| Development programs are the powerful | | | | (1) Risk factors encountered by |
| determinant for the low-income children. | | | | low-income children, |
| Many public programs provide the | | | | (2) Parental work and the quality of |
| services towards the welfare of poor | | | | child care, |
| children. These programs improve the | | | | (3) Children in immigrant families and |
| social skills and problem solving | | | | (4) Children living in especially |
| abilities. These programs create | | | | vulnerable families. |
| awareness for the low-income families in | | | | Importance of such Programs |
| all their lively aspects. Effective | | | | The dynamic steps in protecting these |
| policies and programs can improve the | | | | children includes support and |
| lives of the low-income children. | | | | preservation of families, investigation |
| Development Programs for Low-Income | | | | of abuse and neglect reports, the |
| Children | | | | removal of children from their parents' |
| Various development programs were been | | | | homes if necessary, and foster care and |
| carrying in all the countries, to | | | | adoption. |
| achieve the welfare of low-income | | | | Various development programs are |
| families. Poverty is the main threat to | | | | committed to expand the economic |
| children's well-being. Children whose | | | | security of low-income working families |
| families do not have enough food to eat | | | | by connecting them to work supports like |
| are likely to have poor health and | | | | child care, health care, the earned |
| experiences frequent stomachaches and | | | | income tax credit, and education and |
| headaches. | | | | training to find good jobs and build |
| Low education of the parents can lead to | | | | careers. |
| low income and are losing the economic | | | | The current publicity claims that, |
| ground. | | | | programs for poor children's development |
| There is a clear evidence that higher | | | | do not work well. There are specific |
| educational attainment is associated | | | | programs that produce important benefits |
| with higher earnings. Over half of the | | | | for children, which are not equally |
| low-income children live with a parent | | | | effective and benefits are not equally |
| who works regularly. These families are | | | | distributed across the groups of ethic |
| living on the economic edge despite | | | | and races. |
| regular employment and struggling to | | | | Efficient development programs are to be |
| make the ends. By undertaking effective | | | | undertaken to achieve the welfare of the |
| public policies of low-income, parents | | | | poor children, who needs and deserves |
| can make their work pay better and | | | | the support. Welfare of the poor |
| provides proper care and learning | | | | children with good employment places the |
| experiences for their children. | | | | nation in a favorable position to |
| The low-income children's development | | | | improve the long-term prospects and |
| programs are initiated through four | | | | changes in the culture of welfare for |
| sessions: | | | | low-income families. |