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 f5IF0Lf03653; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:00:21 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:00:21 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05001900b753c5626c5a@[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:116] HandsNet info X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 3822 Lines: 77 The following information was gleaned from 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. ************************************ JUNE 15, 2001 FAMILY INVOLVEMENT AMONG WORKING FAMILIES - As more parents join the workforce, family involvement in education, including taking civic action to improve public schools, is often constrained by time. A selected bibliography from the FINE Initiative at Harvard Family Research Project examines the relationship between work and the opportunities for family involvement. http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~hfrp/projects/fine.html SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY TOOLKIT FOR PARENTS - Annenberg Institute for School Reform provides templates for planning a school accountability event, guidance on surveying school performance and more. http://www.annenberginstitute.org/accountability/toolbox/default.html SENATE PASSES EDUCATION BILL - The Senate approved the first major overhaul of U.S. education policy in 35 years, voting in favor of President Bush's plan to link federal funding to academic achievement. A similar bill was approved last month in the House. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/A3404-2001Jun14.html NUTRITION ASSISTANCE FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND SENIORS ACT - Senate Bill 583/House Bill 2142 would improve the adequacy of food stamp benefits, ease the burdens on families participating in the food stamp program, and provide additional resources to emergency food providers. The bill strengthens the safety net for a wide-ranging group of families needing nutrition assistance as well as targeted provisions for families with children, the elderly, and non-citizens. http://www.centeronbudget.org/6-13-01fs.htm APPROPRIATIONS BILL WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN MORE THAN 100,000 YOUNG CHILDREN BEING TURNED AWAY FROM WIC - In one of the first tests of whether adequate funds remain after the tax cut, House agricultural appropriations for FY2002 could lead, for the first time in a number of years, to large numbers of eligible low-income women, infants, and children who are at nutritional risk being turned away from the Special Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, widely regarded as one of the most effective of all federal programs. http://www.centeronbudget.org/6-13-01wic.htm TANF CHILD SUPPORT: DISTRIBUTION BILLS INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS - Bills introduced recently in both House and Senate would allow states to eliminate child support assignments altogether, give states options and financial incentives to pay more or all child support to families, and prohibit welfare cost recovery for Medicaid birthing costs. The current rules, which determine whether the government or the family keeps child support collections, are very complicated and have resulted in some states improperly keeping some of the money which should have gone to families. Both welfare and former welfare families would benefit under this legislation, says the June CLASP Update from Center for Law and Social Policy. http://www.clasp.org/pubs/claspupdate/june2001.htm -- ****************** 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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