent less on child - welfare services than provincial governments provide for children who live off resechild - welfare services than provincial governments provide for children who live off reserves.

A fifteen - year follow - up of the Prenatal / Early Infancy Project in Elmira, New York, showed that the nurse home visits significantly reduced child abuse and neglect in participating families, as well as arrest rates for the children and mothers.35 The women who received the program also spent much less time on welfare; those who were poor and unmarried had significantly fewer subsequent births.

At any given time, more than half a million American children reside in foster care, and more than 800,000 children pass through the foster care system annually.57 Almost 30,000 young adults annually leave foster care without achieving permanency in familial relationships.58 Despite spending billions of dollars annually on in home child protection services for abusive and neglectful families and foster care, 59 the effectiveness of standard child welfare services is largely unproven.

(b) children have a right to spend time on a regular basis with, and communicate on a regular basis with, both their parents and other people significant to their care, welfare and development (such as grandparents and other relatives); and

States and the federal government spend about $ 25 billion every year on child welfare services.

It was created as an artificial premise in the law for the purpose of enabling the state to obtain subrogation rights to keep the child support money it collects from some men as restitution for welfare dollars spent on women and children.

Prior research has demonstrated that high - quality home visiting programs are associated with better maternal and infant health, 1 enhanced school readiness for children, 2 reduced rates of abuse and neglect, 3 and higher levels of parent education and income.4 Home visiting is also a good investment; one rigorous research study found that for every tax dollar spent on high - quality home visiting programs, there is a return of more than five dollars due to reduced spending on health and welfare services.5