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 f89NqGf11645; Sun, 9 Sep 2001 19:52:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 19:52:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <v04210103b7c1add11a7e@[130.203.164.56]> 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:301] HandsNet resources X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 5489 Lines: 110 The following information 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. ************************************ SEPTEMBER 7, 2001 DIVIDED WE FALL: Deserving Workers Slip through America's Patchwork Unemployment Insurance System - Over time the system has become less effective, with fewer than half of the nation's unemployed even applying for benefits, reports Economic Policy Institute. Over the years, a wide range of practices--some much better than others--have evolved in the 51 different UI systems that exist throughout the country. http://www.epinet.org/briefingpapers/divided.html UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEMS COULD FALTER AS JOBLESSNESS SPREADS - Policymakers should have been better caretakers of our unemployment insurance systems during the boom, but shrinking trust funds shouldn't prevent workers from collecting needed benefits, says an op-ed from EPI economist Jeffrey Wenger. http://www.epinet.org/webfeatures/viewpoints/unemployment_insurance.html WELFARE RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES: Past, Present, and Future - The Research Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism describes what has been learned since the enactment of PRWORA five years ago, examines the most recent research findings relative to the upcoming reauthorization of that statute, and identifies questions that remain unanswered. It also describes research methodology issues that must be addressed. http://www.researchforum.org/ WHEN WELFARE-TO-WORK PROGRAMS FAIL TO RAISE FAMILY INCOME, CHILDREN SUFFER - A recent Children's Defense Fund study finds that when families lost income, children were more likely to experience bad outcomes such as increased school suspensions, behavior and mental health problems. The report raises great concerns for children in the debate over reauthorization of the 1996 welfare reform law because most state welfare policies in effect today are far less generous than the income-lifting programs examined in this report. http://www.childrensdefense.org/release010822.htm HHS REPORTS CONTINUED DECLINE IN WELFARE CASELOAD - Between September 2000 and March 2001, the number of families nationally receiving assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program declined 3% to about 2.1 million. The number of individual TANF recipients declined 4.4 % to fewer than 5.4 million. However, in 18 states the number of families on welfare went up during the time period. Overall there has been a 57% decline in the number of people enrolled in TANF since Congress enacted welfare reform in August 1996 - a decline representing nearly 7 million fewer recipients. TANF caseload numbers, including state-specific numbers, are available at: http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/tables.htm HHS' 2001 Annual Report to Congress on Indicators of Welfare Dependence is available at: http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/indicators01/ HHS PLANS NATIONAL LISTENING FORUMS ON REAUTHORIZATION - The first of five regional sessions for state leaders, welfare recipients and others is Sept. 24 in Atlanta. Other sessions will be scheduled this fall in Chicago, Dallas, New York and San Francisco. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2001pres/20010905.html WORKING FIRST BUT WORKING POOR: The Need for Education & Training Following Welfare Reform - Education & training for nontraditional work is an effective way out of poverty women and could increase hourly wages by as much as a third. but such training is greatly underutilized; says a study from Institute for Women's Poverty Research which surveyed women in seven states and found gender segregation in job training costs women plenty. http://www.iwpr.org/ RAISE THE FLOOR: Wages and Policies That Work for All of Us - Most Americans believe a job should keep you out of poverty, not keep you in it. This new book shows how we can translate that belief into reality. http://www.raisethefloor.org/pub.html UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICES BECOME ONE-STOP CAREER CENTERS - The Workforce Investment Act requires states to give any resident -- unemployed or not -- access to a wide array of training, employment and educational services at a single neighborhood location. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/05/nyregion/05EMPL.html [Note: free registration may be required to access the NY Times online] RFP: OUTCOMES-DRIVEN STRATEGIES - Working Ventures, a program of Public/Private Ventures (P/PV), plans to provide one-year grants of between $20,000 and $30,000 to enable up to five organizations to strengthen their focus on measuring and acting upon outcomes. The RFP is open to organizations that provide workforce development services primarily to low-income clients. http://www.ppv.org/content/wv/wvindex.html ****************** 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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