Workplace List members,
I apologize for the delay in posting your Thursday Resources.  I've been
a bit under the weather.
Several resources this week focus on the economic well-being of workers,
both through money management and through supports provided to workers.
In order to access them, cut and paste into your address box both parts
of any URLs that split on to two lines in this e-mail.  Enjoy!
Donna

Donna Brian, moderator
Workplace Literacy Discussion List
Center for Literacy Studies at The University of Tennessee
djgbrian at utk.edu

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A resource recommended on the Poverty, Race, and Women Literacy
Discussion List looked like something Workplace Literacy List members
would find helpful.  It is MoneySmart, put out by the FDIC. The
curricula is available both online and in the form of a CD-ROM.  Both
can be accessed from
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/mscbi/mscbi.html.  It
is available in English and Spanish.  Definitely a helpful and well-done
resource!  There are several modules and very good instructions for how
to use the site.  It keeps track of where the learner is in the
curriculum, and lends itself to the learner working through the modules
at whatever pace is comfortable and being able to leave and come back in
at any point.

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>From This Week in Education

http://thisweekineducation.blogspot.com/2006/11/why-education-groups-sho
uld-rally-for.html
Why Education Groups Should Rally For The Minimum Wage Increase 

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>From Workforce USA   http://www.workforceusa.net/news_prv.php?id=88 


Changing Your Life Through Better Money Management
http://www.managingmymoney.com/ Managing My Money  
The Managing my Money Web site was created through a collaboration of
the Washington, DC-based Community Action Partnership and the National
Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE). This site provides housing
residents enrolled in center programs with quick access to financial
information including personal financial planning tips and concrete
advice on how to manage money responsibly. It can also used by housing
and workforce development staff to assist low-income individuals. 

Family Economic Success (FES) Local Action Handbook  
This policy handbook from AECF focuses on improving results for families
by strengthening the structures that lead to family economic success. It
features ideas and examples of policy and regulatory actions that can be
promoted by residents, and implemented at the local level. The handbook
opens with a section on the qualities and characteristics that can make
local policy advocacy most effective, then follows with a series of
questions that help to identify the systems that must be influenced.
Information and resources are organized into three areas: workforce
development, family economic supports and community investment.
http://www.aecf.org/initiatives/fes/final_policyhandbook.pdf
 
 
Child Care Assistance Helps Families Work: A Review of the Effects of
Subsidy Receipt on Employment  
Reliable and stable child care helps parents retain steady employment
and reduces workplace absenteeism, but the high costs of care challenge
many families, particularly low-income working parents. Child care
assistance can help. In this policy brief, Hannah Matthews, CLASP Child
Care Policy Analyst, reviews relevant research and finds that low-income
mothers who receive child care subsidies are more likely to be employed,
to stay off welfare, and to have higher earnings. 
 http://www.clasp.org/publications/ccassistance_employment.pdf

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>From Public/Private Ventures http://www.ppv.org/index.asp

Unrealized Gains: How Workforce Organizations Can Put Money in the
Pockets of Low-Wage Workers 
Social policy continues to emphasize the importance of work, but many
working families struggle to make ends meet. Work supports can be a
critical factor in enabling people to make a successful transition to
employment. Packed with tools and resources, Unrealized Gains will help
practitioners make use of work supports: laying the groundwork with a
financial literacy curriculum, creating income packages, promoting
access to work supports through advocacy and keeping graduates on track
with a variety of retention strategies. Readers will come away with a
concrete plan for addressing their participants' economic security.
http://www.ppv.org/ppv/publications/assets/178_publication.pdf

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>From Workforce3 One http://www.workforce3one.org/

Webinar Invitation: Implementing Technology-Based Learning for Workforce
Development
	This webinar for workforce professionals and educators will
present key success factors for implementing technology-based learning
from three different perspectives. Technology-based learning or
e-learning is transforming the way organizations deliver training to
students, workers, and job seekers. This method of learning can broaden
opportunities for workers to develop their skills by reaching far more
people than traditional classroom-based training. 
Presenters:  John Dunnicliffe, Hawaii Statewide Director, Rural
Development Initiative-Maui Community College
JoAnn Hammill, Assistant Commissioner, Workforce New Jersey
Suzan Kinaci, Director of Technology & Administrative Services, Mass
Colleges Online  
Moderator:  Katie Anderson, Business Relations Group and
Technology-Based Learning Group, Employment and Training Administration 
Date:  11/30/2006 
Time:  2:00pm Eastern (1:00pm/Central, 12:00pm/Mountain,
11:00am/Pacific) 
Length:  90 minutes Please click the link below to login to
Workforce3One and register today!
http://www.workforce3one.org/public/skillbuilding/webinar_info.cfm?id=15
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>From New Zealand Literacy Portal <http://www.nzliteracyportal.org.nz/>


Foundation Learning Progressions Online Survey for Feedback - (NZ)
	The New Zealand draft consultation document (118 pages) is a
guide to help tutors identify the next learning steps adult learners
need to take in order to strengthen their numeracy, literacy and
language skills. Feedback on this document can now be provided using an
online survey on the TEC website.
<http://www.nzliteracyportal.org.nz/imsdirector.php?resid=2731&ruid=2182

>

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Pre-employment
Research on the Economic Impact of the GED Diploma Panel (US)
	This webcast of a panel discussion focuses on the economic
benefits of the General Educational Development (GED) credential.  It is
based on a review by John Tyler of eight recent research papers on the
GED. 
Presenters include John Tyler, Sara Fass, and Sue Snider and the
moderator is David Rosen.  Please note this webcast may take some time
to download.
<http://www.nzliteracyportal.org.nz/imsdirector.php?resid=2714&ruid=2182

>

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Vocational
Charting a course: Responding to the industry-related instructional
needs of the limited English proficient - 2006 (US)
	This US resource is focused on the State of Texas and looks at
how to meet job market demands which are critical for all Western
countries. 
There are recommendations about how various aspects of the tertiary
education system in Texas can work together.
<http://www.nzliteracyportal.org.nz/imsdirector.php?resid=2732&ruid=2182

>

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Workplace
Impact study: Essential skills and food sanitation and hygiene training:
Final report - 2004 (Can)
	This Canadian report investigates the impact of the
implementation of the new food and safety certification regulations in
relationship to workers' essential skills.  The results show that good
food safety is growing as a critical issue for the food industry and the
general public which will lead to different forms of training requiring
higher skills.
<http://www.nzliteracyportal.org.nz/imsdirector.php?resid=2733&ruid=2182

>

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e-Literacy
Computers in Action (US)
	This US website contains a series of lesson plans and activities
for using computers with learners.
<http://tech.worlded.org/docs/cia/doubleclick.htm>

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>From Economic Policy Institute's JobWatch List  http://www.epi.org/

Private-sector payrolls up only 58,000, despite falling unemployment
For analysis of the most recent report from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, read EPI's Jobs Picture. 
 
http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_econindicators_jobspict_20061
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Verizon Literacy Campus is now part of Verizon Literacy Network,
Verizon's new literacy portal for anyone who wants to use technology to
access valuable literacy training and tools. Verizon Literacy Network is
located at: <http://literacynetwork.verizon.org>  

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>From MDRC http://www.mdrc.org/

Climbing the Economic Ladder and Rising Out of Poverty
MDRC's research identifies effective strategies to help low-income youth
and adults escape poverty by achieving success in the labor market. MDRC
studies programs that assist the working poor to retain employment and
move up to better-paying jobs, improve employment prospects for people
with serious obstacles to work, and enable low-income young adults to
acquire the skills and credentials that will prepare them for better
jobs. http://www.mdrc.org/area_issue_18.html