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 fAUK33005599; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:03:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:03:03 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <p05001909b82d923affb6@[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:426] HandsNet resources X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2838 Lines: 59 The following resources are 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 30, 2001 We are sending this week's WebClipper Digest early as a reminder that public comments on welfare reform reauthorization are due TODAY, NOV 30. IMMIGRATION UPSURGE; UPDATED POVERTY ESTIMATES - Increases in the nation's population since 1990 were caused by higher-than-expected immigration levels, with parts of Arizona and North Carolina new magnets for immigrants. Newly released data also covers educational attainment, number of non-English speakers, commuting time in large cities and counties and gives states updated poverty estimates. http://www1.stateline.org/story.do?storyId=209810 SMALL BOOST IN FAMILY INCOME INCREASES SOCIAL SKILLS & SCHOOL READINESS - For children living in poverty, future success in social skills and school readiness can increase dramatically with just a small increase in economic resources, according to a study from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. the first to note what happens to children in poverty when economic resources are increased. For children in a family of four living in poverty, an increase in economic resources of $13,400 over three years helped the children score as well as those in families with twice the income. http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~newsviews/features/mccartney11192001.html KEEPING KIDS IN CONTEXT - Helping young children stay connected to their birth language and family culture is a key to success in school and life, says a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher. http://www.connectforkids.org/newsletter-url1570/newsletter-url_show.htm?doc_id=92085 CONCEPTS AND MODELS OF FAMILY INVOLVEMENT - The Family Involvement Network of Educators offers case studies on organizations that are striving to build family-school partnerships. http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/case_study/intro.html TOOLKIT TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN - New web resource from DOJ and HHS aims to strengthen prevention efforts and improve services to victims of domestic violence. http://toolkit.ncjrs.org./ -- Barb Van Horn (M.Ed., Reading) Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy Co-Director, Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy College of Education, Penn State University 102 Rackley Building, University Park, PA 16802-3202 BLV1@PSU.EDU (e-mail) 814-865-5876 (phone) 814-863-6108 (fax) "Moving adult literacy from the Margins to the Mainstream"
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