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 f5TKGaf06837; Fri, 29 Jun 2001 16:16:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 16:16:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <002901c100d8$075a9f40$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:512] What's New on the Urban Institute Web Site X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 Status: O Content-Length: 6872 Lines: 151 FYI: -Mary Ann Corley *************************** What's New on the Urban Institute Web Site This Month: www.urban.org 1. Homelessness Prevention 2. Child Support and Family Structure 3. Health Care 4. Prisoner Reentry 5. Better Government 6. Child Care Compensation 7. Urban Institute "in brief" 8. Useful Urban Institute URLs 1. HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION "Helping America's Homeless - Emergency Shelter or Affordable Housing?" (June 2001), by Martha Burt, Laudan Y. Aron and Edgar Lee with Jesse Valente A new book on America's homeless argues strongly for shifting gears in the nation's approach to homelessness. Rather than only waiting for people to become homeless to serve them, the authors suggest moving toward a strategy that also prevents and eliminates homelessness among the nation's residents. Press Release: http://www.urban.org/news/pressrel/pr010628.html http://www.urban.org/pubs/homeless/index.html 2. CHILD SUPPORT AND FAMILY STRUCTURE "Child Support and Fatherhood Proposals," testimony of Elaine Sorensen before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the House Committee on Ways and Means (June 28, 2001) Sorensen argues that despite the limited knowledge about what works for poor noncustodial fathers, her research shows that they need services to meet their financial obligations to their children and without these services, further efforts to obtain child support for poor children will meet with limited success. http://www.urban.org/TESTIMON/sorensen_06-28-01.html "'Honey, I'm Home.' Changes in Living Arrangements in the Late 1990s;" (June 2001) by Gregory Acs and Sandi Nelson. According to analyses of data from the 1997 and 1999 National Survey of America's Families, welfare policies may have contributed to the decline in single parenting and rise in cohabitation between 1997 and 1999. http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/series_b/b38/b38.html PDF Version: http://newfederalism.urban.org/pdf/anf_b38.pdf "Preparing Young Men for Fatherhood" (June 5, 2001) An Urban Institute First Tuesdays' Forum In recent years, increased attention has been focused on the roles of fathers and their importance to the health and well-being of families; those roles and the policies and programs that could strengthen them were explored at the June First Tuesdays discussion moderated by Robert Lerman of the Urban Institute. http://www.urban.org/news/tuesdays/6-01/june01.html 3. HEALTH CARE "Medicare Reform: Modernizing Medicare and Merging Parts A and B" (June 14, 2001) Testimony by Marilyn Moon to the United States' House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce Moon argues that combining Parts A and B of Medicare will, at best, make only minor contributions to the improvements needed in the program. In fact, it is possible that too much attention on such a combination will deflect discussion on more critical issues. http://www.urban.org/TESTIMON/moon06-14-01.html "Ambulatory Care for the Urban Poor: Structure, Financing, and System Stability;" (June 2001) by Barbara A. Ormond and Amy Westphal Lutzky This analysis of Denver, Houston, and Los Angeles finds that financial and organizational flexibility and managerial agility, combined with a mission of public service under the constraints of public financing, is key to a successful ambulatory care safety net. http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/op49/occa49.html PDF Version: http://newfederalism.urban.org/pdf/occa49.pdf "Are We Responding to Their Needs? States' Early Experiences Serving Children with Special Health Care Needs under SCHIP" (May 2001) by Ian Hill, Amy Westpfahl Lutzky, Urban Institute; Renee Schwalberg, Health Systems Research, Inc. While State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) appear to be meeting the needs of uninsured children, preliminary evidence suggests that program changes may be needed to better serve underinsured children--those with special health care needs. Press Release http://www.urban.org/news/pressrel/pr010618.html http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/op48/occa48.html PDF Version http://newfederalism.urban.org/pdf/occa48.pdf 4. PRISONER REENTRY "From Prison to Home: The Dimensions and Consequences of Prisoner Reentry" (June 13, 2001) By Jeremy Travis, Amy L. Solomon, Michelle Waul The most comprehensive resource to date on prisoner re-entry was released by the Urban Institute at a forum co-sponsored by the National Governors' Association Center on Best Practices and the National Criminal Justice Association. The information will be particularly useful to local jurisdictions as they respond to the availability of nearly $100 million in new federal grants to help improve the transitions of released prisoners into communities. Press Release http://www.urban.org/news/pressrel/pr010613.html PDF Version http://www.urban.org/pdfs/from_prison_to_home.pdf 5. BETTER GOVERNMENT "Making Results-Based State Government Work" (April 2001) by Blaine Liner, Harry P. Hatry, Elisa Vinson, Ryan Allen, Pat Dusenbury, Scott Bryant and Ron Snell, NCSL This report identifies good practices and lessons learned by states that have moved ahead in governing-for-results and recommends ways to improve those efforts. Section One: http://www.urban.org/community/results-based-stategovt.html PDF Version of Entire Report: http://www.urban.org/pdfs/results-based-stategovt.pdf 6. CHILD CARE COMPENSATION "Models for Increasing Child Care Worker Compensation" (June 2001) by Maria D. Montilla, Eric C. Twombly and Carol J. De Vita Child advocates are building public support, mobilizing workers, and shaping policy tools to improve both compensation and the quality of child care programs. Based on secondary data, Internet searches, and interviews with child advocates, this brief summarizes the initiatives that were underway at the end of 2000 in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. http://www.urban.org/periodcl/cnp/cnp_8.html PDF Version http://www.urban.org/periodcl/cnp/cnp_8.PDF 7. URBAN INSTITUTE "in brief" "in brief" (July 2001) Subscribe to this one-page monthly update on current and upcoming Urban Institute events, research, resources, and publications. Send your fax number to paffairs@ui.urban.org. http://www.urban.org/news/inbrief/inbrief_jul01.html PDF Version: http://www.urban.org/pdfs/inbrief_jul01.pdf 8. USEFUL URBAN INSTITUTE URLs: Home page: http://www.urban.org Assessing the New Federalism: http://newfederalism.urban.org National Center on Charitable Statistics: http://nccs.urban.org Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center: http://fjsrc.urban.org Retirement Project: http://www.urban.org/retirement National Neighborhood Indicators Project: http://www.urban.org/nnip The Urban Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and educational organization that examines the social, economic, and governance challenges facing the nation.
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