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 g1KIhlu26516; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 13:43:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 13:43:47 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <NCBBKFFJMKFIFAGAFGNEMEIMCPAA.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:775] Radcliffe Public Policy Center report 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: 970 Lines: 27 Here is an interesting article from Radcliffe Public Policy Center: STRENGTHENING WORKING FAMILIES Keeping Jobs and Raising Families in Low-Income America: It Just Doesn't Work Every working parent struggles to balance the demands of keeping a job and raising a family, but working poor families are more likely to have a family member with special needs and less likely to have job flexibility or resources for substitute care. For families working in the bottom third of the economy, the challenges are often insurmountable. This Radcliffe Public Policy Center report shows that parents and employers both want to find strategies for making work “work” for low-wage families. http://www.radcliffe.edu/pubpol/publications/boundaries.pdf Jon Lee Training Specialist NIFL-Family list moderator National Center for Family Literacy 325 West Main St, Suite 200 Louisville, KY 40202-4251 Phone: 502.584.1133 x175 Fax: 502.584.0172 jlee@famlit.org http://www.famlit.org
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