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Ideas that Work is a series of issue briefs designed to provide practical and innovative technical assistance to the local practitioners who are implementing Welfare-to-Work grants. Anticipated topic areas include recruitment, job retention and labor force attachment, and serving families with multiple barriers to self-sufficiency. The ideas presented in this series are intended to spark innovation and to encourage peer networking. It is available on line at http://wtw.doleta.gov/ideasthat work/pub/issue4.htm

The Change Agent: Adult Education for Social Justice: News, Issues and Ideas is a twice-yearly newspaper published by the New England Literacy Resource Center. Some of the articles included are: Salaries, Benefits, and Working Conditions in the ABE Field; What is Your Idea of a Good Job?; Equipping Workers for the Future; and Fences and Fears in the Changing Workplace. It is available on line at http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent/