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 fACGsk009503; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 11:54:46 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 11:54:46 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <p05001903b815ae50016d@[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:369] from HandsNet WebClipper Digest X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2700 Lines: 58 HandsNet WebClipper Digest The following information 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, visit WebClipper at http://www.webclipper.org. Free trial WebClipper memberships are available on our public site at http://www.handsnet.org. ************************************ NOVEMBER 9, 2001 OMB ESTIMATES 400,000 CHILDREN WILL LOSE HEALTH INSURANCE DUE TO CUTS IN SCHIP FUNDING - A 26% reduction in federal SCHIP funding over the next three years will result in at least 400,000 children losing health insurance starting in 2005 and the Administration's proposal to use SCHIP to cover unemployed workers could make the enrollment decline even larger, reports Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. http://www.cbpp.org/11-8-01health.htm PATTERN OF CHILD-PARENT INSURANCE COVERAGE: Implications for Coverage Expansions - A Urban Institute study reveals that a large proportion of low-income children are insured while their primary parent is uninsured, and fewer than 60% have a primary parent who is covered by the same type of insurance plan. As states continue to extend coverage to adults at higher income levels, states may want to design programs that unify coverage within families. Expansions to parents that use different mechanisms or are keyed to different income levels likely cause confusion among eligible persons and create added burdens within families. http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/series_b/b39/b39.html FOOD STAMP PARTICIPATION INCREASES - Participation in the Food Stamp Program jumped in August 2001 (the latest data available) by 217,049 persons from the previous month, to 17,774,675 persons, according to FRAC's analysis of preliminary data from USDA. The August number represented a growth of more than 800,000 persons compared to six months earlier in February 2001, but was still more than the 7.1 million persons lower than the level five years earlier. Recent trends reflect both a weakening economy and growing efforts to connect eligible people with benefits, reports FRAC. http://www.frac.org/html/news/fsp/01august.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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