- Alabama Kids Count Data Book shows decline in child death rate, preventable teen death rate, By Mike Cason, November 20, 2013, Alabama Media Group: “A report released today shows positive trends for Alabama children in four categories, including child death rate and preventable teen death rate. Statistically significant positive trends were also shown in the number of vulnerable families (which are those in which a first birth is to a teen mother who has not finished high school) and first grade retention, which is an indicator of school readiness, according to a news release from VOICES for Alabama’s Children, which released its 2013 Alabama Kids Count Data Book today…”
- Child poverty up in Kansas, but infant mortality down, report says, By Celia Llopis-Jepsen, November 19, 2013, Topeka Capital-Journal: “Childhood poverty continues to rise in Kansas, but infant mortality and violent deaths among teens are down, a report from a children’s advocacy group says. The annual Kids Count Kansas report, published by Kansas Action for Children, aims to analyze the well-being of children through various health, education and economic indicators. According to the 2013 report, released Tuesday, childhood poverty has shown no signs of abating in Kansas. Statewide, about 23 percent of Kansas children live in poverty, compared to 18 percent five years ago…”
Day: November 20, 2013
Conditional Cash Transfer Program – Brazil
Brazil’s Bolsa Família: welfare model or menace?, By Taylor Barnes, November 17, 2013, Christian Science Monitor: “The streets in this run-down town of 130,000 are nearly empty during work hours. There are few jobs here. But in the wee hours of the morning, bleary-eyed workers pile into buses headed for Rio de Janeiro, about two hours away, or the Petrobras state oil refinery under construction in nearby Itaboraí. But one office in Maricá is bustling: the government benefits center. About 20 women and children fidget on the worn chairs lined in front of the cramped office where notebooks filled with applications for antipoverty programs are stacked almost to the ceiling. Many are here applying for the Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, a landmark poverty reduction effort in Brazil that has helped raise 36 million Brazilians out of extreme poverty and is currently celebrating its 10th anniversary. In Maricá alone, some 6,000 families receive monthly payouts…”