Family association demands more specific measures in the government program!

Family association demands more specific measures in the government program!

Wien, Österreich - The government program of the new federal government receives cautious approval from the Catholic Family Association of Austria (KFÖ). In a broadcast on Thursday, Association President Peter Mender emphasizes that the program emphasizes the central role of families in society, supported by the project of their own Ministry of Family Affairs. Important points such as fighting child poverty and an offensive to improve childcare and education should be addressed. For example, the further development of the parent-child passport is rated as positive up to the age of 18. Despite this progress, however, Mender expresses concerns about the family burden compensation fund (FLAF), the inadequate details of which are criticized: "This is unconcrete, thin and arbitrary", and he warns against financial cuts in family services that "have to remain a taboo", like kathpress.at reported.

In addition, a comprehensive reform of family policy is required. The Catholic Family Association has created 77 proposals for future -oriented measures, including automatically performed pension reports for parents and an improved evaluation of parent time in the pension. Mender also sees the need for a nationwide offer to psychosocial advice centers and demands that the FLA have to be considered a secure financing tool for family services. A separate ministry for families is considered indispensable to ensure that family matters are not subsumed among other policy areas. "The family policy successes of recent years have to be pursued further," emphasizes Mender, such as ots.at