The German children’s charity has called for better protection for children and young people from poverty face. “Even if the absolute Numbers of children and young people in Hartz-IV-relation in the last year have decreased somewhat, increased a percentage more,” said the Agency on Thursday in Berlin. Need for an overall strategy to combat child poverty in Germany and a needs-based children’s basic security are therefore””.
According to the latest calculations of the Deutsches kinderhilfswerk, the proportion of Under-18-Year-olds in Hartz IV increased need for communities to 33.9 percent. Five years ago this value was 31.8 percent. The end of the year 2019 communities 1.878.373 children and young people were, therefore, of 5.547.473 people in Need.
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the number of Hartz-IV-households should continue to
rise To the assessment of the Organisation will increase as a result of the Corona-crisis, the number of poor children in Germany are still significantly. It is expected that, due to the expected economic crisis, unemployment and, consequently, the number of Hartz-IV-would households increase and that the short-time working and falling wages and salaries would bustle in spite of short-time work, many families in poverty. Remote Academy climbing (display) Start now with your distance learning!
Just for Lone parents, now have to make because of School and daycare closures, in many cases, in addition to their professional obligations and child care services. full time, will the financial Situation is tense. The Federal government launched financial support for families with children welcomed it as a “step in the right direction”. This aid would have to be expanded in order to prevent actually poverty.
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demand: increase in the standard rate of 100 Euro.
“The promotion of poor families and their children, as well as non-bureaucratic approaches to poverty avoidance services on the priority list to the top”, called the children’s Fund. In the medium term, this could only succeed if a needs-based children’s basic security have the social part of every child’s “will, independently and regardless of the Hartz IV legislation” protected”, stressed the Association’s President, Thomas Krüger.
in the Short term, the children are required to work help to increase the standard rate of 100 Euro for children and young people, at least as long as schools and day-care centres are closed due to the Corona-crisis. In the long term, need-based children’s basic security in the amount of 637 euros, should there be, in the existing child-related services would be bundled. Thus, the socio-cultural subsistence minimum of children, let “regardless of the financial resources of the family, the family and the existing support system to meet demand guarantee”. Masks sew it yourself! Firefighters released a simple Video guide on FOCUS Online/News5 masks sew it yourself! Firefighters released a simple Video guide
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