Brighter Futures Initiative of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; Perceptions of Residents to be served by Family CentersResidents living in the seven communities to be served by Family Centers supported by the Brighter Futures Initiative of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving were surveyed in March, 2002. A total of 1,208 residents were interviewed from households where at least one child eight years old or younger was living.
Based on the success of the original Brighter Futures Initiative and the continuing needs of Hartford children, the Foundation, in 2000, committed an additional $15 million over the next 10 years to finance projects and system-wide reform efforts that support young children and their families.
To achieve its goals, the Brighter Futures Initiative focuses on four areas: family support and parent education, child care and early childhood education, child and maternal health, and the early grades of school.
Family Centers, in partnership with community agencies, provide community-based programs for children and families in seven Hartford neighborhoods. These programs support parents in their own growth and development, their understanding of their child's development, and help families prepare their children for school success. Published by Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
; Publication Date: April 2002 Document
Link: /issues/wsd/familiesandchildren/brighter_futures.pdf
Coordination of Adult Literacy Programs: Findings and RecommendationsThe Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee voted in April 2006 to conduct a study of the coordination of adult literacy programs. The study focused on: a) examining how adult literacy services are funded, delivered, and overseen in Connecticut; b) determined if the state’s current system for providing adult literacy programs is efficient and effective and, c) what, if any, improvements in coordination are needed. This document includes the findings and recommendations resulting from the study. Published by Connecticut General Assembly, Legislative Program Review & Investigations Committee Connecticut General Assembly, Legislative Program Review & Investigations Committee
; Publication Date: December 14, 2006 Document
Link: /Issues/wsd/Literacy/wsd_091906.asp
Coordination of Adult Literacy Programs: Key Findings and RecommendationsThe Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee voted in April 2006 to conduct a study of the coordination of adult literacy programs. The study focused on: a) examining how adult literacy services are funded, delivered, and overseen in Connecticut; b) determined if the state’s current system for providing adult literacy programs is efficient and effective and, c) what, if any, improvements in coordination are needed. This document reports the key findings and recommendations resulting from the study. (PDF document, 5 pages) Published by Connecticut General Assembly, Legislative Program Review & Investigations Committee Connecticut General Assembly, Legislative Program Review & Investigations Committee
; Publication Date: December 14, 2006 Document
Link: /Issues/wsd/Literacy/wsd_091906.asp
Coordination of Adult Literacy Programs: Scope of StudyThe Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee voted in April 2006 to conduct a study of the coordination of adult literacy programs. The study focused on: a) examining how adult literacy services are funded, delivered, and overseen in Connecticut; b) determined if the state’s current system for providing adult literacy programs is efficient and effective and, c) what, if any, improvements in coordination are needed. This document outlines the scope of the study. (PDF document, 2 pages) Published by Connecticut General Assembly, Legislative Program Review & Investigations Committee Connecticut General Assembly, Legislative Program Review & Investigations Committee
; Publication Date: April 27, 2006 Document
Link: /Issues/wsd/Literacy/wsd_091906.asp
Coordination of Adult Literacy Programs: Staff BriefingThe Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee voted in April 2006 to conduct a study of the coordination of adult literacy programs. The study focused on: a) examining how adult literacy services are funded, delivered, and overseen in Connecticut; b) determined if the state’s current system for providing adult literacy programs is efficient and effective and, c) what, if any, improvements in coordination are needed. This report provides background information developed by the committee staff to date on the types of literacy services available to adults in Connecticut, who provides them, and who receives them. (PDF document, 53 pages) Published by Connecticut General Assembly, Legislative Program Review & Investigations Committee Connecticut General Assembly, Legislative Program Review & Investigations Committee
; Publication Date: September 19, 2006 Document
Link: /Issues/wsd/Literacy/wsd_091906.asp
Coordination of Adult Literacy Programs: Staff Briefing AppendiciesThe Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee voted in April 2006 to conduct a study of the coordination of adult literacy programs. The study focused on: a) examining how adult literacy services are funded, delivered, and overseen in Connecticut; b) determined if the state’s current system for providing adult literacy programs is efficient and effective and, c) what, if any, improvements in coordination are needed. This document includes the appendicies to the Staff Briefing Report. (PDF document, 32 pages) Published by Connecticut General Assembly, Legislative Program Review & Investigations Committee Connecticut General Assembly, Legislative Program Review & Investigations Committee
; Publication Date: September 19, 2006 Document
Link: /Issues/wsd/Literacy/wsd_091906.asp
Coordination of Adult Literacy Programs: Briefing Key PointsThe Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee voted in April 2006 to conduct a study of the coordination of adult literacy programs. The study focused on: a) examining how adult literacy services are funded, delivered, and overseen in Connecticut; b) determined if the state’s current system for providing adult literacy programs is efficient and effective and, c) what, if any, improvements in coordination are needed. This document summarizes the background information provided in the Staff Briefing (PDF document, 3 pages) Published by Connecticut General Assembly, Legislative Program Review & Investigations Committee Connecticut General Assembly, Legislative Program Review & Investigations Committee
; Publication Date: September 19, 2006 Document
Link: /Issues/wsd/Literacy/wsd_091906.asp
Greater Hartford Literacy CouncilThe Greater Hartford Literacy Council is a non-profit program formed in January 2001 as an outgrowth of recommendations made by the City of Hartford Task Force on Adult Literacy in 2000. Responding to the call for a coordinating council for literacy were the founding partners: the City of Hartford, Hartford Public Schools, Capital Workforce Partners and the Hartford Public Library. These sponsors are major stakeholders in the delivery of literacy-related services in Hartford and the Greater Hartford region and play an integral role as an advisory team to the Literacy Council. Published by Greater Hartford Literacy Council Greater Hartford Literacy Council
; Publication Date: January 2001 Document
Link: /Issues/wsd/Literacy/wsd_01_2001.aspRelated Link(s):Hartford Public Library
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Capitol Workforce Partners
New NeighborsThe Urban Institute has published The New Neighbors, a guidebook to federal and local administrative data about immigration. This guidebook was designed by Urban Institute researchers, in consultation with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, to help policy makers, program implementers, and advocates use U.S. Census and other data sources to identify immigrant populations in their communities--their characteristics, their contributions, and their needs. The guidebook discusses national trends in immigration and addresses public policy questions that can be analyzed using these data. It provides users with advice on how to identify immigrants in the data and cautions them on data limitations. The guidebook also includes an analysis of the immigrant population in Providence, Rhode Island, by way of example. Download this PDF document (2.5 mb) Published by The Urban Institute The Urban Institute
; Publication Date: August 2003 Document
Link: /issues/wsd/people/the_new_neighbors.pdfRelated Link(s):Annie E. Casey Foundation: Making Connections
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The Providence Plan
Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in AmericaA descriptive survey of national trends in adult literary reading. Based on a sample size of more than 17,000 adults, it covers most major demographic groups - providing statistical measurements by age, gender, education, income, region, race, and ethnicity.
The results of the survey show that literary reading in America is not only declining rapidly among all groups, but the rate of decline has accelerated, especially among the young. The concerned citizen in search of good news about American literary culture will study the pages of this report in vain. Published by National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts
; Publication Date: June 2004 Document
Link: /Issues/wsd/Education/wsd_06_2004.aspRelated Link(s):Take Action for Literacy: The Status of Literacy in Greater Hartford
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Workforce and Literacy Profile
