Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id gB35kwX23467; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 00:46:58 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 00:46:58 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <001101c29a8e$769e6200$7154f7a5@MCORLEY> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:982] Articles from Connect for Kids Weekly X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2829 Lines: 56 The following article summaries are cross-posted from the current edition of Connect for Kids weekly: **Children in Poverty: Trends, Consequences and Policy Options The proportion of children living in poverty in 2001 was at the lowest point since the 1970s -- but it is still high and no longer declining, according to this Child Trends analysis. In 2001, seven percent of all children lived in extreme poverty (less than half the official poverty threshold). These severely disadvantaged children may be even worse off than those in the mid-1990s, because their families are less likely to access food stamps, Medicaid and other programs for which they are eligible. Among all racial and ethnic groups, children in households headed by a single mother were nearly five times as likely to be impoverished as kids in households headed by married parents. The report recommends maintaining financial work supports, reducing the marriage penalty within the Earned Income Tax Credit, and supporting efforts to strengthen marriages and decrease births to teens and unmarried women. http://www.childtrends.org/PDF/PovertyRB.pdf **Hunger in Your State: A Guide for Producing State-Level Reports The Oregon Center for Public Policy has released a guide for state-level researchers producing reports on hunger and food insecurity. The guide, based on 1998-2000 data from the Census Food Security Supplement, includes information on data gathering and sources, and report writing. http://www.ocpp.org/2002/rpt021114.pdf **Immigrant Workers in the New England Labor Market The economic growth of the 1990s was made possible by a surge of new immigrants working in manufacturing, retail trade, and many private service industries. This was particularly true in the southern New England states of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. According to this report to the U.S. Department of Labor, the region's dependence on immigrants calls for better planning and services for foreign-born workers, and immigration policies that support key regional and national economic and labor market goals. http://www.nupr.neu.edu/11-02/immigration.PDF **Health and Well-Being of Children in Immigrant Families Two-parent immigrant families are more likely to be low-income than their native counterparts, because immigrant workers earn lower wages and the second parent is less likely to work, according to this Urban Institute analysis. Children of immigrants are more likely to be in fair or poor health and not have a usual source of health care. The researchers conclude that policies intended to promote work and marriage may be less helpful to immigrants than those intended to boost income through work supports. http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=310584 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -Mary Ann Corley NIFL-Povracelit List Moderator
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