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 f5NJCPf05713; Sat, 23 Jun 2001 15:12:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 15:12:25 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05001905b75a99af0768@[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:216] resources from HandsNet X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2803 Lines: 61 The following resources are from WebClipper Digest, HandsNet's weekly overview of cross-cutting human services news from throughout the World Wide Web. For daily Headlines news, Alerts and Discussions, and to start your personal clipping service tailored to your needs, visit WebClipper at http://www.webclipper.org. Free trial WebClipper memberships are available on our public site at http://www.handsnet.org. ************************************ JUNE 22, 2001 HISPANICS LAG FAR BEHIND IN HEALTH INSURANCE - The Commonwealth Fund reports on how job characteristics, immigrant status, and family structure keep Hispanics uninsured. http://www.cmwf.org/media/releases/schur453_release06122001.asp POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE LOW-WAGE WORKERS' STEADY EMPLOYMENT AND ADVANCEMENT - The "States of Change" report from Public/Private Ventures documents recent efforts by state policymakers and local practitioners to devise useful approaches to helping low-income workers. In general, states are trying a number of retention strategies, but few have been tested. http://www.ppv.org/ WHEN WORK JUST ISN'T ENOUGH - Economic Policy Institute documents hardships faced by families after moving from welfare to work. http://www.epinet.org/briefingpapers/hardships.html WORK BASED STRATEGIES FOR HARD-TO-EMPLOY TANF RECIPIENTS - Individuals WITH multiple and significant barriers to employment and may need more assistance in finding and maintaining a job than traditional work-first programs provide. Policymakers and program operators are interested in whether programs for other hard-to-employ populations outside the TANF system--for example, people who are disabled, homeless, or ex-offenders--could be expanded or adapted to serve TANF recipients. A New report from Mathematica identifies four promising programs that are potentially successful interventions and could be replicated. http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/PDFs/workbasedTANF.pdf OPENING DOORS: Expanding Educational Opportunities for Low-Income Workers - A May report from Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices identifies specific actions states, colleges and others can do to help low-income parents acquire postsecondary training and education. http://www.mdrc.org/Reports2001/OpeningDoors/ngafinal.htm -- ****************** Barbara Van Horn NIFL-WORKPLACE List Co-Moderator Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy Co-Director, Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University 102 Rackley Building, University Park, PA 16802-3202 Phone: 814-865-5876 Fax: 814-863-6108 E-mail: BLV1@PSU.EDU "Moving adult literacy from the Margins to the Mainstream"
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