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 g6ADoIX12048; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 09:50:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 09:50:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <NCBBKFFJMKFIFAGAFGNEAEMNDCAA.jlee@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: "Jon Lee" <jlee@famlit.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1223] Clips and Cross Posts 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: 3767 Lines: 86 Good Morning. From: Connect for Kids Weekly - July 8, 2002 **TANF Reauthorization Moving Forward On June 26, the Senate Finance Committee approved a welfare reauthorization bill, "The Work, Opportunity, and Responsibility for Kids (WORK) Act of 2002." Child advocates report that the substance of this welfare reauthorization is a stronger agenda for welfare-to-work families than the bill passed by the House of Representatives, but there is still much room for improvement, especially on funding child care, when the bill is debated in the full Senate. http://www.cbpp.org/7-3-02tanf.htm This is an interesting little brief... **Disabilities Among Children and Mothers in Low-Income Families This brief from the Institute for Women's Policy Research finds that mothers on TANF are more likely to be caring for a disabled child than other mothers, or they are more likely to be disabled themselves. These findings underscore the need for careful assessment of disability status and accompanying difficulties among low-income families. http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/d449.pdf Here is a nice little article to pass around the school lunchroom... **Pull Out Negativity by its Roots School leaders can do a lot to foster positive school cultures -- the assumptions, habits, expectations, and beliefs of the school's staff. This article identifies what is counterproductive, like relying on explanations that omit the role of staff responsibility, working in isolation, turf wars, and confusing activity with effectiveness -- and what schools can do to change. http://www.nsdc.org/library/jsd/burnette233.html **Chicago's Child Parent Centers -- A Success Story The experiences of many low-income families have provided anecdotal evidence about the ways good early learning settings have helped their kids succeed. This AdvoCasey article summarizes the recently released longitudinal study of Chicago's Child Parent Centers, which provides solid scientific evidence for the life-changing importance of quality early childhood education for low-income kids. http://www.aecf.org/publications/advocasey/spring2002/chicago.htm Great resources here... **Child Care in Rural Communities: An Annotated Resource List Rural areas have special challenges in developing strategies to increase the supply, quality, accessibility and affordability of child care. This National Child Care and Information Center lists links for research and resources to support child care services in rural communities. http://nccic.org/faqs/rural.html Am I correct that Even Start families are automatically eligible for free and reduced meals? **Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation During the school year daily school lunches and breakfasts can provide over one-half of the nutrients low-income children consume every weekday. But only one in five of the 15.3 million children who receive free or reduced priced school lunches during the school year are served by federal nutrition programs during the summertime, according to the new "Hunger Doesn't Take A Vacation" report from the Food Research and Action Center. http://www.frac.org/html/news/sfsp2002.htm Based on a pilot project that helped 13 states make significant improvements in their summer meal programs by simplifying administration and modestly boosting meal reimbursement amounts. Sen. Lugar (R-In.) and Sen. Harkin (D-Iowa) are co-sponsoring legislation to make it easier for programs in all states to serve more eligible kids. http://www.frac.org/html/publications/lugar062002.PDF Have a great week! Jon Lee Training Specialist NIFL-Family list moderator National Center for Family Literacy 325 West Main St, Suite 300 Louisville, KY 40202-4237 Phone: 502.584.1133 x175 Fax: 502.584.0172 jlee@famlit.org http://www.famlit.org
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