Sentences with phrase «welfare policies focus»

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Last year, in consultation with key stakeholders, we expanded our animal welfare policy to include a focus on supporting responsible use of antibiotics to support animal health.

It says the government would have to make it «the central aim of all its economic policies» and identify what it looks like in terms of employment rates for specific groups, more sustainable welfare provision and public services and a greater focus on job creation.

And Mayor de Blasio is so ideological, and is really not focused on the needs of the people of New York City and is changing so many good reforms that were put in place by Rudy Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg [on] welfare, with respect to policing policies, and with respect to education,» he said.

David Congdon, head of campaigns and policy at learning disability charity Mencap, added: «The government has a responsibility to ensure the cuts do not disproportionately impact on those people least able to afford it, yet the chancellor's focus on further welfare cuts means many disabled people will fear they will continue to be the hardest hit.

It's not often that the whole cross section of the Lib Dems gets behind a policy, we've seen that this conference with issues such as welfare and airports, but by focusing on mental health Nick Clegg has got his party united on an important issue, and ready for what will be difficult months ahead.

These were: well - being and welfare — insisting upon the adoption of well - being policies in all education settings; empowering and enabling — identifying the balance between empowering and overburdening staff; freedom and flexibility - reversing the trend for testing and increasingly structured curriculum frameworks and trust and train teachers to do their job with a focus on reflective practice; and celebrating success — making sure we all better celebrate the amazing experiences and achievements of teachers to help stem a current tendency for public pessimism.

Murray's earlier books — Losing Ground in 1984, on welfare policy, and The Bell Curve (with Richard Herrnstein) in 1994, on the significance of differences in intelligence as measured by intelligence tests — aroused controversy, because, implicitly or explicitly, they focused attention on black Americans, who play a disproportionate role in welfare policy, and as a group score lower than whites on IQ tests.

David is currently a researcher for Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago where his work focuses on the use of organizational assessment to apply principles from safety science to inform and design child welfare policy and practice improvement initiatives.

Much of the work focused on creating a two - generation perspective in intervention policies related to family income insecurity, helping families to attain self - sufficiency through work, and on reforming child welfare policy and practice.

With the help of our members and volunteers, HSVMA advocates for better public policies for animals, provides continuing education for veterinary professionals with an animal welfare focus, and delivers veterinary medical services and humane education to under - served rural communities in the United States and throughout the world.

As the public face of The HSUS's new Breeders Advisory and Resource Council, Donnelly and McGriff provide input on public policy and help The HSUS raise awareness about the difference between responsible breeders — who breed happy, healthy dogs in clean, humane conditions — and puppy mills, factory - style facilities that focus on profit at the expense of animal welfare.

Amanda holds a Master's in Animals and Public Policy from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, where she was engaged in research focused on improving feline welfare and saving the lives of shelter animals.

Last year, our Pace University student team focused on food policy and animal welfare asked a simple question: «Can CAFOs be Concentrated Animal «Friendly» Operations?»

They also exemplify how U.S. energy policy has evolved from a focus on U.S. domestic welfare to one that is now global in scope.

The resume format of welfare officer should focus on his job responsibilities including supervising basic administration, basic advice and support provision, providing assistance to meet the organizational goals, ensuring implementation of policies that are in general interest, to be the bottleneck in handling sensitive issues or any other kind of issue, implementing procedures for overall growth and betterment.

Voices for Children in Nebraska has developed the following Pro-Kid Policy Plan, focusing on the issues of child welfare, economic stability, health, and juvenile justice.

Much of [the] Center for the Study of Social Policy's system reform work focuses on improving how public child welfare systems and its partners address the safety, permanency and well - being needs of the children, youth, and families that they serve.

The efforts in the United Kingdom are part of a broader endeavor across developed nations, including the United States, to increase the evidence base and sharpen the focus of parenting programs and to develop specific public policies targeting improved parenting beyond the traditional mechanisms of child welfare services and income support programs.92

This policy statement from the AAP advocates a public health response to the opioid epidemic and substance use during pregnancy, and recommends: a focus on preventing unintended pregnancies and improving access to contraception; universal screening for alcohol and other drug use in women of childbearing age; knowledge and informed consent of maternal drug testing and reporting practices; improved access to prenatal care, including opioid replacement therapy; gender - specific substance use treatment programs; and improved funding for social services and child welfare systems.

Peter's interests have focused mainly in policy administration, in the law, and in community welfare.

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs focuses on harmonising policy issues that affect children in areas such as early childhood care and education, youth justice, child welfare and protection, children and young people's participation, research on children and young people, youth work and cross-cutting initiatives for children.

Policy debates about child poverty and welfare reform, which once focused almost exclusively on single mothers and their children, have in recent years begun to train the spotlight on fathers.

ZERO TO THREE has a comprehensive infant - toddler policy self - assessment toolkit, as well as tools focused on: quality rating and improvement systems, home visiting at the state and community levels, child welfare policy, and infant - early childhood mental health.

Making the Link Between Early Childhood Systems Building and Poverty Reduction: This webinar provided a concise overview of welfare policy and young child poverty in the United States, and why poverty scholars are now taking a particular focus upon strengthening families as a long - term necessity to addressing poverty and inequality.

He focuses on data analytics, visualization, evidence - based practice, and policies on child welfare.

Finally, the two protective factors that emerged from this research, graduation from high school and the presence of a caring adult in one's life, warrant further consideration and policy focus for our nation's child welfare systems.

But research is showing he may need to look beyond current policies that are focused on encouraging or punishing parents or sending students off to boarding school, and that some of these policies — like welfare penalties — may exacerbate disengagement.