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 fA5G4S009990; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 11:04:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 11:04:28 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <p05001905b80c667e762d@[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:338] HandsNet resources X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2783 Lines: 62 The following information is crossposted from the 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, visit WebClipper at http://www.webclipper.org. Free trial WebClipper memberships are available on our public site at http://www.handsnet.org. ************************************ NOVEMBER 2, 2001 WORK, WELFARE & WELL-BEING - Food insufficiency, homelessness, domestic violence, feelings of hopelessness and depression are just a few of the psychological and economic challenges facing low-income women raising children in the U.S today. In a new book edited by a National Center for Children in Poverty researcher, some of the nation's leading social scientists explore the complex interplay between the psychological well-being of poor women and their families and the economic challenges of work and welfare. http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=4490 COVERAGE MATTERS: INSURANCE AND HEALTH CARE - Institute of Medicine has released the first in a series on the causes and consequences of uninsurance. http://www.nap.edu/books/0309076099/html/ UNEMPLOYED WORKERS NEED HELP WITH HEALTH INSURANCE - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reports that, while important, offering subsidies to unemployed workers eligible for COBRA coverage would leave many without health insurance and suggests additional policies that could help. http://www.cbpp.org/10-25-01wel.htm STEEP JOB LOSSES SPREAD TO ALL SECTORS - The unemployment rate rose sharply to 5.4% in October -- its highest level since December 1996 -- and payrolls plummeted as the labor market fell into the grips of a recessionary economy, says Economic Policy Institute's analysis of the employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. http://www.epinet.org/webfeatures/econindicators/jobspict.html ADDRESSING THE LONG-TERM CARE WORKFORCE CRISIS - Low wages and benefits, hard working conditions, heavy workloads, and a job that has been stigmatized by society make worker recruitment and retention difficult, says an Urban Institute report. http://www.urban.org/health/CareForUs.html ** The WebClipper Digest and daily Headlines News also available at: http://www.handsnet.org -- ****************** 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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