E ai ki ngā kaiārahi hauora o te kāwanatanga he uaua kē te kimi i te tiaki tamariki i North Carolina, ā, tera pea ka nui haere te onge i muri mai i tēnei tau mēnā ka mahia he mahi e te kāwanatanga me te kāwanatanga ā-motu.
Ko te raruraru, e ai ki a rātou, he "kore e taea te pupuri" te tauira pakihi me te mutunga o te putea ā-motu mō te mate urutā i tautokona ai.
Kua whakaratohia e te Runanga he piriona tāra ki ngā kawanatanga hei āwhina i ngā kaiwhakarato tiaki tamariki kia noho tuwhera tonu i te wā o te mate urutā COVID-19. Ko te wāhanga o North Carolina e tata ana ki te $1.3 piriona. Heoi, ka mutu tēnei pūtea tāpiri i te 1 o Oketopa, ā, e matapaetia ana ka hoki te pūtea ā-motu mō te tiaki tamariki i North Carolina ki ngā taumata i mua i te mate urutā o te $400 miriona.
I taua wā anō, kua tino piki ake ngā utu mō te whakarato āwhina, ā, kāore te kāwanatanga e utu ana i te nui hei utu i aua utu.
I kōrero a Ariel Ford, te kaiwhakahaere ā-rohe mō te whanaketanga tamariki me te mātauranga kōhungahunga, ki tētahi rōpū ture e tirotiro ana i te Hauora me ngā Ratonga Tangata, ko te toharite o te whiwhinga a ngā kaiako kōhungahunga he $14 noa iho i te haora, kāore e ranea hei whakatutuki i ngā hiahia taketake. I taua wā anō, ko te haurua noa iho o te utu tuturu o ngā ratonga e kapi ana i ngā tahua tautoko a te kāwanatanga, ā, kāore e taea e te nuinga o ngā mātua te whakakī i te rerekētanga.
I kī a Ford nā te pūtea ā-motu me ētahi pūtea ā-rohe i pupuri te hunga tiaki tamariki o Te Tai Tokerau o Carolina kia pumau tonu i ngā tau kua pahure ake nei, ā, i whakakīia ai te āputa, ā, i taea ai te piki ake i ngā utu kaiako. Engari "kei te pau te moni, me mahi tahi tātou katoa ki te kimi otinga," tana kī.
"Kua mahi kaha mātou ki te kimi i te huarahi tika hei putea i tēnei pūnaha," te kōrero a Ford ki ngā kaihanga ture. "E mōhio ana mātou me auaha. E mōhio ana mātou me tika, ā, e mōhio ana mātou me aro atu mātou ki te kore taurite i waenga i ngā hapori tāone me ngā hapori taiwhenua."
Ki te kore e kitea e ngā mātua he wāhi tiaki tamariki, kāore e taea e rātou te mahi, ā, ka whakawhāiti i te tipu ōhanga o te kawanatanga ā muri ake nei, e ai ki tā Ford. He raruraru kē tēnei i ētahi wāhi taiwhenua me ētahi atu wāhi e kiia nei he koraha tiaki tamariki.
I kī a Ford ko tētahi kaupapa whakamātautau $20 miriona e aro ana ki te whakanui ake i ngā ratonga tiaki tamariki i ēnei wāhi e whakaatu ana i te hiahia o te tini o ngā pakihi ki te whakaoti rapanga mēnā ka taea e rātou te whakarato āwhina.
"Neke atu i te 3,000 ngā tono i tae mai ki a mātou, engari e 200 anake i whakaaetia," te kī a Ford. "Neke atu i te $700 miriona te tono mō tēnei $20 miriona."
I whakaae a Donnie Lambeth, te Heamana o te Komiti Tirotiro, kei te "tūturu ngā wero e tika ana kia arohia e te kāwanatanga" engari i kī ia he "whakararuraru" te mea i rongohia e ia.
"I ētahi wā ka hiahia ahau ki te mau i taku pōtae tahua matatika," te kī a Lambeth (R-Forsyth), "ā, ka whakaaro ahau, 'Āe, he aha rawa tātou ka tautoko i te tiaki tamariki i North Carolina? He aha tēnei te kawenga a ngā kaipupuri takoha?'
"Kei te anga atu tātou ki tētahi pari pūtea e panaia ana e tātou ki muri, ā, me haumi anō koe i ngā tekau miriona tāra," te kōrero tonu a Lambeth. "Ki te pono, ehara tēnā i te otinga."
I whakautu a Ford ka taea e te Runanga te mahi i ētahi mahi hei whakatika i te raruraru, engari kāore pea tēnā e tupu kia pau rā anō ngā moni, nō reira me āwhina pea ngā kāwanatanga ā-rohe ki te kimi i tētahi piriti.
He maha ngā kawanatanga e whai ana ki te whakawhānui ake i ngā tahua ā-motu mō te whanaketanga tiaki tamariki, e ai ki tāna.
"Kei te anga atu ngā kawanatanga katoa o te motu ki te pari kotahi, nō reira kei roto tātou i te tira pai. Kei te anga tahi ngā kawanatanga katoa e 50, ngā rohe katoa me ngā iwi katoa ki tēnei pari," te kī a Ford. "E whakaae ana ahau kāore e kitea he otinga tae noa ki te tīmatanga o Noema. Engari ko taku tumanako ka hoki mai rātou, ā, ka hiahia ki te āwhina kia mau tonu te kaha o te ōhanga o te whenua."
Te wā tuku: Hurae-19-2024
