Achieving Economic Self-Sufficiency Through Housing Assistance: An Assessment of a Self-Sufficiency Program of the Housing Authority of Champaign County,Illinois

ABSTRACT

This study examines the early impact of a Local Self-Sufficiency (LSS) program of the Housing Authority of Champaign County (HACC), Illinois, on recipients’ total annual household income and earnings, and employment. In 2013, HACC, through LSS, mandated work requirements for households with working-age, able-bodied adult members and imposed sanctions on those who did not meet the program requirements. We find that, between 2012 and 2014, the LSS program led to an average increase of $2,283 in earnings for an individual household. In aggregate, this allowed HACC to serve an additional 98 (9%) LSS-eligible households for a year. Also, LSS-eligible households experienced an increase in the employment–adult ratio by 11.6 percentage points. The LSS program also had a larger impact for more economically disadvantaged households with no prior work history.     

Knowledge of the Earthquake and School Education in the Perspective of Active Citizenship

This paper presents part of a larger research on the consequences of an earthquake on the scholastic life of children aged 3-11. In May, schools abruptly closed due to the earthquake in Emilia Romagna and Lombardy （Italy）. Children and teachers fled from them, leaving school backpacks and books in the classrooms. Daily life was disrupted and the community gathered in tents set up by civil defence. Immigrant families returned to their countries of origin or shared life in the tent cities. The focus of theoretical sources of the research considers mainly： the vulnerability of the persons concerned; measures for risk reduction; environmental sustainability; community resilience; controversial human development between freedom of the person and economic globalisation. From methodological point of view, the interviews with teachers, school rectors, and citizens revealed the impact of the earthquake on community identity. Unexpected human solidarity and local responsible participation were part of the new educational plan of reconstruction based on hope, active citizenship, and historical memory.     

公安机关维护社会稳定的目标要求与实现路径

公安机关是社会管理和维护稳定的专门力量。在维护社会稳定的工作中应当将＂最大限度激发社会活力,最大限度增加和谐因素,最大限度减少不和谐因素＂作为当前和今后工作的总要求和具体目标,科学理解和准确把握其深刻内涵,坚持公安工作的群众路线,坚持依法维护群众的根本利益,坚持正确处理新时期各种矛盾和问题,努力促进社会和谐稳定。     

侵权责任法不可抗力适用规则研究——兼评《侵权责任法》第29条

不可抗力免责是指因不可抗力造成的损害不承担责任,不可抗力一般不能免除其他致害原因产生的责任。不可抗力免责源于其欠缺主体性,无可归责之主体,因此仅可成为损害之事实原因,不具备法律上的原因力,侵权责任构成要件欠缺因果关系。但在由不可抗力引发侵权行为致害、以不可抗力为故意侵权行为之手段以及因过失行为增加不可抗力致害的机会或可能性等情形下,不可抗力实则已成为"侵权行为"这一侵权责任构成要件的组成要素之一,使其具备了可归责性,具备了法律上因果关系的原因力,因此不可抗力不能免责。     

论招录体制改革试点班教学质量评估

公安院校招录体制改革以贴近实战为目标,注重学员核心能力的培养。为了提高公安院校招录体制改革试点班的教育质量,检验其是否达到培养目标,需要对其教学质量进行评估。通过评估,改革培养方案、课程设置、教学方法,不断提高培养质量。     

论美国政府绩效评估中的公众意志表达--以三项调查为基础

本文以王小虎1996年进行的有关地方官员对绩效指标的认识倾向性的调查、美国会计标准委员会2000～2001年进行的有关公民对州与地方政府绩效报告的看法的调查和2002年进行的有关州和地方政府绩效评估实践的调查为基础,考察了美国政府绩效评估中的公众意志表达问题,认为在实践中,公众意志不过是赋予政府行为合法性的一种点缀,或者说是行政机构采取的一种政治应对策略.     

监狱管理创新的过程逻辑范式及解读

创新对于监狱来说,有着重要的现实意义。社会转型期的大背景和以网络为主的传播革命的推动．决定了创新必须在监狱内部圈层内导入新的元素和要义,以更好地回应社会的期待和诉求。构建一个监狱管理创新的过程逻辑范式,对其内在机理进行全卷式的研究,以此更好地推动监狱管理创新工作向纵深开展,便是本文的目的所在。     

公益行政诉讼及其在我国的构建

本文主张在本次修订《行政诉讼法》中引入公益行政诉讼制度,与以保护公民、法人和其他组织合法权益为宗旨的现行制度并行设置,划分为针对规范性行政规则和针对客观性行政决定两大类。我国现行《行政诉讼法》受到民事诉讼的极大影响,本文认为作为公法制度的行政诉讼需要独立的公法诉讼理论。参考大陆法系国家的主观诉讼和客观诉讼及其诉权理论,本文对行政公益诉讼及其嵌入式制度进行了分析。     

MFB式有源双调滤波电路

针对一阶有源滤波器APF中存在的不足,提出了一种基于MFB的有源双调滤波器设计方法,避免了Q与BW之间的矛盾。详细分析了MFB带通滤波器的传递函数及电路参数选择。     

就业歧视的成因分析及对策研究

就业歧视问题在我国的人才市场中较为突出。端正用人观念, 消除体制性障碍, 建立反就业歧视的法律法规, 保障就业者的平等权利势在必行。