A possible solution could be found in providing travel cards to
rural unemployed (allowing travel for free or at a reduced rate), who live at least 2 miles from the nearest major centre of
employment — valid for
use 1 month after finding permanent work.
These organizations, which include hospitals, seniors groups and
employment centres,
use the cash from CAP to provide free Internet access to Canadians who don't always have access to high - speed Internet or even access to computers, particularly those living in
rural communities.
These included characteristics on multiple levels of the child's biopsychosocial context: (1) child factors: race / ethnicity (white, black, Hispanic, and Asian / Pacific Islander / Alaska Native), age, gender, 9 - month Bayley Mental and Motor scores, birth weight (normal, moderately low, or very low), parent - rated child health (fair / poor vs good / very good / excellent), and hours per week in child care; (2) parent factors: maternal age, paternal age, SES (an ECLS - B — derived variable that includes maternal and paternal education,
employment status, and income), maternal marital status (married, never married, separated / divorced / widowed), maternal general health (fair / poor versus good / very good / excellent), maternal depression (assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale at 9 months and the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview at 2 years), prenatal
use of tobacco and alcohol (any vs none), and violence against the mother; (3) household factors: single - parent household, number of siblings (0, 1, 2, or 3 +), language spoken at home (English vs non-English), neighborhood good for raising kids (excellent / very good, good, or fair / poor), household urbanicity (urban city, urban county, or
rural), and modified Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment — Short Form (HOME - SF) score.