预算案追加2000万纽元，加强新西兰家庭育儿支持
儿童贫困削减部长 Louise Upston 宣布，政府将从2025年预算案预备资金中拨出 2000万纽元，用于扩大育儿支持项目，让数千个家庭能够获得基于科学证据的育儿指导和服务，帮助父母更好地满足孩子的学习和成长需求。
Upston部长表示：
“养育孩子本身充满挑战，而当家庭面临经济困难，或者孩子有额外需求时，这项工作会变得更加艰难。”
她指出，这项投资将支持政府《儿童与青年战略》（Child and Youth Strategy）三大重点中的两项：
- 支持儿童及其家庭在生命最初2000天（约从怀孕到5岁半）的成长与发展；
- 预防儿童受到伤害。
为什么投资早期育儿？
Upston表示，大量研究表明：
“在孩子生命最初五至六年期间，积极和科学的育儿方式能够显著改善儿童的身心发展和福祉，并且这些积极影响会持续到成年阶段。”
资金如何分配？
此次2000万纽元资金将分为两部分：
- 1000万纽元：用于加强整个育儿支持体系，让更多普通家庭能够获得相关资源和服务；
- 1000万纽元：通过 Social Investment Fund 投入针对高需求家庭的项目，为面临更复杂挑战的家庭提供重点支持。
两项重点育儿计划获得扩展
政府将继续资助并扩大两项具有良好国际和本地研究基础的育儿项目：
1. Triple P Positive Parenting Programme
Triple P Positive Parenting Program（积极育儿计划）
这是全球最知名的育儿教育项目之一。
根据部长介绍：
联合国曾将Triple P评为全球研究最充分、证据最丰富的育儿项目之一。
新增资金将帮助该项目扩大服务范围，以满足不断增长的需求。
2. Mellow Parenting / Hoki ki te Rito
Mellow Parenting / Hoki ki te Rito
研究显示：
参与该项目的家庭在育儿技巧和儿童发展方面都取得了显著改善。
未来该项目将重点支持：
- 高压力家庭；
- 经历创伤的家庭；
- 有复杂需求的家庭。
恢复全国育儿资讯平台 Tākai
此次预算还包括恢复：
Tākai
Tākai是一个全国性育儿信息平台，向家长、监护人及相关服务机构提供：
- 权威育儿资讯；
- 儿童成长指导；
- 实用资源和工具；
- 家庭支持信息。
政府希望通过重新启动该平台，让更多家庭能够方便地获得可信赖的育儿知识。
部长总结
Upston表示：
“这些投资共同构建了一个完整的育儿支持体系，从面向所有家庭的普遍性资源，到针对复杂个案的高强度服务，都能够得到加强。”
实施时间
目前相关项目已经开始启动。
未来一年内：
- Triple P项目将逐步扩展；
- Mellow Parenting/Hoki ki te Rito项目将扩大服务覆盖面；
- 社会投资基金支持的项目正在采购和筹备阶段，预计将在今年晚些时候陆续推出。
政策解读
从政策方向来看，这笔资金体现了新西兰政府近年来越来越重视：
- 儿童早期发展（Early Childhood Development）
- 预防性社会投资（Preventive Social Investment）
- 减少儿童贫困及代际问题传递
- 降低未来教育、福利和司法系统成本
与传统的事后干预相比，政府希望通过在儿童出生后的前2000天投入更多资源，从源头改善儿童成长环境，提高未来教育、就业及健康成果。
这也是当前新西兰社会政策领域普遍认同的“早投入、早干预（Early Intervention）”理念的重要实践。
Thousands more families will have access to evidence-based support to help parents meet their children’s learning and development needs, following a $20 million investment in parenting initiatives from a Budget 2025 contingency fund.
“Parenting can be full of challenges and it’s even harder when families go through hard times or have a child with additional needs,” Child Poverty Reduction Minister Louise Upston says.
“These initiatives focus on two of the three priorities of the Government’s Child and Youth Strategy, including supporting children and their families and whānau in the first 2,000 days of a child’s life and preventing against harm.
“There is overwhelming evidence that positive parenting practices during the first five or six years of a child’s life can significantly improve children’s wellbeing and development, with benefits lasting into later life.
“Half of the funding will be used to strengthen the support available to parents across the wider system, with the other $10 million allocated to services through the Social Investment Fund, which are focused on families with the highest needs.
“As part of the package, two well-evidenced parenting programmes – Triple P Positive Parenting and Mellow Parenting/Hoki ki te Rito – will be funded to continue and expand their services for parents.
“International and local evidence have found significant improvements in parenting practices and child development for families participating in Mellow Parenting/Hoki ki te Rito, and Triple P was ranked by the United Nations as the most extensively researched parenting programme internationally.
“The funding will enable Triple P programmes to be expanded and meet growing need. Mellow Parenting/Hoki ki te Rito will be expanded to support families facing high levels of stress, trauma, or complex needs.”
The package will also include funding to re-instate Tākai – a national parenting platform providing trusted information and resources to parents, caregivers and those who support them.
“Together, these investments strengthen the range of parenting support from universal resources, through to intensive support for families with more complex needs,” Louise Upston says.
Initial implementation is now underway, with programmes to begin expanding over the coming year. Programmes will be joined by Social Investment Fund initiatives which are currently in procurement and expected to begin later this year.
