[NIFL-FAMILY:3511] resources

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The following reports and notices have been drawn from the WebClipper 
Digest, HandsNet's weekly overview of cross-cutting human services 
news from throughout the World Wide Web.

NOMINATIONS SOUGHT: STRATEGIC ACTION TO PROMOTE WELL-BEING OF 
INFANTS, TODDLERS AND THEIR FAMILIES -   National Center for Children 
in Poverty and Chapin Hall Center for Children are launching a new 
research project and seek your help to identify and profile promising 
federal, state, and community-based initiatives/partnerships to 
promote the overall well-being of low-income infants and toddlers and 
their families.
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/publications/stratgaction2.htm

LOW-INCOME MOTHERS OFTEN HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING NEEDED INFORMATION 
ON CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT - A New report from The Commonwealth 
Fund reveals significant gaps in communication between pediatricians 
and mothers of young children who get their health care through 
Medicaid.
http://www.cmwf.org/media/releases/perry_release03122001.asp

FOR TEENS BY TEENS - The Center for Domestic Violence Prevention's 
Teen Relationships website, chat room and hotline are staffed by 
"VolunTEENS" who are state certified domestic violence counselors. 
These new programs, created with the Youth Advisory Board, are places 
teens can talk to their peers about any relationship issues they face.
http://www.cdvp.org/teens

2001 Child Abuse Prevention Packet Materials, a valuable organizing 
tool for parents, kids and the media, is available online at: 
http://www.preventchildabuse.org.

More information about child abuse prevention is available by calling 
Prevent Child Abuse America at 1-800-CHILDREN.
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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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