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 f24Gnb922045; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 11:49:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 11:49:37 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <v04210103b6c820677924@[130.203.161.143]> 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: Barbara Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:3481] resources/reports X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 3856 Lines: 75 From Handsnet WebClipper Digest: BETTER BABY CARE CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF MARCH 10 - The National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies launches an effort to draw attention to the need to improve care for infants and toddlers, at home, in child care and in the community. The March 10 forum will highlight emerging research, national efforts and promising initiatives from a number of states including Florida, Kansas, Minnesota and Washington. http://www.naccrra.org/About/PressReleases/BBC_campaign/BBC_press_release.doc NEW CHILD INDICATOR - The latest issue from Child Trends includes Census 2000 child well-being measures, state-level child welfare data and more. http://www.childtrends.org/w_welcome.asp PEDIATRICIANS UPDATE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SERVING TEEN MOMS - American Academy of Pediatrics outlines recommendations for pediatricians to help avoid and manage medical, psychological, developmental and social problems specific to adolescent parents and their children. http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/febadol.htm MILLIONS ELIGIBLE FOR FOOD STAMPS AREN'T RECEIVING THEM - The 2/26 New York Times reported that currently 17 million people use food stamps, down from 24.9 million in 1996. Unfortunately this decline is not entirely the result of decreased poverty. In fact the demand for food assistance is on the rise nationwide. Many of those who are eligible for food stamps are simply not aware of their eligibility or do not apply for food stamps due to the overwhelming bureaucracy of the application process. Hunger-relief advocates are calling for action at the state level to simplify the process, reports America's Second Harvest. http://www.secondharvest.org/newsroom/hunger_news.html#2 MODEL PROGRAMS FOR GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN - American Association for Retired Persons provides a summary of efforts around the country to meet the needs of grandparents raising grandchildren. http://www.aarp.org/confacts/grandparents/modelprgs.html NEWS FROM JOINT CENTER FOR POVERTY RESEARCH - New working papers are available on: Child Support Enforcement: Incentives and Well-Being; The Earned Income Tax Credit and Labor Market Participation of Families on Welfare; Determinants and Consequences of Child Care Subsidy Receipt by Low-Income Families; Welfare Reform and Child Well-being. http://www.jcpr.org/wp/ByDate.html POVERTY AMONG AMERICA'S POOR WORSENS - Millions of American families that have left welfare are worse off economically today because many state governments are not spending the federal funds intended to help them transition into work or take care of their children, according to a new report by National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support. The states have failed to use more than $8 billion authorized by Congress for child care, transportation, education, job training and other efforts to help support low-wage workers and struggling families. http://www.nationalcampaign.org/prelease/pap2001.htm IMPROVING EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES UNDER TANF - Research findings since 1996 support the premise that TANF programs can do much more to address job quality while maintaining a strong focus on rapid employment entry, through a range of approaches including improved job matching, better use of labor market information, closer links to employers, and increased access to skill-building activities. CLASP offers a set of recommended changes for TANF reauthorization that would make improved labor market outcomes for low-income parents an explicit purpose of the Act and provide for broad state flexibility and meaningful accountability for achieving these improvements. http://www.clasp.org/pubs/jobseducation/BlankHaskinsFebruaryFinal.htm Barbara Van Horn Assistant Director Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy Penn State University
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