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- Title
Cutting the Deficits in Child Welfare.
- Authors
Torjman, Sherri; Battle, Ken
- Abstract
The article explores the key income and time deficits facing Canadian families, describes briefly the current policy responses to these problems, and puts forward several proposals to help reduce these deficits and to move toward increased investment in the welfare of Canadian children. To reduce the income and time deficits the federal government can take some actions including the reindexation of child benefits and an increase in payments for poor households. Both changes would require increasing the child benefits budget. The time deficit can be reduced by work arrangements that respond to family needs, the extension of maternity and parental leave, and affordable child care.
- Subjects
CANADA; CHILD welfare; GOVERNMENT policy; LEGAL status of children; POOR families; INCOME inequality; FINANCING of child welfare; FEDERAL aid to child welfare; CHILD care
- Publication
Child Welfare, 1995, Vol 74, Issue 3, p459
- ISSN
0009-4021
- Publication type
Article