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Articles in April, 2005 issue of Economic Opportunity Report

• Support builds among lawmakers for continuing CSBG funding in FY06.(Community Services Block Grant)
• Head Start group charges HHS with trying to discredit program grantees.
• Head Start Hispanic service.(Funding Opportunities)
• Bill offered to raise minimum wage, give tax relief to small businesses.
• HOPE VI.(Federal Register)
• Public Housing Operations.(Federal Register)
• Low-income programs would suffer more under House budget plan.
• Internet used to dispense Head Start information from both HHS, NHSA.(Department of Health and Human Services., National Head Start Association)(Brief Article)
• Head Start in the hot seat.(Slants & Trends)
• Food stamps.(Federal Register)
• Poverty rate for immigrant youngsters triple that for native-born children.(Brief Article)
• Administration renews call for more ability to drop Head Start grantees.
• SSI bill.(Supplemental Security Income)(Brief Article)
• Liu departing HUD.(Department of Housing and Urban Development)(Brief Article)
• Effective parenting.(Brief Article)
• Health center grants.(Brief Article)
• Community Action 'Promise'.
• Children left behind?(Slants & Trends)(No Child Left Behind Act of 2001)(Brief Article)
• Community food and nutrition.(Funding Opportunities)(Public Notice)
• Head Start tribal partnerships.(Funding Opportunities)(Public Notice)
• Head Start fiscal management is focus of congressional hearings.
• Tech-Prep Awards.(Funding Opportunities; Tech-Prep Demonstration Program)(Brief Article)
• Early Head Start.(Federal Register)(Brief Article)
• Income eligibility.(Federal Register)(Brief Article)
• Country of many languages.(Brief Article)
• CSBG grants.(Funding Opportunities)(Public Notice)
• WIA Demonstration Grants.(Funding Opportunities)(Workforce Investment Act )(Brief Article)
• WIA allotments.(Federal Register; Workforce Investment Act)
• Hispanic-serving institutions.(Brief Article)
• Calendar.(Calendar)
• Family literacy grants.(Brief Article)
• Poverty-level families continue to owe income taxes in many states.
• CAAs help with tax credits for those eligible for Earned Income Tax Credit.(Community Action Agencies)(Brief Article)
• Key House lawmakers call for GAO report on CSBG management.(General Accountability Office., Community Services Block Grant program.)
• Kindergarten in N.H.(Brief Article)
• Simon nominated at ED.(education department)(Brief Article)
• HUD approves bond deal.(Brief Article)
• Deported SSA beneficiaries.(Federal Register)(Social Security Administration )(Brief Article)
• Child welfare initiative.(Paul G. Allen Family Foundation )(Brief Article)
• Anti-terrorism grants available to CAAs.(Community Action Agencies)(Brief Article)
• 'Hybrid' pre-K programs may give low-income families best option.
• Earnings of college graduates greatly outpace those of high school grads.(Brief Article)
• Smaller learning communities.(Funding Opportunities)(Supplemental Reading Program Research Evaluation)(Brief Article)
• Public housing job services program raises earnings across the board.
• Head Start & Historically Black Colleges.(Funding Opportunities)
• Calendar.
• WIA & One-Stop.(Funding Opportunities)(Workforce Investment Act )(Brief Article)
• Computers, support services.(Brief Article)
• House TANF measure would not give parents needed child care, panel told.(temporary assistance for needy families )(Brief Article)
• New HHS staff.(recruitment at Department of Health and Human Services)(Brief Article)
• NLIHC on the move.(National Low Income Housing Coalition )(Brief Article)
• FRAC urges federal government to bring 'MyPyramid' to the poor.(Food Research and Action Center)(Brief Article)
• Bipartisan Senate, House legislation would fight chronic homelessness.