News tagged with welfare system
African Americans are more vulnerable to welfare penalties
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Jun 01, 2009 |
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African Americans are significantly more likely to be sanctioned by the United States welfare system than whites, according to research published in the June issue of the American Sociological Review, the flagship journa ...
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Youths in child welfare system behave better with early intervention
Jan 31, 2008 |
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Children in the welfare system would have a better chance of staying out of trouble if their caregivers are trained in ways to prevent delinquent behavior before it festers, a new study says.
School voucher adoption affected by political decision-making
Oct 15, 2008 |
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In many countries, school vouchers have come to be a controversial policy which allows parents to pay for the education of their children at a school of their choice, rather than the public school to which they are assigned. ...
The Church is still popular
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Oct 07, 2009 |
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Despite decline in numbers of worshippers and increased secularisation the church is still valued and appreciated as an institution which protects and preserves common values in the public sphere. This has been shown by sociologist ...
Kinship care more beneficial than foster care
Jun 02, 2008 |
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Children removed from their homes after reports of maltreatment have significantly fewer behavior problems three years after placement with relatives than if they are put into foster care, according to new research at The ...
Study looks at how mental health care affects outcomes for foster children
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Of the approximately half-million children and adolescents in foster care in the U.S., experts estimate that 42 to 60 percent of them have emotional and behavioral problems. Despite the prevalence of mental health problems ...
Free-range chickens are more prone to disease
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Jan 15, 2009 |
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Chickens kept in litter-based housing systems, including free-range chickens, are more prone to disease than chickens kept in cages, according to a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Acta Veterinaria Sc ...
'Recovery coaches' effective in reducing number of babies exposed to drugs
Jan 05, 2009 |
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About 11 percent of the 4 million babies born in the U.S. each year have been exposed to alcohol or illicit drugs in the womb, according to a June 2006 report by the National Center on Substance Abuse and ...
Test-tube babies profitable business for the state
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Increased financial support for IVF fertilization would be downright profitable for the state. Test-tube babies are an investment for the future, not an expense. This is shown by Anders Svensson, who studied this issue ...
Liberal? Conservative? Stanford study says mental nudge can make voters flip-flop
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Jul 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- No doubt you’ve worked hard for your success. But chances are you’ve also had some help and lucky breaks along the way.
Fathers need their children
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Sep 08, 2008 |
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Single fathers should never be prevented from seeing their children. Even in the toughest family conflicts, interaction should always continue between father and child according to sociologist Germain Dulac, a researcher ...
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