Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f631tAf18252; Mon, 2 Jul 2001 21:55:10 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 21:55:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <005c01c10363$220541a0$23bffea9@hppav> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:516] Items of Interest X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 Status: O Content-Length: 2627 Lines: 62 FYI: The following announcements are excerpted from the July 2 Connect For Kids Weekly. They may be of interest to you. -Mary Ann Corley ***************************** **Gaining Ground In 1998, the high school dropout rate was 8 percent for white students, around 14 percent for African American students and 30 percent for Latino students. The May/June 2001 issue of Gaining Ground, the newsletter of the Council of Chief State School Officers, focuses on the academic status of Latino students at the high school level, Latino students in higher education, and effective practices for serving limited English proficient students with disabilities. http://publications.ccsso.org/ccsso/publication_detail.cfm?PID=335 **Results Conference Call on Reducing Poverty RESULTS will hold its July 14 National Conference Call to discuss its campaign for a welfare program that reduces poverty and the community forums on welfare reauthorization planning for this summer. E-mail Melessa (rogers@action.org) by Thursday, July 12 for information on RESULTS and this national conference call. **Helping America's Homeless: Emergency Shelter or Affordable Housing According to Marti Burt, author of the Urban Institute book, "Helping America's Homeless," mothers are the last defense against homelessness. If a father is homeless, his children most often live with their mother (82 percent), but if a mother is homeless, her children typically still live with her (54 percent). Burt calls for a new approach to eliminating homelessness based on subsidized housing and supportive services. The report also identifies out-of-home placement in childhood as one of the strongest predictors of homelessness in adulthood. Cost: $29.50 E-mail pubs@ui.urban.org. http://www.urban.org/pubs/homeless/index.html **Low-income Mothers Face Greater Health Burdens Low-income mothers report they are in poor health at higher rates than their counterparts who are not mothers, according to research reported on by the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health. http://www.ncemch.org/alert/alert062201.htm#4 DEMOGRAPHICS **'Honey, I'm Home': Changes in Living Arrangements in the Late 1990s Data analysis from the Urban Institute shows that the decline in single parenting and rise in cohabitation is concentrated among lower-income families that are most likely to be influenced by new welfare policies. Low-income people appear to be acting the way policy makers wanted them to act. While there has been an increase in cohabitation, marriage rates have declined. http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/series_b/b38/b38.html
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