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Preparing For Life unites multiple local agencies in ROI to help disadvantaged children enter the classroom confidently at age five. More »
Interventions for children have tended to be reactive, often in response to critical, high-profile problems, with insufficient attention being given to longer-term prevention and early intervention. Individual services are typically not based on quantified outcomes for children and families. This context is changing, however; there is growing interest in evidence-based services among providers and the government.
Although Ireland is a signatory to the “UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child” and has produced a National Children’s Strategy, much remains to be accomplished in terms of implementation. Day-to-day responsibility for children is spread between several government departments and, to serve children better, greater coordination is needed between and within these departments, as well as between the departments and nongovernmental children’s organisations.
The goals of the Disadvantaged Children & Youth Programme in the Republic of Ireland are as follows:
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Footnotes
1, Source: 2005 United Nations Human Development Index
2, Source: Central Statistics Office (2005) EU Survey on Income and Living Conditions
3, Source: Central Statistics Office (2005) EU Survey on Income and Living Conditions
4, Source: National Education Welfare Board Information Update, May 2004
5, Source: Central Statistics Office, 2004