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The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (AACWA) was enacted by the US Government on June 17, 1980. Its purpose is to establish a program of adoption assistance; strengthen the program of foster care assistance for needy and dependent children; and improve the child welfare, social services, and aid to families with dependent children programs.
Research indicates that welfare programs, which are included as a part of social services, have a considerable impact upon poverty rates in countries in which welfare expenditure accounts for over 20% of their GDP. [13] [14] However, the impact of social service programs on poverty varies depending on the service. [15]
It views family welfare, including that of the individual, as the central objective of the national development program. Thus, the program promotes family development and responsible parenting. It believes that parenting and raising a family is a shared responsibility of the husband and the wife. The program is non-coercive.
The systemic factors measured by the CFSRs include the effectiveness of the State's systems for child welfare information, case review, and quality assurance; training of child welfare staff, parents, and other stakeholders; the services that support children and families; the agency's responsiveness to the community; and foster and adoptive ...
Under Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, a 'child protection system' provides for the protection of children in and out of the home.One of the ways this can be enabled is through the provision of quality education, the fourth of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in addition to other child protection systems.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF / t æ n ɪ f /) is a federal assistance program of the United States.It began on July 1, 1997, and succeeded the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, providing cash assistance to indigent American families through the United States Department of Health and Human Services. [2]
Health & Family Welfare Department: Health Care: Aims at providing financial assistance for healthcare to about 3.5 crore people of the state, with annual health insurance coverage of Rs 5 lakhs per family and 7 lakhs per women members of the family. [5] Sarbakhyama Yojana: 20 June 2018: Housing & Urban Development Dept
The Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (Spanish: Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar; ICBF) is a Colombian government agency, in charge of preventing and protecting children and adolescents in vulnerable conditions.