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Many of Georgia's children are cared for outside of their homes each day. It is important that these places be nurturing, healthy, and safe, and also offer opportunities to learn and grow, so that children can develop. In Georgia, there are 3000 child care learning centers, 3100 child care learning homes, and 2000 informal care providers.
Child neglect, often overlooked, is the most common form of child maltreatment. [1] Most perpetrators of child abuse and neglect are the parents themselves. A total of 79.4% of the perpetrators of abused and neglected children are the parents of the victims, and of those 79.4% parents, 61% exclusively neglect their children. [2]
By increasing the amount of nutrition a child receives at school, that child's family's nutrition status also increases as their familial demand and requirement for food is decreased. [16] Targeted take-home rations therefore increase the nutrition of the family as a whole, and not just the members of a given family that are of primary-school age.
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In 1822, the Georgia General Assembly approved the creation of a "poor school fund", and that each county should appoint its own official to "superintend the education of the poor children". [5] The advancement of public funding for education eventually stagnated, and provisions providing for local taxes to fund local schools were repealed.
[2] Its statutory responsibilities are to provide all children in Georgia with a high-quality education and to ensure the efficient operation of the public school system. [ 3 ] To those ends, the SBOE evaluates local school board decisions, oversees the Quality Basic Education (QBE) Fund, and promulgates state-wide rules related to curriculum ...
Breaking the cycle of malnutrition during early childhood development can break the cycle of intergenerational poverty among poor communities. [7] There are a variety of ways in which malnutrition can affect the body. Globally, 162 million children show symptoms of malnutrition such as stunting, which is an indicator of malnourishment. [7]
Anemia, especially iron-deficient anemia, is a critical problem for cognitive developments in children, and its presence leads to maternal deaths and poor brain and motor development in children. [2] The development of anemia affects mothers and children more because infants and children have higher iron requirements for growth. [118]