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 g1SJoFu22363; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:50:15 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:50:15 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020228115229.009f6ec0@mail.aracnet.com> 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: Sylvan Rainwater <sylvan@cccchs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:820] RE: Concern about federal support for X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 1174 Lines: 24 At 06:37 PM 02/27/2002 -0500, Janet wrote: <SNIP>Of course many adults want to work -- but an imposed set of conditions upon what and how they can learn in order to prepare for work doesn't give adults much agency in maknig choices about their learning at all. One thing we run into here in the Head Start program is that some of our moms want to become certified child-care providers, which seems eminently reasonable. But the welfare department doesn't accept that as viable employment, and if a mom goes that route, she gets her assistance reduced as she is not "cooperating" with the welfare jobs program. We would love to help moms become certified providers, both because it would help them become more self-sufficient and also because (selfishly) we'd have a pool of qualified providers to draw on for some of our parent-oriented events. We do give parents information of where and how to become certified, but also have to be aware of welfare consequences. ------------------------------ Sylvan Rainwater . sylvan@cccchs.org Adult Education Teacher and Family Literacy Program Manager Clackamas County Children's Commission . Oregon City, OR USA
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