Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g7RD1NX25907; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 09:01:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 09:01:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <NCBBKFFJMKFIFAGAFGNEMEKKDDAA.jlee@famlit.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Jon Lee" <jlee@famlit.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1253] Clips and Cross Posts X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2563 Lines: 65 Good Morning! From: Connect for Kids Weekly - August 26, 2002 Check out this PDF file to see if the changes in Food Stamp eligibility affects any of the families you serve! Get Ready for Food Stamp Reauthorization Act Changes in Your State This advocates guide from the Food Research and Action Center highlights mandatory changes and recent pro-family enactments, including restoring some benefits to legal immigrants, increasing the standard deduction (the amount of income a family can subtract from counting against their eligibility), and simplifying enrollment rules. For technical assistance or to report implementation developments in your state, contact Ellen Vollinger at evollinger@frac.org. http://www.frac.org/html/publications/implementation081402.PDF I encourage you to visit this site and check out the quality information I found about Child Care and the Child Care Action Campaign. http://www.childcareaction.org/rpubs.html#ccanews Here is some good info. to back up the goals of the Child Care Action Campaign. Work-Family Issues and Low-Income Families The working poor, including welfare-to-work families, have significantly more care-giving responsibilities than do higher-income workers, and many have children with special needs. However, low-income workers are less likely than others to have the kind of employment benefits and/or policies that help them meet these obligations. This Ford Foundation research brief finds that low-wage parents start far behind their moderate-income counterparts when it comes to labor-force conditions that allow them to meet their family obligations. http://www.lowincomeworkingfamilies.org/pdfs/ford_analysisfinal.pdf Good info. here... Engaging Hispanic Parents A new National PTA Hispanic Outreach Initiative seeks to remove some of the language and cultural barriers that keep Hispanic families from fully participating in their children’s schools and education. http://www.pta.org/parentinvolvement/spanish/index.asp From: The American Indian Head Start Quality Improvement Center You can find the latest Tip Sheet from the American Indian Head Start Quality Improvement Center. "Selecting Appropriate Children's Books," developed in collaboration with "Reading is Fundamental" (RIF) on the AIHSQIC web site at http://www.aihsqic.ou.edu/ Have a great day! Jon Lee Training Specialist NIFL-Family list moderator National Center for Family Literacy 325 West Main St, Suite 300 Louisville, KY 40202-4237 Phone: 502.584.1133 x175 Fax: 502.584.0172 jlee@famlit.org http://www.famlit.org
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