In many communities the takana weddings are working. So they’ve accomplished bringing down the cost of marrying off, but they still need outside help to marry off their children.
Perhaps I’m just not understanding, but what costs are there to marry off children that they still need “outside help”? Didn’t they realize over the past 15-20 years that they would need to marry off children, and save accordingly?
As Chazal say, Eizehu Chacham HaRoeh Es HaNolad.
P.S. Unless the parents are not “Chachomim”, and can’t understand the concept of saving. Then their children should certainly be helped, B’Din Yesomim.
P.P.S. Talking about Takanos, perhaps there should be a Takana that one must put away $10 a week per child for their Chassunah, then they would have over $11K by age 18 (assuming only a 2% return. A 6% return would yield almost $17K).