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[[Child Poverty Action Group (Aotearoa New Zealand)]], conducts similar work in [[New Zealand]]. Led by [[Susan St. John]] CPAG New Zealand are {{As of|2006|alt=as of May 2006}} taking the government to court over the [[Working for Families]] package. |
[[Child Poverty Action Group (Aotearoa New Zealand)]], conducts similar work in [[New Zealand]]. Led by [[Susan St. John]] CPAG New Zealand are {{As of|2006|alt=as of May 2006}} taking the government to court over the [[Working for Families]] package. |
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== Indigence Research United States == |
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[[Protecting America's Abused Children]] researches behavior cycles and indigence as a culture that children born into indigence without resources for equal opportunites and hihger education repeat. |
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'''Research assumptions''': |
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Investment in indigent children as a vital resource for productivity and economic stability for a nation's future through constructive counseling, mentorship, and higher education has an impact on the reduction of poverty and drain of public resources as highly educated and skilled workers enter the marketplace as a contributing member of the 'community'. |
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The continuous cultivation of indigent children year after year has a positive affect of exponential proportion without the negative consequences and socio-economic stresses in today's global communities. |
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Revision as of 01:13, 4 March 2009
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is a UK charity that takes a leading role in campaigning for the abolition of poverty and social exclusion.
The main aims of the CPAG are:
- Raising awareness of the extent, nature and impact of poverty in the UK
- Bringing about official policy changes for all families with children in poverty
- Enabling those all those who are eligible for benefits and tax credits to have access to their full entitlement
In order to realise these aims, CPAG:
- Researches and publishes the latest facts and figures of family and child poverty in the UK
- Lobbies the UK government and leads and supports campaigns for effective policies to prevent, alleviate and abolish child and family poverty
- Provides up to date information and reliable advice on the UK social security and tax credits systems
- Run training courses in Welfare Rights, for both new and experienced advisers, to help them keep up to date with developments in social security and tax credits
- Undertakes test-cases to extend the interpretation of law in favour of claimants using, where appropriate the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights
New Zealand
Child Poverty Action Group (Aotearoa New Zealand), conducts similar work in New Zealand. Led by Susan St. John CPAG New Zealand are as of May 2006[update] taking the government to court over the Working for Families package.
Indigence Research United States
Protecting America's Abused Children researches behavior cycles and indigence as a culture that children born into indigence without resources for equal opportunites and hihger education repeat.
Research assumptions:
Investment in indigent children as a vital resource for productivity and economic stability for a nation's future through constructive counseling, mentorship, and higher education has an impact on the reduction of poverty and drain of public resources as highly educated and skilled workers enter the marketplace as a contributing member of the 'community'.
The continuous cultivation of indigent children year after year has a positive affect of exponential proportion without the negative consequences and socio-economic stresses in today's global communities.
External links
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