Delivering Family Literacy in the Context of Welfare Reform: Lessons Learned.

Autor/inn/en	Alamprese, Judith A.; Voight, Janet D.
Institution	National Center for Family Literacy, Louisville, KY.
Titel	Delivering Family Literacy in the Context of Welfare Reform: Lessons Learned.
Quelle	(1998), (82 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Family Literacy; Low Income Groups; Pilot Projects; Program Evaluation; Welfare Recipients; Welfare Reform + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin
Abstract	The advent of welfare reform in the United States has provided new challenges in preparing adults to become economically self-sufficient. As one response to this challenge, the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) in Louisville, Kentucky began the Family Independence Initiative in 1997 to promote family literacy as one solution for assisting families in reaching self-sufficiency. The NCFL has undertaken a 3-year project to design, establish, and evaluate pilot programs that will be used as models for family literacy programs serving welfare recipients. Working with five pilot family literacy programs, (in Canton, Ohio; McCormick, South Carolina; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Eau Claire, Wisconsin; and Rochester, New York) the NCFL's purpose was to understand the factors that influence programs' capacity to serve welfare recipients and to document the processes programs used in adapting their services. Case studies were conducted on the pilot programs to analyze the ways in which these family literacy programs were working with local welfare offices. In adjusting their services, welfare recipients could continue their participation in family literacy programs while meeting the new requirements. Along with an analysis on the five cases, included is a cross-case analysis of the activities that these sites have undertaken in adapting their services to welfare reform requirements. (NKA)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC