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 g1L0fpu15451; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 19:41:52 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 19:41:52 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <02dc01c1ba70$b669e020$92fc06d1@ECA> 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: "Linda Warren" <jsflc@rcn.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:778] Re: Radcliffe Public Policy Center report X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1710 Lines: 49 Jon, Thank you for sending such useful information our way. I had some time today to access several of the websites and research you recommended and have many new ideas to think about. I was aware of the Radcliffe Study but just read the results of the study today. The recommendations for family friendly policies among other things are well-detailed and long overdue. Linda Warren Early Childhood Associates/JumpStart Family Literacy Boston, MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Lee" <jlee@famlit.org> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 1:42 PM Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:775] Radcliffe Public Policy Center report > 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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