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 g07GQO013114; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:26:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:26:24 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <p05001903b85f7bbbf231@[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:377] HandsNet resources X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2514 Lines: 57 HandsNet WebClipper Digest 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. ************************************ JANUARY 4, 2002 A HAND UP: HOW STATE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDITS HELPED WORKING FAMILIES ESCAPE POVERTY IN 2001 - The success of the federal EITC has led a number of states to enact state Earned Income Tax Credits that supplement the federal credit. In the 2000 and 2001 legislative sessions, 10 states (counting the District of Columbia as a state) enacted new Earned Income Tax Credits or expanded existing state EITCs. Altogether, 16 states now offer state EITCs based on the federal credit, reports Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. http://www.cbpp.org/10-18-01sfp.htm THE WORKING POOR - A new web resource from The Finance Project highlights the types of interventions that can help working poor families: safety-net programs, work incentives, and workforce development services. http://www.financeproject.org/workforce_workingpoor.htm LOW-INCOME AND LOW-SKILLED WORKERS' INVOLVEMENT IN NONSTANDARD EMPLOYMENT - One in 10 workers are employed in alternative work arrangements -- temporary help, independent contractors, on-call workers, and contract company workers -- and growth in this sector is likely to have important implications for low-income workers, says a report from the Urban Institute. http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/temp-workers01/index.htm STRATEGIES FOR TANF AGENCIES TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Welfare Information Network describes the effect of domestic violence on low-income women's employment and discusses issues that states and localities may want to address when implementing services for this population. http://www.welfareinfo.org/tanf_dvissuenote.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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