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Rearing the family
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.1.95, 1995, p.17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
...1994 was the International Year of the Family. Asks what the initiative achieved for families in the UK.
Speaking for the family
- Author:
- BOTTOMLEY Virginia
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.6.94, 1994, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The first instalment of the author's Community Care lecture identifies the role and responsibility of the family and argues that families have suffered and continue to bear enormous economic and social pressures. However, it is argued that there was no 'golden age' of the family and that it is necessary to recognise that not every change has been for the worst. Looks towards a recognition
Family policy: a report of a working group established by the Association
- Author:
- ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY COUNCILS
- Publisher:
- Association of County Councils
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Low income families' utilization of the Federal “Safety Net”: Individual and state-level predictors of TANF and Food Stamp receipt
- Authors:
- PURTELL Kelly M., GERSHOFF Elizabeth T., ABER J. Lawrence
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 34(4), April 2012, pp.713-724.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Two programmes designed to assist low income families in meeting their basic needs are the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), a cash assistance programme, and the Food Stamp programme, an in-kind benefit. However, prior research has shown that many eligible low income families do not actually receive these benefits. The aim of this study was to examine how family factors and state variations in the TANF and Food Stamp programmes predict which eligible families actually receive these 2 benefits. Data on 6200 low-income families from 38 states was drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K). This family-level data was combined state-level policy data in order to investigate family and state-level predictors of TANF and Food Stamp receipt. The findings indicate that relatively few low income families receive the benefits that are targeted to them. Families experiencing more economic hardship and health challenges are more likely to receive benefits. The state-level findings suggest that states' coverage is associated with families' receipt of TANF but not of Food Stamps. Implications for policy and research are discussed.
Introduction: change and continuity in recent family policies
- Authors:
- MÄTZKE Margitta, OSTNER Ilona
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of European Social Policy, 20(5), December 2010, pp.387-398.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Families and family-related policies have steadily gained public attentions in Western welfare states. This article introduces a journal special issue which aims to take stock of recent developments in the field of family policy. The special issue brings together articles on a range of countries (Denmark, France, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Germany and Austria) that map the full
Shifts in family policy in the UK under New Labour
- Author:
- DALY Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of European Social Policy, 20(5), December 2010, pp.433-443.
- Publisher:
- Sage
In the last 10 years, social policy in the UK has undergone major restructuring and family-related matters have been at the centre of the reforms. This article examines the meaning and significance of New Labour’s focus on the family and considers whether it represents a change compared with past policies. A number of measures have been put in place which address: children’s early education and care: services to stabilise and improve the quality of family relations especially in low-income sectors of the population; parental employment; and greater flexibility in work and family life. The article discusses the change and continuity offered by New Labour’s policy programme, and the significance of this programme on the family. It concludes that, while there has been innovation in the policy settings and instruments, New Labour’s approach to the family draws upon and reinforces existing philosophies around welfare and the family. However, under New Labour, the family became more important as a concern of policy. A second conclusion is that New Labour has sought a balance between its selectivist approach and a more universalist concern to elevate family as an agent and source of social stability. The article argues that New Labour’s policy should be understood as part of an ideological project that is both social and economic in nature.
Prevalence of parental mental illness in Australian families
- Authors:
- MAYBERRY Darryl John, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 33(1), January 2009, pp.22-26.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The purpose was to provide multiple estimates of the numbers of Australian and Victorian families and children living in families where a parent has had a mental illness. The Australian Bureau of Statistics Victorian Mental Health Branch service usage and data collected from 701 community participants to triangulate prevalence information were used. According to population estimates, 23.3% of all children in Australia have a parent with a non-substance mental illness, 20.4% of mental health service users have dependent children and 14.4% of the community study participants report having at least one parent with a mental illness. The multiple prevalence estimates of the numbers of children in families with parental mental illness provide fundamental information for psychiatric policy, planning
Families matter: supporting families in Northern Ireland: summary of responses to the consultation
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Families Matter: Supporting Families in Northern Ireland – provides strategic direction for the DHSSPS in how best to assist parents in Northern Ireland. The document also provides responses to detailed initiatives and actions to meet the DHSSPS’ strategic aims.
Families matter: supporting families in Northern Ireland
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Families Matter: Supporting Families in Northern Ireland – provides strategic direction for the DHSSPS in how best to assist parents in Northern Ireland. The document also provides detailed initiatives and actions to meet the DHSSPS’ strategic aims.
Pensions and pension reform
- Authors:
- BUNT Karen, et al
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Some of the key areas of the White Paper will deliver fairer pensions. The number of contributory years needed to accrue a full basic state pension will be cut to 30. Home Responsibilities Protection will be replaced with a new weekly credit; A new contributory credit will be introduced for those caring for severely disabled people for 20 hours a week or more. Minimum contribution conditions to the basic state pension will be abolished, so that those caring for children or the severely disabled will build entitlement to the Basic State Pension without having to build up a minimum level of work-based contributions. In 2010, 70 per cent of women reaching State Pension age will be entitled to the full basic State Pension, compared with 30 per cent now; by 2025, over 90 per cent of women and men reaching State Pension age will be entitled to the full basic State Pension - compared with 80 per cent without reform.