Alimenta

alimenta (means "nourishment") was a kind of child support/welfare programme that was begun by Nerva, brought to fruition by Trajan.

It provided principal for low interest loans to poor landowners, of which the interest payments would go to pay for monthly handouts of food to children.

The Problem
People that lived off of grain supply, couldn't take care of their children
 * shown as changing attitudes towards children; their increasing value