Sentences with phrase «welfare of a child less»

Deputies allege that Corrao acted in a manner which was injurious to the mental and moral welfare of a child less than 17 years of age.

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• Where there are concerns for a child's welfare or safety, of whatever sort, the fact of his not having PR could discourage him from feeling responsible and empowered — and could make it less likely that agencies engage with him effectively as risk and / or resource.

It's not exactly clear what's behind the trend of more parents moving away from corporal punishment — it could be a result of doctors and other child health and welfare experts spreading the word about extensive and well - researched evidence showing a clear link between corporal punishment and negative outcomes for kids, or it could be that this form of punishing kids is less socially acceptable than it used to be, or a combination of both factors.

In less than a year we have implemented many of the action items in our health and human services plan, «Initiatives for a Strong Community,» as varied as bringing fresh foods and vegetables to inner city neighborhoods labeled «food deserts,» to completing a chronic neglect study and incorporating its findings into our child welfare response programs, to increasing participation in the SNAP program to reduce hunger.

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.

«For every dollar invested in high - quality, comprehensive programs supporting children... there is a $ 7 - $ 10 return to society in decreased need for special education services, higher graduation and employment rates, less crime, less use of the public welfare system, and better health.»

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.

For the prekindergarten program alone, they identified $ 92,220 in present value benefits and $ 8,512 in present value costs in 2007 dollars — a benefit - cost ratio of 10.83 to 1.22 The benefits derived mainly from reduced public education expenditures due to lower grade retention and use of special education, reduced costs to the criminal justice system and victims of crime due to lower crime rates, reduced expenditures on child welfare due to less child abuse and neglect, higher projected earnings of center participants, and increased income tax revenue due to projected higher lifetime earnings of center participants.

As time went by, we felt disappointed when we saw so - called Christians who choose to care more about abortions than the welfare of less fortunate but alive children, or about keeping a brain - dead woman alive while ignoring the massive health - care crisis in this country that leaves millions of poor people without any medical care, even for preventable health catastrophes.

growing food and livelihood insecurity, unreliable water supplies, deteriorating human welfare and increasing manifestation of erosive coping measures (e.g. eating less, distress sale of productive assets to buy food, reducing the years of schooling for children, etc.).

The evidence illustrates loss and damage around barriers and limits to adaptation: growing food and livelihood insecurity, unreliable water supplies, deteriorating human welfare and increasing manifestation of erosive coping measures (e.g. eating less, distress sale of productive assets to buy food, reducing the years of schooling for children, etc.).

The standard of proof in finding the facts necessary to establish the threshold under s 31 (2) of the Children Act 1989, (ChA 1989) or the welfare considerations in s 1 of ChA 1989, is the simple balance of probabilities, neither more nor less.

It is well established that sports organisations owe a duty of care to children and young people in relation to physical risks of participating in sport, but there has been a dearth of case law in relation to less tangible issues like welfare and emotional - wellbeing.

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.

Because reunification is less likely for children in kinship care, African - American children may remain in the child welfare system longer than children of other races (Ards, Chung, & Myers, 1999; Terling, 1999; Everett, 1999).

Although the literature does suggest that the goal of staff diversification is important for effective child welfare programs (English & Brown, 1997), the data on race matching between worker and family are less than compelling.

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.

Thus, child and youth work in its infancy in Australia, alongside growing state education and social welfare institutions, was providing, in many instances, a way of keeping working - class youth under control and diverting their energies into less disruptive pursuits.

However, child welfare professionals in rural areas must recognize the differences between their practice population and urban populations and adapt their practice to meet the needs of rural families who may have less access to related services.

Studies show it is more cost effective and less traumatic to children to prevent a family from entering the State of Arizona's child welfare system.

«For every one dollar invested in high - quality, comprehensive programs supporting children and families from birth,» the platform says, «there is a $ 7 - $ 10 return to society in decreased need for special education services, higher graduation and employment rates, less crime, less use of the public welfare system and better health.»

One of its less - heralded components was an instruction regarding the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), the case - level data collection process that connects county and state child welfare agencies to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

But experts said that while the findings did not establish the image of the wicked stepmother as true, they supported the conclusion that, for complex reasons, stepmothers do invest less in children than biological mothers do, with fathers, to a large extent, leaving to women the responsibility for the family's welfare.»