Download or read book A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, which in turn help them to achieve success in school and to become responsible, economically self-sufficient, and healthy adults. Capable, responsible, and healthy adults are clearly the foundation of a well-functioning and prosperous society, yet America's future is not as secure as it could be because millions of American children live in families with incomes below the poverty line. A wealth of evidence suggests that a lack of adequate economic resources for families with children compromises these children's ability to grow and achieve adult success, hurting them and the broader society. A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty reviews the research on linkages between child poverty and child well-being, and analyzes the poverty-reducing effects of major assistance programs directed at children and families. This report also provides policy and program recommendations for reducing the number of children living in poverty in the United States by half within 10 years.
Download or read book The Executive s Child Poverty Strategy written by Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Executive and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Child Poverty in Ireland written by Brian Nolan and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on 2000 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child poverty is not just a transitory phase associated with childhood, but often has a legacy that persists in later life, regardless of children's talents or efforts. Published in association with the Combat Poverty Agency, this study draws on data from the 1994 and 1997 Living in Ireland Surveys, and compares this with earlier results.
Download or read book A new approach to child poverty written by Great Britain: Department for Work and Pensions and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the Government's first national Child Poverty Strategy, setting out a new approach to tackle poverty up to 2020. The strategy is based on: strengthening families; encouraging responsibility; promoting work; guaranteeing fairness; and providing support for the most vulnerable. The first chapter outlines the scale and structure of the problem and identifies principles for a more effective strategy. Chapter two describes means to support families to achieve financial independence. The importance of going beyond the measurement of income is the subject of chapter three, supporting family life and children's life chances. This examines the family, home environment, housing, early years, education and health, and outlines measures to enable early targeted support for children and families. The importance of educational progress and the role played by the NHS and other services in improving health outcomes is stressed. Chapter four acknowledges that children's experience of poverty varies by community, and the solutions need to be tailored accordingly. It sets out the planned reforms and localism policies that relate to child poverty, and describes how local partners can contribute in this area. The final chapter recaps the aims, approaches and key policies, and sets out the measurement approach. A new set of indicators will include the income targets set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010, but will introduce new life chance indicators taking account of Frank Field's recommendations ("The foundation years ..., TSO, 2010, ISBN 9780108509605) and those in Dame Clare Tickell's review of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
Download or read book Child Poverty Strategy written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Britain s War on Poverty written by Jane Waldfogel and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2010-04-08 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1999, one in four British children lived in poverty—the third highest child poverty rate among industrialized countries. Five years later, the child poverty rate in Britain had fallen by more than half in absolute terms. How did the British government accomplish this and what can the United States learn from the British experience? Jane Waldfogel offers a sharp analysis of the New Labour government's anti-poverty agenda, its dramatic early success and eventual stalled progress. Comparing Britain's anti-poverty initiative to U.S. welfare reform, the book shows how the policies of both countries have affected child poverty, living standards, and well-being in low-income families and suggests next steps for future reforms. Britain's War on Poverty evaluates the three-pronged anti-poverty strategy employed by the British government and what these efforts accomplished. British reforms sought to promote work and make work pay, to increase financial support for families with children, and to invest in the health, early-life development, and education of children. The latter two features set the British reforms apart from the work-oriented U.S. welfare reforms, which did not specifically target income or program supports for children. Plagued by premature initiatives and what some experts called an overly ambitious agenda, the British reforms fell short of their intended goal but nevertheless significantly increased single-parent employment, raised incomes for low-income families, and improved child outcomes. Poverty has fallen, and the pattern of low-income family expenditures on child enrichment and healthy food has begun to converge with higher-income families. As Waldfogel sees it, further success in reducing child poverty in Britain will rely on understanding who is poor and who is at highest risk. More than half of poor children live in families where at least one parent is working, followed by unemployed single- and two-parent homes, respectively. Poverty rates are also notably higher for children with disabled parents, large families, and for Pakistani and Bangladeshi children. Based on these demographics, Waldfogel argues that future reforms must, among other goals, raise working-family incomes, provide more work for single parents, and better engage high-risk racial and ethnic minority groups. What can the United States learn from the British example? Britain's War on Poverty is a primer in the triumphs and pitfalls of protracted policy. Notable differences distinguish the British and U.S. models, but Waldfogel asserts that a future U.S. poverty agenda must specifically address child poverty and the income inequality that helps create it. By any measurement and despite obstacles, Britain has significantly reduced child poverty. The book's key lesson is that it can be done.
Download or read book Child Poverty Strategy written by Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Executive and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Child Poverty Strategy 2014 17 written by Great Britain. Department for Education and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Consultation on the Child Poverty Strategy 2014 17 written by Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty written by Paul C. Gorski and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2017-12-29 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This influential book describes the knowledge and skills teachers and school administrators need to recognize and combat bias and inequity that undermine educational engagement for students experiencing poverty. Featuring important revisions based on newly available research and lessons from the authors professional development work, this Second Edition includes: a new chapter outlining the dangers of grit and deficit perspectives as responses to educational disparities; three updated chapters of research-informed, on-the-ground strategies for teaching and leading with equity literacy; and expanded lists of resources and readings to support transformative equity work in high-poverty and mixed-class schools. Written with an engaging, conversational style that makes complex concepts accessible, this book will help readers learn how to recognize and respond to even the subtlest inequities in their classrooms, schools, and districts.
Download or read book Child Poverty Strategy written by Children's Commissioner for Wales and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Delivering Social Change written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Children and Young People s Plan and Child Poverty Strategy written by Ceredigion Children and Young People's Partnership and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Combat Poverty Agency Submission on the National Childrens Strategy 2000 written by and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book School Communities of Strength written by Peter W. Cookson and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evidence-based plan of action to achieve educational justice for K–12 public school students from families whose income is 50% or more below the US poverty threshold
Download or read book Child Poverty Strategy for Wales written by Wales. Welsh Assembly Government and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Child Poverty Strategy for Wales written by Wales. Welsh Assembly Government and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
