Originally Posted by
artemis
What about the social investment approach, partly implemented by the previous government. It is / was structured to improve opportunities and thus outcomes by careful targeting of support rather than scattergun funding.
Check out the Young Parent Payment, implemented and actually expanded under the last government, and I hear anecdotally (from a couple of MSD staffers) now less resourced and ticking over at best currently. And check out the policy to remove school decile funding and target support for pupils identified by schools as meeting risk profiles.