Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g17FhQu24842; Thu, 7 Feb 2002 10:43:27 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 10:43:27 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <sc625863.090@langate.gsu.edu> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <ALCDGG@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1988] excerpts from Thursday Notes X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_0B5658A3.63026BCC" X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 5.5.6.1 Status: O Content-Length: 6125 Lines: 130 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bank of America's America/Works Helps TANF Clients Move Up Bank of America's America/Works program helps clients transitioning from welfare to work move into entry-level jobs at local banks and keep moving up. The bank partners with local CBOs, community colleges and/or government to offer customized "pre-hire" training to prepare people for jobs at the bank. It also runs retention/career advancement programs. In Seattle and San Francisco, Bank of America currently is running onsite work-based English as a second language classes to help limited English speakers move from entry-level work to customer service. Partners include Goodwill and City College respectively. In some locations, employees get paid release time to attend. The America/Works program is part of the bank's strong culture of promotion from within. Since 1998, Bank of America has hired more than 3,000 former public assistance recipients and has facilitated the hiring of hundreds more by other companies. Contact <mailto:Karen.B.Shawcross@bankofamerica.com> What If You Are Stopped by Police? You or I might know to stay in the car and put the dome light on if police pull us over, but immigrants may not. Lutheran Community Services' English literacy/civics education program--funded by OVAE--has a nifty new pamphlet in six languages, contrasting what it may be customary to do in other cultures and what Americans do. For example, in other cultures a person might offer to pay the fine to the police officer, but in the US, officers would consider this a bribe. Languages include: English; Albanian; Russian; Spanish; Farsi; Swahili and French. For one free copy, contact <mailto:LSSBirgitta@aol.com> _______________________________________________________________________________________________ A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy Office of Vocational and Adult Education OVAE Homepage http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/
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