The Children's Defense Fund supports initiatives at the individual, family, community, organizational, and government levels. Which strategies are at the government level? (Select all that apply.)
A) Provide free tax filing assistance to low-income working families.
B) Educate families about how they can apply for food stamps, Head Start, federal nutrition programs, and other similar benefits.
C) Ensure children in foster care and detention receive quality treatment to address their mental, behavioral, and emotional needs.
D) Promote high-quality children's television programming and access to other quality electronic media.
E) Start a halfway house and counseling program for youth who have run away.
Ans: C, D
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Government strategies include ensuring that children in foster care and detention receive quality treatment to address their mental, behavioral, and emotional needs and promoting high-quality children's television programming and access to other quality electronic media. Organization strategies include providing free tax filing assistance to low-income working families and educating families about how they can apply for food stamps, Head Start, federal nutrition programs, and other similar benefits. Community strategies include starting a halfway house and counseling program for youth who have run away.
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