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Evaluation Spotlight: Staying After School in College
Lessons from a university certificate program for after-school staff. 01 Oct 2008 by Erika Fitzpatrick In a mostly glowing initial review of a certificate program for after-school workers in New York City lies a dash of cold reality: the need for pathways of advancement for…
Author: YouthToday
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N.J. and feds tangle in court over kids' health care rules
by ROBERT SCHWANEBERG A U.S. District Court judge heard arguments yesterday on whether a federal agency acted unlawfully when it told New Jersey to restrict its program for providing health insurance to children in lower-income families. If enforced, the so-called “August 17 directive” – outlined…
Author: The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey)
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U.S. Education Budget Roiled by Financial Crisis
by Alyson Klein The result of the presidential election will likely help determine how much money education programs receive in the 2009 federal fiscal year, which begins this week. But a multi-billion-dollar federal plan to assist the financial markets may leave the next president with…
Author: Education Week
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Study reveals children's risk of poverty
CHILDREN who grow up in households where their parents are poorly educated or not in the labour force are at greater risk of poverty, a report has shown. The study, published today by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), also indicates that lone parents…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Violations Reported at 94% of Nursing Homes
by ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON – More than 90 percent of nursing homes were cited for violations of federal health and safety standards last year, and for-profit homes were more likely to have problems than other types of nursing homes, federal investigators say in a report…
Author: The New York Times
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Medical cards for over-70s 'are being reviewed'
HEALTH Minister Mary Harney confirmed yesterday that the over-70s’ automatic entitlement to a medical card is under review and health spending increases for next year will be “negligible”. The minister said she was not “ruling anything in or ruling anything out” on medical cards. Meetings…
Author: The Irish Times
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Among Poor Families, Greater Work Effort Associated With Better Child Outcomes
Greater work effort by poor families is associated with better child outcomes, according to new Child Trends analyses of the Survey of Income and Program Participation. The Well-Being of Children in Working Poor and Other Families: 1997 and 2004 finds: • Between 1997 and 2004,…
Author: ChildTrends
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Choosing Long-Term Care: Advice From an Expert
by Jane Gross For many of us, elderly parents and adult children alike, nothing is more complicated or consequential than understanding the differences between the many available permutations of long-term care, choosing which is most appropriate for our families and figuring out how to pay…
Author: The New York Times (The New Old Age Blog)
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Choosing Long-Term Care: Advice From an Expert
Original Source By Jane Gross For many of us, elderly parents and adult children alike, nothing is more complicated or consequential than understanding the differences between the many available permutations of long-term care, choosing which is most appropriate for our families and figuring out how…
Author: The New York Times
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Employers learning gray matters
by Betty Beard More employers now realize they need to recruit and retrain older workers — especially Baby Boomers. But many aren’t sure how to go about that. And at the same time, mature applicants are seeking jobs in drastically changed workplaces that have gone…
Author: The Arizona Republic