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September 30, 2004Carnegie Mellon Receives Multi-Million Dollar Grant To Train the Next Generation of Education Researchers
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Committee: GOP Plan Would Shut Down Excess Subsidies, Use Funds to Help Teachers and Poor Schools
From U.S. Newswire Releases: U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), the chairmen of the Senate and House education committees, announced today they will offer legislation that would cut off excess subsidies to student loan providers and...
Weight Loss Surgery May Soon Be Paid by Medicare
From The New York Times > National: In November, Medicare's advisers will assess the safety, efficacy and cost of a popular method of weight loss: surgery. Read more from this post....
HHS Works With Grassroots to Help Millions of Medicare Beneficiaries See Savings With Drug Cards, Provides $3.95 Million to Local Groups
From U.S. Newswire Releases: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today launched an unprecedented public-private outreach effort with hundreds of community organizations all across the nation to help millions of eligible seniors and people...
Parental involvement can help prevent underage drinking
From Eureka Newsfeed: Parents play an important role in their children's underage drinking, according to a recent study by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. The study, published this month in the Journal of Adolescent Health, shows that...
Statement of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on the Release of Institute of Medicine's Childhood Obesity Report
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Kidnetic.com Answers IOM Call for Childhood Obesity Prevention
From U.S. Newswire Releases: In today's National Academies' Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, "Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance," the committee experts identified three settings in which physical activity and healthy eating can be promoted to children: community-based ......
The Mad, Mad World of Textbook Adoption
Thomas B. Fordham Institute - The Mad, Mad World of Textbook Adoption...
Statewide textbook adoption, the process by which 21 states dictate the textbooks that schools and districts can use, is fundamentally flawed. Textbook adoption distorts the market, entices extremist groups to hijack the curriculum, enriches the textbook cartel, and papers the land with mediocre instructional materials that cannot fulfill their important education mission.
New study identifies trilogy necessary to increase student success in science and math
From Eureka Newsfeed: "Engagement, Capacity and Continuity: A Trilogy For Student Success," a new report suggesting ways to increase the number and diversity of those pursuing education and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, analyzes why successful individual reform...
Study Identifies Trilogy Necessary to Increase Student Success in Science, Math; Report Ties Rigorous Academic Preparation, Museum-Based Engagement, Continuum of Supports
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Health and Money Issues Arise Over Who Pays for Weight Loss
From The New York Times > National: In November, Medicare's advisers will assess the safety, efficacy and cost of a popular method of weight loss: surgery. Read more from this post....
Minorities Driving Growth in D.C. Area (washingtonpost.com)
From Yahoo! News - Top Stories: washingtonpost.com - Asians, Latinos and other minorities accounted for two-thirds of the Washington region's recent population growth, according to new census figures that point to dramatic increases in counties well beyond the Capital Beltway....
Warning: Shaping America's Youth Is an Industry Front Group
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Children's Defense Fund Condemns Repeal of D.C. Gun Ban by the House of Representatives
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) expressed outrage at the U.S. House of Representatives today for passing a bill that would repeal the gun safety laws of Washington, D.C., even as children continue dying from gunfire on...
Unrecognized iron deficiency can impair immunity in older women
From Eureka Newsfeed: Iron deficiency, which can masquerade as routine old age symptoms, was found to impair measures of immunity from 28 to 50 percent in a group of seemingly healthy, well-nourished, homebound, older women, age 60 and above, in...
Center for College Health and Safety Awarded Multi-Year U.S. Department of Education Contract
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Big Health Care Providers, Religious and Social Investors Ask Disney to Go Smoke Free in Youth-Rated Movies; Studies Linking Smoking and Movies Have Shareholders Worried
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Reentry Mapping Network Expands with Six New Sites
From The Urban Institute: The Urban Institute's Reentry Mapping Network, an innovative, three-year partnership that helps community leaders and residents address the challenges of ex-prisoners returning to society, is launching its second phase with six new partner sites: Denver, Colorado;...
Bush Administration Tax Policy: Distributional Effects
From The Urban Institute: This paper evaluates the distributional effects of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, and is the second paper in a series on tax policy in the Bush Administration. We show that the tax cuts enacted to...
Congress Can Preserve $1.1 Billion In Expiring Children's Health Insurance Funds and Help Avert SCHIP Cutbacks
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September 28, 2004
Ensuring Fairness as Students Head Back to School
Another school year is underway and students, teachers, and coaches at schools across the country are busy with classes and extracurricular activities. But what happens if a student or employee feels that he or she is treated unfairly on the...
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Minority Links: Quick and easy links to the latest data on racial and ethnic populations in the United StatesThis website provides pathways to data about Latinos, African Americans, Asians, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanders, and American Indians/Alaskan Natives in the US. The site covers Census 2000/Census 1990/American Community Survey data; Social Characteristics (age, children, disability, education, families, fertility, foreign...
This link comes compliments of the Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty.
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Health Issues and the 2004 Elections:
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: The Kaiser Family Foundation has issued new informational materials on some of the health policy issues that are of concern to the American public during the 2004 election season, including Medicare, the uninsured and the problem of...
New Reports Analyze Latest Trends in Uninsured Population and Health Coverage
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: New Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured reports show that between 2000 and 2003 the number of uninsured rose 5.1 million, with the number of uninsured children dropping due to Medicaid and SCHIP coverage...
Mental health problems in assisted living residents higher than expected
From Eureka Newsfeed: The first large scale comparative study of the mental health of assisted living residents has found a higher rate than expected of a range of mental health problems in this rapidly growing population. Their rate of mental...
Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI) Press Conference; CAHI/Zogby Poll Reveals that Americans Want Health Insurance Choice
From U.S. Newswire Releases: What: Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI) Press Conference; CAHI / Zogby Poll Reveals that Americans Want Health Insurance Choice Read more from this post....
Health Care Costs Are a Killer, but Maybe That's a Plus
From The New York Times > Health: The technological marvels of medicine mean that the insured majority are being treated for ailments that went untreated or undetected years ago. Read more from this post....
Pricey home, dicey mortgage
From Christian Science Monitor | Work/Money: As housing prices rise on the coasts, lenders are offering creative - and risky - solutions. Read more from this post....
Free Asthma Education Faire for Children, Adults
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Child Advocates to Address Perils of 'Runaway Technology'
From U.S. Newswire Releases: New Report Highlights High-Tech Childhood and the Crisis in Technology Literacy Read more from this post....
September 25, 2004
UPDATE: COALITION CIRCULATING SIGN-ON LETTER IN SUPPORT OF CLEAN
From: Legal Momentum Currently, the TANF program is operating under a three-month extension that began in June and expires on September 30th. Many groups around the country are opposed to continuing to provide short-term extensions to TANF. The concerns with...
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From: Center for Community Change Oppose any short-term TANF extension that includes policy changes. If the Senate wants to debate policy changes in the TANF program, then the extension of TANF must be longer than only six months. States need...
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From The Kaiser Family Foundation: This new report examines the early experience with the Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Card Program, prices offered by card sponsors, and potential savings for enrollees. The pricing analysis shows that discount cards can deliver savings off...
Kaiser/Harvard Survey: What People on Medicare Think About the New Drug Law
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: Nearly twice as many people on Medicare have an unfavorable view of the new Medicare law than have a favorable view, according to a national Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health survey of people...
Key Resources on Health Coverage and the Uninsured
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: With the U.S. Census Bureau's release of its annual update on health insurance coverage and the number of uninsured Americans on August 26, the Foundation has compiled several information resources that analyze America’s health insurance...
July/August Kaiser Health Poll Report -- The Public, Managed Care and Consumer Protections
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: The July/August Kaiser Health Poll Report featured topic examines the public's attitudes towards and experiences with their health plans, with a specific focus on managed care. Read more from this post....
Trends and Indicators in the Changing Health Care Marketplace, 2004 Update
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: Current information on key health care marketplace trends including health care spending and costs; health insurance enrollment, premiums, and benefits; the structure of the health care marketplace; and consumers and the safety net. Read more...
Issue Papers on New Medicare Law and Proposed Regulations
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: The Kaiser Family Foundation has commissioned a series of papers analyzing key issues for people with Medicare arising from the new Medicare prescription drug law. Read more from this post....
Upcoming Live Interactive Webcasts Interviews with Health Policy Experts and Leaders
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: Kaisernetwork invites you to participate in three interactive live webcast programs giving you direct access to health policy experts and leaders. Submit questions in advance by email. Read more from this post....
New Materials on Health Issues and the 2004 Elections:
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: The Kaiser Family Foundation is issuing informational materials on some of the health policy issues that are of concern to the American public during the 2004 election season. Read more from this post....
Federal Program Leads to Better Homes and Neighborhoods for Public Housing Residents
From The Urban Institute: The federal HOPE VI housing program is improving living conditions for former residents of the nation's most distressed public housing, new research from the nonpartisan Urban Institute shows. Those who leave the troubled housing developments as...
An Improved Living Environment? Housing Quality Outcomes for HOPE VI Relocatees
From The Urban Institute: The HOPE VI program strives to improve the living environment for residents of the most severally distressed public housing. This brief examines whether residents in a five-site panel study experienced improvements in their physical housing quality...
An Improved Living Environment? Relocation Outcomes for HOPE VI Relocatees
From The Urban Institute: This brief examines housing assistance outcomes, two years after the start of relocation at five HOPE VI panel study sites. Overall, 61 percent of the 736 respondents had relocated by the time of the follow-up survey....
Hasty Changes To HUD's "Fair Market Rents" Would Disrupt Housing Assistance
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Social Security COLA Reductions Would Weaken Financial Security for the Oldest and Poorest Retirees
From The Urban Institute: Cutting cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) is often proposed as a way to limit Social Security costs, which will soar as the nation ages. This brief shows, however, that even modest COLA reductions would lead to substantial cuts...
A Health-Conscious Safety Net? Health Problems and Program Use among Low-Income Adults with Disabilities
From The Urban Institute: Many low-income adults have a health problem or impairment that limits their ability to participate in work. This brief examines the employment and program participation patterns of low-income adults with disabilities, and how well the current...
A Profile of Families Cycling on and off Welfare
From MDRC: In MDRC's study of over 160,000 single-parent welfare recipients, families who repeatedly return to welfare assistance-"cyclers"-were less disadvantaged in the labor market than long-term welfare recipients. At the same time, they were less able than short-term recipients to...
Marriage Promotion and the Living Arrangements of Black, Hispanic, and White Children
From The Urban Institute: This brief uses data from the 1997 and 2002 National Survey of America's Families to analyze racial and ethnic differences in children's living arrangements and the implications for federal and state marriage promotion policies. Black children...
Men, Women More Different Than Thought (AP)
From Yahoo! News - Top Stories: AP - Beyond the tired cliches and sperm-and-egg basics taught in grade school science class, researchers are discovering that men and women are even more different than anyone realized. Read more from this post....
Medicare Rules Set Off a Battle on Drug Choices
From The New York Times > Washington: A new law has touched off a battle between insurance and drug companies that could determine how many medicines will be available to Medicare beneficiaries. Read more from this post....
Low-Income Nonapplicants to Get Medicare Drug Cards
From The New York Times > Health: The Bush administration said that it would simply send the cards to 1.8 million people with low incomes who are eligible but have not applied for Medicare. Read more from this post....
September 24, 2004
Health Policy Institute Established at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
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HHS Launches Hispanic Health Initiative
From U.S. Newswire Releases: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will kick off the second annual Hispanic health tour, this Sunday September 26, 2004 at the Junta Hispana Festival at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, New York. The...
Local Leaders Each Win $10,000 - $20,000; The San Francisco Foundation 2004 Community Leadership Awards Winners Announced: Ester Hernandez, Dr. Barbara Staggers, Chris Bischof, Puente de la Costa Sur
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Hispanic National Bar Association Applauds House for Vote to Continue Allowing Financial Institutions to Use Mexican ID Cards
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), the national voice of the Hispanic legal community and the largest bipartisan Hispanic professional legal association, wants Congress to know that the decision to permit financial institutions to continue recognizing...
Congress Votes to Extend Tax Cuts (washingtonpost.com)
From Yahoo! News - Top Stories: washingtonpost.com - The House and the Senate overwhelmingly voted last night to extend three tax cuts aimed at the middle class, along with an array of business tax breaks, sending President Bush a $146...
Imagery reduces children's post-operative pain, study finds
From Eureka Newsfeed: A study aimed at giving health care providers a better understanding of the multidimensional nature and effects of school-age children's post-operative pain concludes that using imagery with analgesics reduced tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy pain and anxiety following surgery....
September 23, 2004
Evaluation of California's Immigrant Education Offers Vital Lessons for National Policy
From The Urban Institute: Without a coherent education policy for immigrants based on the complex range of their experiences, federal and state governments imperil the economic and social progress of millions of children, says education reform expert Alec Ian Gershberg,...
September 17, 2004
Current Government Receipts
From The Urban Institute: The National Income and Product Accounts (NIPAs) provide comprehensive data on government receipts at all levels. Since 1970, current government receipts have averaged 29.0 percent of gross domestic product. Of that total, federal receipts accounted for...
An Improved Living Environment? Neighborhood Outcomes for HOPE VI Relocatees
From The Urban Institute: The HOPE VI program strives to improve neighborhood living conditions in some of the nation's most distressed public housing developments by revitalizing the site and by helping residents move to less distressed neighborhoods. This brief examines...
Comments to the Employment and Training Administration on the EMILE System
From Center for Law and Social Policy: These comments, submitted to the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor, discuss the proposed new method of data collection under the Workforce Investment Act-the EMILE system. While CLASP believes...
Digital Divide…Where To Go From Here
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: This issue brief, “Children, The Digital Divide, and Federal Policy,” includes new research findings and reviews the latest information on wiring the nation’s schools and libraries, including points of access, the speed of connection, and...
Establishment of Paternity and Enforcement of Support Orders When a Member of the Military Is Involved
From Center for Law and Social Policy: The Department of Defense employs approximately 1.4 million active duty military personnel, 1.4 million reservists, 2 million retirees, and 800 thousand civilian employees. Many of these employees and retirees are non-custodial parents. This...
September 10, 2004
Online Resource Provides Detailed Look at Health Care in California
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: This chartbook provides California and national data and trend analysis on a broad range of health system and financing indicators, including demographics and health status data, insurance coverage and the uninsured, employer health insurance premiums...
Employer Health Benefits 2004 Annual Survey
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: This annual survey of employers provides detailed insights into trends in employer-based health coverage, including changes in premiums, employee contributions, cost-sharing policies and other relevant information. The 2004 survey included 3,017 randomly selected public and...
The Role of Media in Childhood Obesity
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: A new report reviews more than 40 studies on the role of media in the nation's dramatically increasing rates of childhood obesity and concludes children who spend the most time with media are more likely...
New Survey Reports Children’s Enrollment in SCHIP Dropped for the First Time in the Six-Year History of the Program
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: Two new Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured reports show State Children's Health Insurance Program enrollment declined in the second half of 2003 and examine what led to Texas' enrollment decline. Read more from...
Excessive TV, lack of safe play space, raise obesity risk for young black girls
From Eureka Newsfeed: Too much television and too few recreational opportunities mean not enough physical activity and a higher risk of obesity for young black girls, a new study says. NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; US Department of Health...
August/September CLASP Update
From Center for Law and Social Policy: Article topics include: potential funding for transitional jobs through child support; improper TANF and child care payments; the budget situation in the states; and the value of marriage as an antipoverty strategy. Read...
September 09, 2004
Access to Children's Mental Health Services under Medicaid and SCHIP
From The Urban Institute: At least 10 percent of low-income American children have emotional and behavioral problems. States have adopted widely different ways of financing and delivering children's mental health services. This brief provides new information on SCHIP coverage of...
In Cities, Suburbs and the Sticks: Gary Gates Uncovers the U.S. Communities that Same-Sex Couples Call Home
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September 06, 2004
Food Stamp Participation Rates Increase for Recent Welfare Leavers
From The Urban Institute: This fast fact depicts how food stamp participation among families with children who have recent welfare experience compares with those who have no welfare experience. This suggests that the new food stamp program rules are only...
Distributional Effects of Defined Contribution Plans and Individual Retirement Accounts
From The Urban Institute: This paper incorporates retirement saving incentives into the Tax Policy Center microsimulation model and analyzes the distributional effects of current tax preferences for saving. As a share of income, tax-preferred saving incentives provide the largest benefits...
Best Teachers Need More Than Apples
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Too Many Youths Facing Adult Justice
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The Real Truth about Low Graduation Rates, An Evidence-Based Commentary
From The Urban Institute: A growing body of research has consistently pointed towards the uncomfortable fact the nation is facing a crisis in high school completion. This paper builds on a series of recent Urban Institute reports and analyses that...
The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: A Data Update
From The Urban Institute: The individual alternative minimum tax (AMT) was intended to guarantee that high income people paid at least some tax, but it is poorly designed. The Tax Policy Center has written extensively about the AMT. This data...
An Update to State Policy Initiatives to Reduce Teen and Adult Nonmarital Childbearing
From The Urban Institute: A 50-state survey of state policies and programs to discourage teen and nonmarital childbearing conducted by Child Trends in 2001 analyzes changes since the 1999 and 1997 surveys. State efforts to prevent teen pregnancy and early...
Public and Private Agencies Need to Manage for Results, Not Just Measure Them
From The Urban Institute: Harry Hatry, a national expert on performance measurement, provides examples of nonprofit and government agencies that have installed and used systematic processes to regularly monitor and improve the quality of their services to the public. Service...
Election 2004: Marriage and Family
From The Urban Institute: Marriage is a topic that has both united and divided Americans in 2004. While the Healthy Marriage proposal ("to encourage the formation and maintenance of healthy two parent married families and responsible fatherhood") languishes in the...
Service Delivery and Institutional Linkages
From MDRC: Describing the initial experiences of 15 Employment Retention and Advancement programs in 8 states, this report emphasizes implementation issues and focuses on connections among the agencies and institutions that deliver retention and advancement services to low-income workers and...
Participating in a Place-Based Employment Initiative
From MDRC: From the Jobs-Plus Initiative, this report describes efforts to build participation among public housing residents in a program that offers services and financial incentives designed to promote work. Read more from this post....
Scaling Up First Things First
From MDRC: Based on survey data and findings from interviews and observations, this report describes the First Things First reform initiative and its first year of implementation at seven secondary schools, with a focus on three key components: small learning...
The Effects of Marriage and Divorce on Families and Children
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Housing Assistance and the Effects of Welfare Reform
From MDRC: Using data from two random assignment welfare reform experiments, this report contributes insights to efforts to foster economic self-sufficiency in both the assisted housing and the welfare policy arenas. Read more from this post....
Building Bridges to Self-Sufficiency
From MDRC: A collaboration of MDRC and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, this report explores how best to improve job stability and career advancement of low-wage earners and increase their household income. Read more from this post....
Welfare Reform in Miami
From MDRC: Welfare caseloads fell, employment increased, and social conditions generally improved in Miami-Dade County after the 1996 federal welfare reform law was passed, but the county's welfare-to-work work program was poorly implemented and unusually harsh. Read more from this...
The Talent Development High School Model
From MDRC: An examination of the implementation and early impacts of Talent Development, a whole-school reform initiative, found that the model produced substantial gains in ninth-grade students' course completion and promotion rates. Read more from this post....
Conducting Classroom Observations in First Things First Schools
From MDRC: Relying on 427 classroom observations conducted over a three-year period, this study traces changes in teachers' instructional practices in the First Things First schools. Read more from this post....
High School Reform Conference Series
From MDRC: How can evidence-based research help improve low-performing high schools? This report summarizes the first in a series of conferences designed to bring together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to address that question. Read more from this post....
Married and Poor
From MDRC: Using recent surveys and published reports, this working paper assembles a portrait of the attitudes and behaviors of disadvantaged married couples. It gathers and assesses descriptive statistics on the formation and stability, characteristics, and quality of marriages in...
Implementing Financial Work Incentives in Public Housing
From MDRC: In a study of rent-based incentives plans designed to help make work pay for public housing residents, the use of incentives was substantial and boosted household income, but it varied widely across sites, reflecting differences in implementation efforts....
Mobilizing Resident Networks in Public Housing
From MDRC: The "community support for work" component of Jobs-Plus relies on outreach workers from public housing developments to help extend Jobs-Plus's reach in public housing communities. Read more from this post....
September 05, 2004
Number of Americans Without Insurance Reaches Highest Level on Record
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Census Data Show Poverty Increased, Income Stagnated, and the Number of Uninsured Rose to a Record Level In 2003
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Will Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Coverage Improve Significantly in 2004?
From Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Isaac Shapiro, Robert Greenstein, and Leighton Ku Read more from this post....
An Uneven Recovery: New Government Data Show Corporate Profits Enjoying Unusually Large Gains, While Workers' Incomes Lag Behind
From Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: David Kamin and Isaac Shapiro Read more from this post....
Side-by-Side Comparisons of Child Support Provisions in Recent TANF Reauthorization Proposals
From Center for Law and Social Policy: This chart summarizes child support provisions in current Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) law and recent TANF reauthorization bills in the House and Senate. Read more from this post....
CLASP Audio Conference Transcript: Disconnected Youth: Educational Pathways to Reconnection (July 9, 2004).
From Center for Law and Social Policy: CLASP Senior Policy Analyst Linda Harris moderates a discussion about innovative ideas for reconnecting at-risk youth to education with Rob Ivry, Senior Vice President at MDRC; Laurel Dukehart, Manager of the Gateway to...
State-by-State WIA Program Participation Data--Program Year 2002
From Center for Law and Social Policy: States were required to begin implementation of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) by July 2000 and have been continuously developing their programs since that time. Under the Act and associated regulations, states are...
High-Wire Act: Balancing Families and Jobs at Precarious Points
From Center for Law and Social Policy: This report, prepared by Levin-Epstein during an Ian Axford Fellowship in New Zealand, examines two work-leave policies: parental leave and sick days' leave. It considers the implications of these policies, particularly for low-income...
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: Would Poor Couples With Children Be Better Off Economically If They Married?
From Center for Law and Social Policy: Policymakers and researchers alike are debating whether marriage might be an anti-poverty strategy for families with children. Some believe that if more parents married, there would be a substantial decrease in poverty. Others...
Where the Funds Are: Potential Use of Child Support Funds for Transitional Jobs Programs
From Center for Law and Social Policy: Transitional jobs programs combine subsidized employment, skill development, and support services to help participants overcome substantial barriers to employment. This policy brief focuses on the ways in which states can leverage portions of...