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 f2SJLNg10256; Wed, 28 Mar 2001 14:21:23 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 14:21:23 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <006901c0b7bb$90d63a60$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:448] News from the Joint Center for Poverty Research X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 Status: O Content-Length: 2703 Lines: 73 FYI: The following is a collection of recent news and announcements from the Joint Center for Poverty Research. -Mary Ann Corley macorley1@earthlink.net *********************** SUMMARY 1. New research project from the National Center for Children in Poverty and Chapin Hall Center for Children. 2. New research reports from the Oregon Center for Public Policy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 1. Nominations sought for creative strategic action initiatives that promote the well-being of infants, toddlers, and families. The National Center for Children in Poverty, in collaboration Chapin Hall Center for Children, is launching a new research project to identify and profile promising federal, state, and community-based initiatives that promote the overall well-being of low-income infants and toddlers and their families. We need your help in identifying initiatives that are designed to address multiple aspects of the lives of low-income families with infants and toddlers through complementary strategies. For more information, visit http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/publications/stratgaction2.htm or call Ayana Douglas-Hall at (212) 304-7108. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 2. Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP) recently released two reports a) Getting the Raise They Deserved: The Success of Oregon's Minimum Wage and the Need for Reform. This new study by the OCPP shows that Oregon's minimum wage increases brought wage gains to thousands of low-paid workers and former welfare recipients without damaging their employment opportunities. As the purchasing power of the minimum wage has been eroded by inflation, however, these gains have been reversed, returning low-paid workers to the declining wage trends of the 1980s and mid-1990s. View the summary and download the report: http://www.ocpp.org/2001/es010312.htm View the press release: http://www.ocpp.org/2001/nr010312.htm b) Addressing the High Cost of Child Care: House Bill 2716, Making the Working Family Child Care Credit Refundable. The Oregon Working Family Child Care Credit recognizes that one of the most daunting challenges faced by low-income working families with children is the ability to afford child care. The report documents how making the credit refundable as proposed by HB 2716 will get the benefits to those most in need. Families with high child care costs relative to their income will for the first time receive the full benefit of the Working Family Child Care Credit if HB 2716 is enacted. View the summary and download the report: http://www.ocpp.org/2001/es010301.htm
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