Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f1ILKS912540; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 16:20:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 16:20:28 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <v0421010bb6b5ec2ce091@[146.186.96.31]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Barb Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:3443] 2 reports on food stamps & welfare X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 1430 Lines: 34 Dear subscribers, You may find the following reports applicable to the families you are serving in family literacy - information from HandsNet: REACHING THOSE IN NEED: Estimates of State Food Stamp Participation - New research from Mathematica finds participation rates dropped significantly in every region of the country and most states between Sept 1994 and Sept 1998. By the end of that period, about 59% of eligible people in the U.S. received food stamps. For print copies call 609/275-2350 http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/PDFs/FNS1998rates.pdf CRUEL AND USUAL: How Welfare "Reform" Punishes Poor People - A new survey from Applied Research Center uncovers disturbing trends: Welfare programs are less consistent than they used to be, and more likely to operate in a discriminatory way, creating "a crazy quilt of arbitrary rules." The survey reveals that welfare reforms enacted under the 1996 PRWORA have led to discrimination in four areas: race, gender, language and national origin. http://www.arc.org/welfare/cruel_report/news010201.html ****************** Barbara Van Horn NIFL-WORKPLACE List Co-Moderator Assistant Director Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University 102 Rackley Building University Park, PA 16802-3202 Phone: 814-865-5876 Fax: 814-863-6108 E-mail: BLV1@PSU.EDU "Moving adult literacy from the Margins to the Mainstream"
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