scholarly journals Mapping of Financial Support Programs for Children With Neurodisabilities Across Canada: Barriers and Discrepancies Within a Patchwork System

2022 ◽  
pp. 104420732110667
Author(s):  
Caitlin Salvino ◽  
Connor Spencer ◽  
Angela M. Filipe ◽  
Lucyna M. Lach
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Support Programs ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Childhood Disability ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Application Process ◽  
Families With Children ◽  
Program Information

A cross-jurisdictional pan-Canadian environmental scan was conducted to identify provincial, territorial, and federal financial supports available to families with children living with neurodisabilities. In partnership with the organization Childhood Disability LINK, flowchart-styled pathway documents were developed for each financial support identified, mapping out the processes required to access each support. A critical analysis was completed as it relates to structural barriers, accessibility of program information and geographic discrepancies. The results revealed that, despite almost universal availability of programs to support families of children living with neurodisabilities, significant barriers and inequity remain. This included considerable variation in access to financial support based on geographic and jurisdictional discrepancies, absence of adequate and accurate information about programs, and minimal support provided to families in the application process. We argue that the barriers and discrepancies identified were an inherent result of the Canadian federalist fragmentation of the delivery of social care and financial support programs for children living with neurodisabilities. A more unified response by Canadian provincial, territorial, and federal governments is clearly needed to take positive steps to address the consequences of federalist fragmentation and respond to the structural barriers and geographic discrepancies identified by this study.

Truth revealed: Challenging the mythical narrative of the low-profit limited liability company

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia J. Toson
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Limited Liability ◽  
The Body ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Limited Liability Company ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Form Analysis ◽  
Community Interest

This article reviews the body of literature concerning low-profit limited liability companies and conducts a critical analysis of the “flaws” frequently cited in the literature as problematic within the form. Analysis of the low-profit limited liability company (L3C) is conducted in the larger, global context of social enterprise, with emphasis on the social purpose company of Belgium and the community interest company of the United Kingdom as points of comparison. Findings demonstrate that the most commonly stated criticisms of L3Cs are in fact inaccurate. A deeper critical analysis of the form reveals that this choice of entity is advantageous on several levels for both social entrepreneurs and private charitable foundations. This piece furthers the literature by dispelling the myths surrounding L3Cs, providing counterarguments to the existing criticisms of the form and providing the business community with accurate information regarding the benefits of L3Cs for social enterprise.

scholarly journals 8.4. FINANCIAL SITUATION AND METHODS OF STATE INCENTIVES FOR MODERN SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE ERA OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 206-209
Author(s):  
Ю.В. Мельникова ◽  
А.В. Шохнех
Keyword(s):  
Small Businesses ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
The State ◽  
Support Programs ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Financial Situation ◽  
Component Solution ◽  
State Economy ◽  
State Incentives

В статье раскрываются направления развития системы малых предприятий как основы государственной экономики, а также фокусируется внимание на ряде отрицательных моментов, которые деактивизируют малый бизнес, приводя к их ликвидации. В сложный кризисный период, когда субъекты малого бизнеса первыми оказались не готовы к экономической нестабильности, государство предлагает многокомпонентное решение в виде финансовых программ-поддержки. В статье выделены четыре группы программ, каждая из которых определяет свои приоритетные направления для активизации малых предприятий The article reveals the directions of development of the system of small enterprises as the basis of the state economy, and also focuses on a number of negative aspects that deactivate small businesses, leading to their liquidation. In a difficult crisis period, when small businesses were the first to be unprepared for economic instability, the state offers a multi-component solution in the form of financial support programs. The article identifies four groups of programs, each of which defines its priority areas for the activation of small businesses.

Parallels Between Improving the Culture for Women in Surgery and a Surgical Approach to Improving Health for All

2020 ◽  
pp. 128-136
Author(s):  
Scarlett A. McNally
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Surgical Approach ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Zero Tolerance ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Unconscious Bias ◽  
Application Process ◽  
Current Paradigm ◽  
Active Can

Every person should be valued for their skills and potential, for every moment they are present. Training on Diversity and Unconscious bias is urgently needed. All staff must see themselves as role models, creating culture and reacting to another's name badge/role, with “fake it till you make it”. Those with poor behaviour may lack insight. Zero tolerance involves others taking a poorly-behaving peer for ‘a Vanderbilt cup of coffee'. Informal mentors should avoid gendered assumptions, e.g. all medical students need to scrub in. Leadership roles should have a clear application process. Inequality is not just a women's issue. Improvements must focus on the women themselves, the others around them, and the structures/processes. There are parallels with prevention in healthcare needing 3-pronged change: in individuals, society/culture, and organisations. More people being active can rapidly reduce the need for, and cost of, healthcare and social care by £Billions annually. The current paradigm of health is perhaps passive and paternalistic and a radical approach is needed.

Transnationalism and parenthood in a new country

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 294-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Merry ◽  
Nancy Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Migrant Health ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Transnational Ties ◽  
Migrant Families ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Families With Children ◽  
Health And Well Being

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight gaps in the literature regarding transnational ties, the experience of raising and caring for children in a new (high-income) country and well-being, and to propose a program of research to address these gaps. Design/methodology/approach A general review of the literature on international migration, transnationalism and parenthood was conducted. A program of research and its objectives are then described. Findings To address research gaps, the proposed program of research aims to: develop approaches and tools to examine and measure the transnational experiences of migrant families; better understand migrants’ transnational obligations, resources and movements and their impact on parenthood and the health and well-being of families; assess whether existing health and social care and services for migrant families with children consider the transnational contexts and experiences of families; and determine how health and social care and services for migrant families with children may be adapted or developed to address transnational challenges and enhance transnational resources for families. Originality/value The proposed program of research offers a new approach, transnationalism, for producing knowledge toward better understanding the health and optimizing the care of migrant families in the context of raising and caring for children in a new country. It also contributes to the agenda setting regarding the approach and priority areas for research in migrant health.

scholarly journals Assesing efficiency of targeting in social services in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-74
Author(s):  
Adela Delalić ◽  
Ademir Abdić ◽  
Muamer Halilbašić ◽  
Lamija Šćeta
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Financial Assistance ◽  
Poor Household ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Support Programmes ◽  
Families With Children

AbstractThis paper analyses the inefficiency of social services targeting in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FB&H). Using official statistics microdata of the Household Budget Survey 2015, three models of social minimum in FB&H were constructed: extreme and general poverty, and the model with multidimensional poverty aspects. The analysis of features of poor household categories showed that the most vulnerable residents of FB&H are not beneficiaries of permanent financial assistance. The reason for such an inefficient targeting was recognized in the Federal Law on Principles of Social Care, Care for the War-Disabled Civilians and Care for Families with Children that stipulates that only persons and families that (cumulatively): are incapable for work, have insufficient income, and there are no family members who are legally obligated to support them. The results indicated a high inconsistency in the legal criteria for qualification, and also in the amounts of permanent social assistance among cantons. The Proxy Means Test (PMT) Model is offered as one of the possible solutions for the improvement of social services targeting in FB&H. Given the importance of efficiency of targeting in social services, the research results could be useful, for both, vulnerable segments of the society and federal and cantonal ministries of labour and social affairs, in the process of targeting the households qualified for social support programmes.

Book Reviews

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 453-455
Keyword(s):  
Financial Support ◽  
Child Poverty ◽  
War On Poverty ◽  
University Of Kentucky ◽  
Families With Children

James P. Ziliak of University of Kentucky reviews “Britain?€?s War on Poverty” by Jane Waldfogel. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Explores the story of Britain's war on child poverty and considers lessons for future antipoverty efforts both in Britain and elsewhere. Discusses one in four children living in poverty in 1999; promoting work and making work pay; increasing financial support for families with children; investing i….”

The Usefulness of Reintegration Support: The Dual Perspectives of Returnees and Caseworkers

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 1216-1233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ine Lietaert
Keyword(s):  
Financial Support ◽  
Social Care ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Exact Nature ◽  
Residence Permit ◽  
Support Programmes

Abstract Many European countries have developed assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) programmes to support the return and reintegration of migrants who do not have a legal residence permit. There is substantial involvement of social-care professionals in the implementation of these programmes. However, the contested nature of AVRR programmes has limited an in-depth understanding of the exact nature of reintegration support and the ways it affects migrants’ lives after return. Through exploring the usefulness of AVRR support from the perspectives of those receiving it and experienced caseworkers providing it in the context of the Belgian AVRR return programme to Armenia and Georgia, this article contributes to a better understanding of the possibilities and constraints of reintegration support. Based on interviews with seventy-nine returnees during the initial two years after their return, interviews with the caseworkers and observations of day-to-day interactions between both parties, four different understandings of the ‘usefulness’ of reintegration support are delineated: reintegration support (i) as central and necessary financial support; (ii) as insufficient, decontextualised and deceptive support; (iii) as selective support; and lastly (iv) as humane and negotiated support. These understandings then evoke reflections on the implications for those stakeholders developing or implementing AVRR support programmes.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document