Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f4UHtMf10093; Wed, 30 May 2001 13:55:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 13:55:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05001908b73ae13d7d5f@[146.186.96.31]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Barb Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:184] resources from HandsNet (long) X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 4927 Lines: 97 The following items are crossposted from the WebClipper Digest, HandsNet's weekly overview of cross-cutting human services news from throughout the World Wide Web. 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Free trial WebClipper memberships are available on our public site at http://www.handsnet.org. _____________________________ STATES AND COUNTIES TAKING STEPS TO HELP LOW-INCOME WORKING FAMILIES MAKE ENDS MEET AND MOVE UP THE ECONOMIC LADDER - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reports on state efforts including: boosting earnings through a state earned income tax credit and other means; providing supportive services such as child care or housing subsidies; increased training and educational opportunities; ensuring that working families get benefits for which they are eligible such as food stamps and Medicaid, and helping families accumulate savings through individual development accounts. http://www.centeronbudget.org/5-18-01wel.pdf A HAND UP FOR THE BOTTOM THIRD: Toward a New Agenda for Low-Income Working Families - Welfare Reform & Beyond paper looks at the impact of proposed changes in work-support policy on low-income families. http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/sawhill/20010522.htm NATIONAL SURVEY ON POVERTY - A joint survey on poverty in America by National Public Radio, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University found that only about one in 10 Americans names poverty or welfare as one of the top issues government should address, but when asked about it directly, a majority did see poverty as a big problem that should be addressed by government. Half of respondents view the poor as not doing enough to help themselves out of poverty. The survey also found that 94% of Americans support expanding job-training programs, the most popular of all government programs cited, along with improving public schools in low-income areas. http://www.kff.org/content/2001/3118 WORK/WELFARE REQUIREMENTS: DO THEY INCREASE DEMAND FOR CHILD WELFARE? - More than one-half of children entering foster care had been recent welfare recipients, according to one analysis. What is known about the impact of the welfare (TANF) changes on demands upon the child welfare system? CLASP hosts an audioconference May 30, 12:30-1:30 p.m. EDT. To register or for more information on CLASP's 2001 series of audio conferences, see: http://www.clasp.org/audioconference/brochure.html TANF REAUTHORIZATION NOTES - The Welfare Information Network's first Reauthorization Note focuses on the issue of flexibility in program design. http://www.welfareinfo.org/flexibilityprogramdesignreauthorization.htm WIN's TANF Reauthorization Project is a web-based clearinghouse of information and resources. http://www.welfareinfo.org/tanf_reauthorization.htm. THE TOUGHEST PART OF WELFARE REFORM - This fall, the five-year deadline for many states to move welfare recipients into jobs will expire. As more people near their cutoff, state lawmakers are increasingly grappling with questions of whom they should continue to support. http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/05/08/fpcon-natl.shtml PROSPECTING AMONG THE POOR - A report on the privatization of welfare from Applied Research Center says preliminary results are in and the news is not good. Far too often, corporations who won contracts to manage welfare-to-work incentives, training programs, and treatment for people with substance abuse problems "underbid, over promised and .. didn’t deliver." http://www.arc.org/welfare/prospecting_nr.html NY WELFARE REFORM DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES - The Human Rights Project finds poor New Yorkers have paid a high price for welfare reform and caseload reduction in NYC, especially people of color. http://www.ujchumanrights.org/ WALK A MILE - Is a model program that joins policymakers and people receiving public assistance for a one-month educational experience. Participants spend time learning from one another about the realities and issues surrounding poverty and welfare. The WAM program offers training assistance, support and mini-grants of $1000 to cover administrative costs. To apply for either the state-wide or local program, contact Program Director, Natasha Grossman, WAM Program, (206) 543-3027; email: natasha@u.washington.edu. Deadline is 6/22. http://depts.washington.edu/nwicf/WalkaMile.html -- Barb Van Horn (M.Ed., Reading) Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy Co-Director, Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy College of Education, Penn State University 102 Rackley Building, University Park, PA 16802-3202 BLV1@PSU.EDU (e-mail) 814-865-5876 (phone) 814-863-6108 (fax) "Moving adult literacy from the Margins to the Mainstream"
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