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 f7DJu0f14076; Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:56:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:56:01 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <MAEBLPCCEIIMGAKFAAAHIEPIDKAA.nsledd@famlit.org> 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: "Nancy Sledd" <nsledd@famlit.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:176] excerpts from Connect for Kids Weekly -- August 13, 2001 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 5379 Lines: 114 ********************************************** Connect for Kids Weekly--August 13, 2001 Read the Weekly online at http://www.connectforkids.org/weekly ********************************************** **Lemonade Stand Lessons by Deborah Fisher At 25 cents a pop, a Dixie cup full of lemonade poured by the 9-year-old next door is more than a refreshing drink...it's an investment in a caring community. That's the thesis behind James Vollbracht's new book, Stopping At Every Lemonade Stand: How to Create a Culture That Cares For Kids. Reviewer Deborah Fisher says the book is practical and inspiring. http://www.connectforkids.org **Kids, Parents and Substance Abuse Most kids do not take drugs -- and the number of those who do has been declining since the mid-1990s. Still, kids face risks from drugs, alcohol and tobacco -- often because the "user" is an adult responsible for caring for them. Learn about successful prevention efforts and how stable and involved adults can make a difference in our Substance Abuse topic page. http://www.connectforkids.org **Parenting, the Second Time Around According to the latest Census data, over 2 million children in the United States are being raised by relatives, most often grandparents. Generations United helps these intergenerational families overcome obstacles through support groups, public awareness and advocacy. http://www.connectforkids.org _________________________________ WELFARE-TO-WORK FAMILIES **Jobs and Wages Up Sharply for Single Moms This Urban Institute's Single Parents' Earnings Monitor is a 2-page summary of hourly wage increases among low-income single mothers in the last decade. Author Bob Lerman suggests welfare reform may be responsible for the increase in work activity among this population, but the wage increases were probably the result of a strong economy that could absorb the new workers and utilize them. http://www.urban.org/pdfs/SPEM_1.pdf _________________________________ RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY BUILDERS **A Dozen Steps Toward Better Baby Care Want to promote safe and healthy child care? Here's a checklist for community and state investments from the Better Baby Care Campaign. http://www.betterbabycare.org/twelvesteps.html **Before- and After-School Programs Manual Recommended by the Child Care Action Campaign, this manual has information on budgets, nonprofit status, job descriptions, evaluation and parent handbooks you can use to start and maintain a school-age child care program. Cost: $24.95. Call 800-410-8780. http://www.AfterSchoolCatalog.com/sanbooks.html **Moving Beyond the Neighborhood and Family Initiative Comprehensive community initiatives that seek to strengthen a specific neighborhood and improve the quality of life for its families are emerging across the country. This evaluation of the Ford Foundation's Neighborhood and Family Initiative from the Chapin Hall Center for Children distills the lessons learned since 1990. Call 773-753-5900 for a hard copy, or register and download. http://www2-chc.spc.uchicago.edu/ProjectsGuide/registration/login.html **Census Has the Data Have you been seeing a lot of media coverage lately about your state's poverty rankings, and the kinds of families living in your town? Most likely these reports are from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey, released by the U.S. Census Bureau on August 6. You can see the data for your state, or how your state ranks on educational attainment, median household income, non-English speaking households and poverty rates using user-friendly charts and tables supplied by the Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/c2ss/www/ If you would like to have detailed community and state-specific data like this every year, so would the Census Bureau. The Census Bureau would like to replace the long form it sends out to selected households every 10 years with a yearly version of the Supplemental Survey, to be called the American Communities Survey, using sampling to provide community and state profiles as they change every year, instead of every ten years. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01cn178.html _________________________________ BACK TO SCHOOL **Census Bureau Facts and Figures What's the proportion of 3- and 4-year-olds attending preschool in 2000? Which state pays its teachers the highest average salary? Get the answers from the Census Bureau's Back to School special. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01fff11.html **Back to School Special Edition The Connect for Kids Weekly will publish a special "back to school" edition on August 20. If you have reports, data or online articles that you think should be included, e-mail julee@benton.org. _________________________________ FOCUS ON THE STATES **State-by-State News Check out news about kids in your state in the "state-by-state" section of the Connect for Kids Web site. Here's a sample of this week's additions to our state pages. http://www.connectforkids.org/homepage1576/index.htm **************************************** ABOUT CONNECT FOR KIDS The Connect for Kids Weekly is an electronic newsletter of Connect for Kids (http://www.connectforkids.org/), a resource for adults who want to build better communities for kids and families. The Benton Foundation, our publisher, works to realize the social benefits made possible by the public interest use of communications.
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