The minimum cost of raising a child...
There is no one 'responsible' for estimating this. The concensus is in the
range of
$4,000-$4,500 published in the past by myself (at CCSD), CCSD, some Winnipeg
group
(I've forgotten who), Campaign 2000 and the Caledon Institute.

An evaluation of the Child Tax Benefit has been published (funded and
published by
HRDC so guess what it found?!?!?!?) - http://www.csls.ca/reports/nctb.pdf.
I've read it and know some of its "opportunistic assumptions" in order to
ensure a
positive finding. If you care - I am willing to share them with anyone
interested
who has read the evaluation.

There really is no gov't endorsed group woring on child poverty. The major
policy
research groups are the Caledon Institute, Campaign 2000, National Council
on WElfare
and CCSD. Note that these groups are studying poverty (the poor are subject
matter) -
they do not represent the poor. The National Anti-Poverty Organization
(NAPO), I would
argue, is the only national group which can speak FOR the poor.

Did you know that 67% of poor children are on welfare and therefore lose the
CTB in
their clawed-back social assistance? For poor single parent's the figure is
85%.
For more visit my web-site (http://www.shillington.ca/cbs/ctb.htm).

You should also listen to the forum on child poverty recently hosted by IRPP
(www.irrp.org
press the button for web-cast). The first 2 hours is on child-poverty but an
excellent
snap-shot of where the policy elite is these days...

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Box 1086, Manotick
Ontario,
   K4M 1A9
613-692-1551
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Torture the data long enough and it will do your bidding...

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From: Social Determinants of Health [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
Sara Farrell
Sent: January 26, 2004 4:22 PM
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Subject: [SDOH] child poverty


Hello All,
Can anyone tell me how the minimum annual cost of raising a child in Canada
is determined and who is responsible for doing this?
Plus, in terms of the CCTB and the NCBS, has there been a formal evaluation
on either of these to see if and how effective they are in reducing child
poverty?
Last question... is there a gov't endorsed group working on child poverty?
Thanks so much in advance for your help.
Sara

Sara Farrell, RN, BScN
Community Health Officer-North Region
Toronto Public Health
5100 Yonge Street, 2nd Fl
Toronto, M2N 5V7
416-338-0021
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