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 f2CGfxg01267; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:41:59 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:41:59 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <v04210109b6d2aa379b6c@[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:3507] resources X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 3969 Lines: 77 Dear subscribers, The following resources and information that appear relevant to family literacy providers were found on The WebClipper Digest, HandsNet's weekly overview of cross-cutting human services news from throughout the World Wide Web. For daily Headlines news, Alerts and Discussions, and to start your personal clipping service tailored to your needs, visit WebClipper at http://www.webclipper.org. Free trial WebClipper memberships are available on our public site at http://www.handsnet.org. FINAL CENSUS 2000 DATA STATE BY STATE RELEASES - Commerce Secretary Evans announced release of final Census 2000 data, unadjusted by statistical methods. News releases now are available for: Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wisconsin Tentatively scheduled for release the week of March 12 is data for: Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Ohio and Oklahoma http://www.census.gov/clo/www/redistricting.html DIVERSITY OF COUNTRY'S HISPANICS HIGHLIGHTED - A new Census report contains data for Latino groups and the entire Hispanic population on geographic distribution, age, nativity and citizenship status, family household size and marital status, educational attainment, employment status, occupation, earnings and poverty. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic.html STATE CHILD CARE PROFILES FOR CHILDREN WITH EMPLOYED MOTHERS - Based on the Urban Institute's 1997 National Survey of America's Families, the profiles give the most comprehensive statistical picture of child care patterns available for Alabama, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. Included is a detailed comparison of each state to the nation -- with data on variation in child care patterns by age of child, family earnings, parent education and work status, and race/ethnicity. http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/state_focus.html NATIONAL TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION MONTH, MAY 2001 - This year's theme, Building On Success, reflects the important challenge of preventing complacency in light of declining teen pregnancy and birth rates. Various products and activities will focus on what works when it comes to preventing teen pregnancy and how to keep the issue front and center as we look to the future. http://www.teenpregnancy.org/may/may.htm A CHILD'S DAY: Home, School and Play - The majority of 3- to 17-year-olds have family TV rules, one-half of school-age children participate in extracurricular activities and just over half of those under 12 have been in nonfamily child care, according to the first Census report on how kids spend their days http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/wellbeing.html#child FOOD STAMP LEAVERS IN ILLINOIS: How They Are Doing Two Years Later - New study from Mathematica is one of the few to examine the status of this diverse group. About half of those who exited in 1997 were employed two years later, while more than half had incomes below the poverty line. Researchers found food insecurity with hunger evident among one-fourth of the leavers. Those who left the program because of sanctions experienced severe and multiple hardships. The findings, which mirror those of a similar study of food stamp leavers in Phoenix, Arizona, point to national concerns about food stamp leavers. http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/PDFs/foodstampleave.pdf ****************** Barbara Van Horn NIFL-WORKPLACE List Co-Moderator Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy Co-Director, Goodling Institute for Research in Family 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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