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 h0OCFSP01548; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 07:15:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 07:15:28 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <NCBBKFFJMKFIFAGAFGNEEEEGDGAA.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:1375] 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: 3129 Lines: 79 Here is some great info from other NIFL Lists: [cross-posted from A-Librarian-At-Every-Table list to NIFL-Poverty, Race & Literacy Listserv] Nearly 33 million Americans have fallen into poverty - more people than a year ago, the highest number in years. What does it mean to the life of our nation to have so many people lost in a shadowy state of uncertainty and need? What does it mean to be poor in America - to be a resident of the forgotten state of poverty? Click on POVERTY TOUR on http://www.usccb.org/cchd/povertyusa/tour2.htm Poverty USA site: http://www.usccb.org/cchd/povertyusa/index.htm REGRESSIVE TAXES FOR POOR & MIDDLE-CLASS The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has just released "Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States." By an overwhelming margin, most states tax their middle- and low-income families far more heavily than the wealthy, the study finds. Most states require their poor and middle-income taxpayers to pay the most taxes as a share of income -- and the ways in which states have managed their budgets during the last decade have made this problem worse." State-by-state reports and "Top Ten" lists. http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/whopays.htm POOR HAVE FALLEN OUT OF POLITICAL FAVOR Despite the outpouring of support and generosity for the poor during the holiday season, Americans don't really seem to care about low-income people. Despite reports that hunger and homelessness have increased dramatically over the last year (U.S. Conference of Mayors report), raising the issue of poverty in America has fallen out of political favor. "We have indeed slipped into class warfare in our country, but it is being fought top down, as the well off harvest new gains for themselves from the powerless poor. And no number of charitable gestures, as admirable as they are, can make up the difference." http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/4825227.htm [cross-posted from NIFL-Poverty, Race & Literacy listserv:] Family Economic Success Website Launched http://www.aecf.org/initiatives/fes/ The Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) has launched a new website for Family Economic Success (FES). The FES approach was developed by Casey to provide a more comprehensive way to address the difficulties low-income working families face in trying to move up the economic ladder. FES uses a three-pronged approach, incorporating strategies for workforce development, family economic support and community investment. It utilizes and links mutually-reinforcing strategies and investments to create a synergy that can lead to permanent, positive change. The new website offers information on a range of topics for helping families and communities to build strong financial futures, and will be of interest to practitioners, researchers, policymakers and the general public. Take care! 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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