Generation later, poor are still rare at elite colleges, By Richard Pérez-Peña, August 25, 2014, New York Times: “As the shaded quadrangles of the nation’s elite campuses stir to life for the start of the academic year, they remain bastions of privilege. Amid promises to admit more poor students, top colleges educate roughly the same percentage of them as they did a generation ago. This is despite the fact that there are many high school seniors from low-income homes with top grades and scores: twice the percentage in the general population as at elite colleges…”
Day: August 26, 2014
Child Welfare System – Colorado
Colorado needs 574 more child-welfare caseworkers, study finds, By Christopher N. Osher, August 25, 2014, Denver Post: “Colorado’s child-protection system is overburdened and may need 574 more caseworkers — a 49 percent increase — to handle the work, according to a state study released Monday. The study also recommended the hiring of 122 new supervisors. In total, there are an estimated 1,800 county child-protection workers, supervisors and support staff in Colorado…”
SNAP Grants
USDA announces $200M in grants for food stamps, By Christopher Doering, August 25, 2014, Des Moines Register: “The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that it would provide up to $200 million in grants to states to implement programs that help people receiving food stamps find jobs or increase their earnings. The USDA said the grants would provide funding for up to 10 pilot projects to test a variety of methods to enhance employability, increase the earnings of food stamp work recipients and help people transition from the program…”