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 f76H3Nf08373; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:03:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:03:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05001906b7947c7ebec8@[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:267] HandsNet resources X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 3082 Lines: 63 The information below is 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. ************************************ AUGUST 3, 2001 MORE FAMILIES GO WITHOUT HEALTH COVERAGE AS THEY MOVE FROM WELFARE TO WORK - An intensive survey of health insurance coverage for children and their caregivers in Boston, Chicago and San Antonio shows that as families move into the workforce, they are losing Medicaid health care coverage, and private employer health care coverage is not filling the gap. Where you live also plays a role, as the states of Illinois and Massachusetts are doing a better job of helping provide Medicaid coverage to their low-income residents than Texas. http://www.jhu.edu/~welfare/index.html NOT MAKING ENDS MEET: FAMILY BUDGETS AND THE POVERTY LINE - One in three working families with young children cannot afford to meet their basic needs. This is two-and-a-half times as many families as fall below the official poverty line. Families are able to meet their basic needs when they have income above their basic family budget, calculated by determining how much income families need to afford a safe and decent standard of living. Economic Policy Institute's latest book, Hardships in America: The Real Story of Working Families, (now available at www.epinet.org) examines the cost of living in every community nationwide. An online Family Budgets Calculator generates an itemized budget for over 400 metropolitan areas by various family types. http://www.epinet.org/ WHY SOME WOMEN FAIL TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC SECURITY - Low job skills and mental health problems are key barriers, reports the August newsletter of The Research Forum on Children, Families and the New Federalism. http://www.researchforum.org/ SUPPORT WORKFORCE PROGRAMS AND FUNDING - In light of recent threats to funding for Workforce Investment Act (WIA) programs, The Workforce Alliance, www.workforcealliance.org, says let Congress know workforce programs are crucial to our local and national economies, to businesses seeking skilled workers, to workers who have been laid off who need assistance in getting back on their feet, and to those who are seeking training to help them as they move from public assistance to the workforce. http://www.handsnet.org/alerts1242/alerts_show.htm?doc_id=75641 -- ****************** 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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