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Shannon Hardin earns $10.90 an hour at her part-time job.  “I can’t live on this,” she said. “It’s almost impossible.” -Sandy Huffaker for The New York Times- The widening use of part-timers has been a bane to many workers, pushing many into poverty and forcing some onto food stamps and Medicaid.  And with work schedules that change week to week, workers can find it hard to arrange child care, attend college or hold a second job, according to interviews with more than 40 part-time workers. In in two leading industries — retailing and hospitality — the number of part-timers who would prefer to work full-time has jumped to 3.1 million, or two-and-a-half times the 2006 level, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In retailing alone, nearly 30 percent of part-timers want full-time jobs, up from 10.6 percent in 2006. The agency found that in the retail and wholesale sector, which includes hundreds of thousands of small stores that rely heavily on full-time workers, ab

PathWays PA Weekly Newsletter   JOIN OUR MAILING LIST IN THIS NEWSLETTER Release of the 2012-2013 Standard Would you pay $.10? Support Pregnant Women! Human Trafficking WebEx Twitter Parade Starts Today! Volunteers Needed! Donate Blood SIGN UP-United Way Holiday Network SIGN-UP Human Trafficking Webinar Literacy Coalition Event JOIN PATHWAYS PA TO CELEBRATE OUR 34TH ANNIVERSARY!. Adult Education Classes JOIN OUR ONLINE COMMUNITY IN THE NEWS October 11, 2012 - PathWaysPA releases 2012-2012 Self-Sufficiency Report "Overlooked and Undercounted"   October 17, 2012 Study: 1 in 4 Pennsylvania households struggle to make ends meet  Read More    October 18, 2012 25 percent of Pa. households below poverty standard Read More   PURCHASE ITEMS FROM THE PATHWAYS PA ART SHOW These items and more are available for sale, with all proceeds benefiting PathWays PA! For more information and to make your purchase, visit 

Available to answer calls from anywhere in the country,  24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year. Members of the Penn State DuBois Diversity Committee, in conjunction with the Student Life Office, organized programs in "The Stackpole Hall Diversity Series" this week to help inform the campus community of the global crisis surrounding human trafficking. According to the Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking, an estimated 2.5 million people are in forced labor, including sexual exploitation, at any given time as a result of human trafficking. Pennsylvania is one of few states in the country with no specific laws regulating human sex trafficking, which is also an issue of overwhelming proportions around the country. Read the Full Story

PathWays PA Releases "Overlooked and Undercounted" The 2012-2013 Self-Sufficiency Standard Wednesday, November 28, 2012 from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM United Way, 1709 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia RSVP Here Come and Join us! Hope to see you there!

HELP Vote for Homes! ON ELECTION DAY! The Vote for Homes! Coalition is a nonpartisan coalition registering thousands of people who are living on low incomes, including those who are homeless, living with disabilities, or are formerly incarcerated. Drivers and Assistants for Election Day are needed.  Volunteers must come through a training to help transport voters and give voter ID information. Voter Mobilization Trainings (pick one): Thursday, October 25, 2:30-4:30 pm (Snacks) or 5:30-7:30 pm (Pizza) Sunday, October 28, 2-4 pm (Snacks) Monday, October 29, 5:30-7:30 pm (Pizza) Friday, November 2, 1:30-3:30 pm (Snacks) Trainings are held at 1515 Fairmount Ave., Phila. PA 19130. RSVP at: www.voteforhomes.org  Call if you need help with transportation! HELP PITCH IN BEFORE ELECTION DAY!

The 2012 nationwide Mary Kay Truth About Abuse Survey showed that "8 out of 10 domestic violence shelters nationwide reported an increase in women seeking help." The economy has had an effect. Not only is demand up while "funding, services and prevention efforts are down," but the survey went on to report that "74 percent of women stayed with an abuser longer for economic reasons, [and] 58 percent of shelters reported that the abuse is more violent now than before the economic downturn." Read More If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).

PathWays PA Newsletter   JOIN OUR MAILING LIST JOIN OUR ONLINE COMMUNITY IN THIS NEWSLETTER Release of the 2012-2013 Standard LIHEAP Application Online Human Trafficking Bill Sent to Governor Shared-Work Program comes to PA FREE Business Workshop Lost GA-PA Cares for ALL SURVEY SIGN-UP Human Trafficking Webinar LITERACY COALITION EVENT JOIN PATHWAYS PA TO CELEBRATE OUR 34TH ANNIVERSARY!. ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES IN THE NEWS October 11, 2012 - PathWaysPA releases 2012-2012 Self-Sufficiency Report "Overlooked and Undercounted"   October 17, 2012 Study: 1 in 4 Pennsylvania households struggle to make ends meet  Read More    October 18, 2012 25 percent of Pa. households below poverty standard Read More   PURCHASE ITEMS FROM THE PATHWAYS PA ART SHOW These items and more are available for sale, with all proceeds benefiting PathWays PA! For more information and to make your purchase, visit  www.pathwayspa.org