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 fBAM04014450; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:00:04 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:00:04 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <p05001913b83adf304346@[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:364] HandsNet resources X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2698 Lines: 61 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, visit WebClipper at http://www.webclipper.org. Free trial WebClipper memberships are available on our public site at http://www.handsnet.org. ************************************ DECEMBER 7, 2001 UNEMPLOYMENT UP SHARPLY IN NOVEMBER - Unemployment rose sharply again in November to 5.7%, and the nation's businesses continued to shed jobs, according to today's report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Both the increase in unemployment and the loss of payroll employment were greater than forecasters expected, reports Economic Policy Institute. http://www.epinet.org/webfeatures/econindicators/jobspict.html INCREASE IN UNEMPLOYED OVER PAST 12 MONTHS WAS LARGEST IN NEARLY 20 YEARS - Of particular concern, the new data also indicate that long-term unemployment is on the rise, writes Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The increase in the number of long-term unemployed set post-World War II record in November. http://www.cbpp.org/12-7-01ui-pr.htm UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE: ITS ROLE AND ADEQUACY AS LAYOFFS INCREASE - A recent Urban Institute forum discussed short- and long-term reforms needed to make the program a more effective component of the nation's social safety net. http://www.urban.org/news/events/UI/index.html WELFARE REFORM IN A HARD PLACE: The West Virginia Experience - A report released by the Rockefeller Institute of Government provides a glimpse of how work-based welfare reforms might fare without the aid of a strong job market, and suggests important financial and organizational challenges for states and the federal TANF block grant. http://www.rockinst.org/publications/federalism/PleinRockRept13.pdf THE END OF WELFARE AS THEY KNEW IT: What Happens When Welfare Recipients Reach Their Time Limits? - A report from the Cleveland Community Building Initiative. http://povertycenter.cwru.edu/timelimitsum.pdf Reported in the Research Forum Update. To join the Research Forum/Welfare Information Network email list serv, write to: welfinfo@welfareinfo.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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