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 g6GBUcX28358; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 07:30:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 07:30:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <NCBBKFFJMKFIFAGAFGNEEEOKDCAA.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:1227] 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: 2734 Lines: 69 Good Morning! From: Connect for Kids Weekly -- July 15, 2002 Statistics, statistics, statistics... America's Children 2002 In 2000, there were 70.4 million children and youth living in the United States, according to the latest America's Children federal report, compiled by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. Trends in health and behavioral/social indicators for teens continued to improve. In 2000 the child poverty rate had decreased to 16 percent from its 1993 high of 22 percent. Racial and ethnic diversity among the young has continued to increase, with Hispanic children becoming the largest minority in 2000. The percentage of children living with at last one foreign-born parent increased from 15 percent in 1994 to 19 percent of children by 2001. http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/ Who's for Kids and Who's Just Kidding? The 2001 Nonpartisan Congressional Voting Record from the Children's Defense Fund Action Council lists senators and representatives and their voting records! Good info to have! http://www.cdfactioncouncil.org/2001scorecard.htm What say you all to this little ditty? School Choice to Begin This Fall, but Questions Remain Education Secretary Rod Paige issued a definitive statement that the new choice requirements in the "No Child Left Behind" Act of 2001 must be implemented beginning this fall. According to Education Week, however, questions remain -- department officials could not say whether this mandate overrides state laws limiting class size, for example. http://www.edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=42edletter.h21 Near and dear to my heart... Research on Dads Do children do better with contact with their noncustodial fathers? The answer may depend on the quality of the relationship, according to this report from the Child Welfare League of America. http://www.cwla.org/wer4kdz/issue.asp?ISSUEID=86 Get to the original paper from this executive summary... Disadvantage of Families Remaining on Welfare An analysis of welfare caseloads suggests that some of the most impoverished families, those who need it the most, are no longer receiving TANF. http://www.jcpr.org/policybriefs/vol3_num12.html Transiting from Welfare to Work: No Bus, No Car, No Way Transportation difficulties pose a significant barrier to stable employment among low-income families. This Joint Center for Poverty Research report looks at data from a five-county area in Iowa. http://www.jcpr.org/wp/wpprofile.cfm?id=360 Have a great day. 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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