Shugabannin kiwon lafiya na jihar sun ce kula da yara ya riga ya zama da wahala a samu a North Carolina kuma zai iya zama da wuya a samu daga baya a wannan shekarar idan aka dauki matakin jiha da tarayya.
Matsalar, a cewarsu, ita ce tsarin kasuwanci ba shi da dorewa tare da dakatar da tallafin gwamnatin tarayya na annobar da ya haifar da hakan.
Majalisa ta samar da biliyoyin daloli ga jihohi domin taimakawa masu kula da yara su kasance a bude a lokacin annobar COVID-19. Kason North Carolina ya kai kimanin dala biliyan 1.3. Duk da haka, wannan ƙarin tallafin zai ƙare a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, kuma ana sa ran tallafin tarayya don kula da yara a North Carolina zai koma matakin da ya kai kimanin dala miliyan 400 kafin barkewar cutar.
A lokaci guda kuma, farashin bayar da taimako ya ƙaru sosai, kuma gwamnati ba ta biyan isassun kuɗaɗen da za ta biya su.
Ariel Ford, darektan ci gaban yara da ilimin yara ƙanana na jihar, ya shaida wa wani kwamitin majalisar dokoki da ke kula da Lafiya da Ayyukan Bil Adama cewa malaman makarantun gaba da sakandare suna samun kusan dala 14 a kowace awa, wanda bai isa ya biya buƙatun yau da kullun ba. A lokaci guda, tallafin gwamnati yana biyan kusan rabin ainihin kuɗin ayyuka, wanda ya bar yawancin iyaye ba za su iya cika wannan bambanci ba.
Ford ta ce tallafin kuɗi na tarayya da wasu kuɗaɗen jiha sun sa ma'aikatan kula da yara na North Carolina suka kasance cikin kwanciyar hankali a cikin shekaru da suka gabata, wanda hakan ya cike gibin da ke tsakaninsu, kuma ya ba da damar albashin malamai ya ɗan yi tsada. Amma "kuɗi yana ƙarewa kuma dukkanmu muna buƙatar haɗuwa don nemo mafita," in ji ta.
"Mun yi aiki tukuru don nemo hanyar da ta dace don samar da kuɗaɗen wannan tsarin," in ji Ford ga 'yan majalisa. "Mun san dole ne ya zama mai ƙirƙira. Mun san dole ne ya zama mai adalci, kuma mun san dole ne mu magance rashin daidaito tsakanin al'ummomin birane da karkara."
Idan iyaye ba su sami kulawar yara ba, ba za su iya aiki ba, wanda hakan zai takaita ci gaban tattalin arzikin jihar nan gaba, in ji Ford. Wannan ya riga ya zama matsala a wasu yankunan karkara da sauran wuraren da ake kira hamadar kula da yara.
Ford ya ce shirin gwaji na dala miliyan 20 da aka yi da nufin ƙara ayyukan kula da yara a waɗannan fannoni ya nuna cewa kamfanoni da yawa suna da sha'awar magance matsalar idan za su iya ba da taimako.
"Mun sami sama da aikace-aikacen 3,000 amma mun amince da 200 kawai," in ji Ford. "Buƙatar wannan dala miliyan 20 ta wuce dala miliyan 700."
Shugaban Kwamitin Kulawa Donnie Lambeth ya amince cewa jihar "na fuskantar ƙalubale na gaske da 'yan majalisa ke buƙatar magancewa" amma ya kira abin da ya ji "abin damuwa."
"Wani lokaci ina son sanya hular kuɗi ta masu ra'ayin mazan jiya," in ji Lambeth (R-Forsyth), "kuma ina tunanin, 'To, me yasa muke tallafawa kula da yara a North Carolina? Me yasa wannan alhakin masu biyan haraji ne?'
"Muna fuskantar wani babban koma-baya a fannin kuɗi wanda muke ƙoƙarin mayar da hankali a kai, kuma za ku ƙara zuba jarin miliyoyin daloli," in ji Lambeth. "Gaskiya dai, ba wannan ce amsar ba."
Ford ya mayar da martani cewa Majalisa na iya ɗaukar wasu matakai don magance matsalar, amma hakan ba zai faru ba har sai kuɗaɗen sun ƙare, don haka gwamnatocin jihohi na iya buƙatar taimakawa wajen nemo gada.
Jihohi da dama suna neman fadada tallafin gwamnatin tarayya don bunkasa kula da yara, in ji ta.
"Kowace jiha a ƙasar tana kan hanyarta ta zuwa ga tudun ɗaya, don haka muna tare da ku. Duk jihohi 50, dukkan yankuna da dukkan ƙabilu suna kan hanyarsu ta zuwa ga wannan tudun tare," in ji Ford. "Na yarda cewa ba za a sami mafita ba sai a farkon Nuwamba. Amma ina fatan za su dawo kuma suna shirye su taimaka wajen tabbatar da cewa tattalin arzikin ƙasar ya ci gaba da ƙarfi."
Lokacin Saƙo: Yuli-19-2024