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| Institution | Center for the Study of Social Policy, Washington, DC.; Family Resource Coalition, Chicago, IL.; Child and Family Policy Center, Des Moines, IA.; Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC. Center for Youth Development and Policy Research. |
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| Titel | How Block Grants Can Make--or Break--Supports for Families: A Working Paper. |
| Quelle | (1995), (9 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Stellungnahme; Block Grants; Children; Cooperative Programs; Economically Disadvantaged; Family Life; Family Problems; Family Programs; Federal Aid; Federal Legislation; Financial Support; Intervention; Low Income; Politics; Poverty; Public Policy; Social Services; State Aid; Youth |
| Abstract | This paper represents a pooling of diverse perspectives and experiences of four organizations concerned that the current block grant structure of funding for social and family support services will not adequately improve the social services system or the lives of children and families. Focusing on ways in which the current re-examination of federal funding could be used to advance the family support agenda, the aim of these groups is to create a responsive, effective, accountable, family-supportive, and community-based system that actively supports children, youth, and families. The proposed block grant system--the Personal Responsibility Act (PRA)--will not achieve the goals of improving the responsiveness, effectiveness, and fiscal accountability of public services, nor will it improve the outlook for children, youth, and families. Instead, the PRA will undermine these goals by eliminating several entitlement programs for low-income families, allowing decisions by certain states to hurt the entire country, and providing no protection against re-regulation of the block grant programs. An alternative to the current block grant concept, which would utilize a "blending" of similar programs, combining the purposes and funding of these smaller programs into larger categories, is proposed that could help achieve these goals and capitalize on the chance to help children, youth, and families. (BGC) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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