Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id SAA09628; Wed, 11 Aug 1999 18:01:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 18:01:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <l0311070db3d7a24799b2@[146.186.96.31]> Errors-To: lmann@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:2898] THURSDAY NOTES X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Status: OR >From the Desk of Ronald S. Pugsley, Director, DAEL Office of Vocational and Adult Education Editor: Sarah Newcomb Production: Rose Tilghman August 12, 1999 ___________________________________ Boom Boosts Workforce Model Our long economic expansion may be pushing workplace programs as a high-impact choice for adult education service delivery. The US Department of Labor (DOL) reports our economy created more than 300,000 new jobs in July-about three times the expected number-while workers benefited from solid wage increases. July's overall unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%, suggesting more people are working. While most workers can find jobs, many also cannot squeeze in travel time, transportation and child care costs required for learning in off hours. Delivery of basic skills services at work in partnership with employers and unions may be a promising venue. DOL Meets On WIA Title I Regs DOL is sponsoring regional Town Hall meetings this month to get public reaction on its proposed Title I regulations as well as other aspects of WIA Title I implementation. Interested? See http://workforce.org/whatsnew Click on "August WIA Town Hall Meetings." Urban Institute Study Tracks Welfare Leavers A new Urban Institute study "Families Who Left Welfare: Who Are They and How Are They Doing? <http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/discussion99-02.html>" offers the first national picture of welfare leavers and how they fared in 1997, shortly after enactment of the 1996 federal welfare reform law. See www.urbaninstitute.org Key findings include: * Most women who leave welfare work in the low-wage service jobs. * Welfare leavers have jobs similar to those of other low-income mothers, but they are less likely to have employer-sponsored health insurance. * One-third to one-half of leavers report serious economic struggles in providing food. * Almost one fifth report problems paying rent. * More welfare leavers report these struggles than do other low-income mothers. Shop Talk Hosts DOL State Directors-remember to join us for "Shop Talk" with DOL August 12 at our regular times. PLEASE NOTE: Shop Talk is a special feature for State Directors only. So, if you want information about the discussions mentioned in Shop Talk, contact your state director. ****************** Barbara Van Horn NIFL-WORKPLACE List Moderator Assistant Director Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy College of Education The Pennsylvania State University 102 Rackley Building University Park, PA 16802-3202 Phone: 814-863-3777 Fax: 814-863-6108 E-mail: BLV1@PSU.EDU Third graders' knowledge: "You can lead a horse to water but ... how?"
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