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 f61GPwf04045; Sun, 1 Jul 2001 12:25:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 12:25:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05001902b764fcd57079@[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: Sue Dormanen <sdormanen@handsnet.org> (by way of Barb Van Horn) To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:127] HandsNet resources X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 4024 Lines: 82 The information below is 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 29, 2001 HELP GET MORE CHILD SUPPORT TO FAMILIES WHO NEED IT MOST - Reforms now before Congress could mean more than $1 billion a year in child support to families, greatly aiding their efforts to leave welfare, says CDF Action Council. http://www.handsnet.org/alerts1242/alerts_show.htm?doc_id=71410 BUILDING THEIR FUTURES - A Mathematica report on how Early Head Start enhances the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families finds the program produced significant impacts for important groups, including welfare families, working families, and families headed by teenage mothers. http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/PDFs/redirect.asp?strSite=buildingvol1.pdf MAKING CHILD SUPPORT SAFE: Coordinating Child Support and Public Assistance Agencies in Their Response to Domestic Violence - A report on what communities in Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, and Oregon have done to improve the coordination of response systems for domestic violence victims in the child support system finds that staff with special skills or training in dealing with domestic violence are needed and cross-training can help agencies work with each other more effectively. http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/pubs/reports/mpr8548300/ KIDS IN KINSHIP CARE - New census figures show over 2 million U.S. children are now being raised by relatives other than their parents. Connect for Kids looks at the special challenges these families face http://www.connectforkids.org/content1554/content_show.htm?attrib_id=323&doc_id=70727 AND SEE: Facts About Kinship Care from the Casey Family Foundation. http://www.casey.org/cnc/kinship_facts.htm MOVING BEYOND ENROLLMENT: Accessing Health Services - Children's Defense Fund examines the value to families of enrolling their eligible children in a health insurance program and the importance of accessing health services once enrolled. It includes tools for reaching out to families and enrolling children into CHIP and Medicaid, as well as resources for assisting families once they are enrolled http://www.childrensdefense.org/pdf/chip_accessinghealth.pdf THE NUTRITION OF VERY YOUNG CHILDREN - The Food Research and Action Center and ZERO TO THREE: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families have developed a special issue of the journal Zero to Three on the nutrition of very young children and its links to development and health. The many articles voice an eloquent consensus concerning the vital importance of adequate nutrition (including the strong desirability of breastfeeding) for the optimum growth and overall development of young children and their future health as adults. Cost of the issue is $10. http://www.frac.org/html/news/0to3pub.html ACCESS TO THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM: Testimony by James C. Ohls from Mathematica notes that at any given time, only 59% of those who were eligible participated in 1998 and this number has been declining since the passage of welfare reform legislation in 1996. The most common reason is that people think they are not eligible. http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/PDFs/redirect.asp?strSite=ohlstestimony.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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