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ERIC ED466926: Education and Job Training Build Strong Families. Fa... |
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A summary of recent research shows that more than 11.5 |
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million children lived in poverty in 2001 and likely will |
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experience long-term negative effects of poverty, such as |
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dropping out of high school, compromised physical growth |
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and cognitive development, and reduced physical and |
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psychological well-being as an adult. Improving the home |
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life of children begins with expanding the opportunities |
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and skills of the parents. The research shows that job |
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training and education are fundamental to reducing |
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poverty. The research shows that, while work is often the |
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means by which women exit welfare, education helps them |
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attain self-sufficiency. Attacking poverty by lifting the |
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family's income level through education results in |
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positive effects in parenting and children's school |
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achievement and literacy. Recommendations for welfare |
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policy improvement include the following: (1) remove the |
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current arbitrary 12-month limit for vocational training; |
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(2) eliminate the 30 percent cap on the number of |
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recipients who can count education and training |
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activities as work; and (3) broaden the definition of |
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work to include elementary and secondary education, as |
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well as literacy education, high school equivalency |
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programs, and higher education. (Contains 31 references.) |
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Date Published: 2016-01-14 07:16:05 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED466926 |
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Item Size: 10478591 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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