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 h922uGV17814; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 22:56:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 22:56:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <012301c38891$0aae0cc0$fa38a5d1@air.org> 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:1247] News and Announcements from the Urban Institute 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: 2443 Lines: 67 The following information is from the Urban Institute www.urban.org. -Mary Ann Corley NIFL-povracelit List Moderator * * * * * * * * First Tuesdays Tuesday, October 7, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Health and Welfare in a Weak Economy: New Findings from the National Survey of America's Families Panelists: Pamela Brogan, Gannett News Service (moderator) Tamara Lucas Copeland, President, Voices for America's Children Rebecca Dean Shipp, Health Policy Advisor, Senate Finance Committee (majority) Alan Weil, Director, Assessing the New Federalism Project, Urban Institute The 2003-2004 series of First Tuesday forums opens with a penetrating examination of how families, especially low-income households, are faring in the current economy. The conversation focuses on key findings from the Urban Institute's latest National Survey of America's Families --one of the largest, most comprehensive assessments of the well-being of American adults and children. Seating is limited. RSVP is required. E-mail paffairs@ui.urban.org. At the Urban Institute's Katharine Graham Conference Center 2100 M Street N.W., 5th Floor, Washington, DC --------------- Friday, October 3, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. TANF: Implications of Economic Hard Times on Welfare Recipients and Reauthorization This CLASP audio conference features Urban Institute researcher Pam Loprest, who will discuss how declines in employment among welfare recipients and welfare leavers accompanied the weakened economy. She will also show that welfare recipients who remain on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families have serious employment barriers. Other guests include Viola Miller, secretary of Kentucky's Cabinet for Families and Children, and Mark Greenberg, director of policy, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). To register: http://www.claspstore.org/AudioConference/2003/2003AudioConferenceBrochure10 1003.htm --------------- New Publication on Housing in Washington, D.C. "Housing in the Nation's Capital 2003," by Margery Austin Turner, Thomas Kingsley, Kathryn Pettit, Christopher Snow, Peter Tatian, and Alisa Wilson (http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=1000567) This study is the second in a series of annual reports on housing in the District of Columbia and the surrounding region. It assembles and analyzes the most current data on housing supply and demand, building on the 2002 report and presenting new information from the 2000 Census and emerging trends.
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