About 800, 000 moderate-income families stood to lose child, education or other family tax credits to the AMT in 1998.

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Conversely, the worst-paying college majors are child and family studies, elementary education, social work, culinary arts, special education, recreation and leisure studies, religious studies, and athletic training.

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"She is not skirting any legal issues in her application to adopt this child and is looking to provide a loving family environment and the best education and health care possible for a child who has been in an orphanage since her birth, " spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg said in a statement earlier this week.

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"We need a joined up system for our young people, and rather than them seeing a number of specialists in a variety of settings, we need to explore alternative approaches which bring together the focus of care, education, and health services around the child and the family, " he said.

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When a child is born, a family often starts two savings accounts: one for their education, and another, just as large, for their wedding.

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Head Start employs a "whole-child" philosophy that combines early education activities with health and nutrition services and stresses family and community participation.

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"A family with two working parents and one child will be worse off, " said its education research fellow Harriet Waldegrave.

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At CASL, we welcome all who walk through our doors, providing child services, elder services, employment training services, family counseling, and housing and financial education to over 17, 000 clients of all ages and backgrounds each year.

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