(continued from State Partners)
Master List of Issue Reports
Comprehensive Review of Working Families and State Policies
From The Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (Kentucky)
From Nebraska Appleseed
From the Center for Public Policy Priorities (Texas)
Texas in Boom: Did the Growth Help Working Families Get Ahead? (December 2009)
From Nebraska Appleseed
Eight Winning Strategies to Build Good Jobs, Skilled Workers and Strong Families (October 2009)
From Pathways PA
Pennsylvania at a Glance (April 2009)
From the job opportunities task force
From the chicago jobs council and illinois works for the future
Strengthening Illinois’ Economy Through Investments In Workforce Education And Training (March 2009)
From the maine center on economic policy
Getting to the Middle: Perscriptions for Maine's Working Famlies (September 2008)
From the Center on Wisconsin Strategy
Skilled Workers, Quality Jobs: Meeting the Needs of Wisconsin’s Workers and Businesses (April 2008)
From the north carolina budget and tax center
Making Ends Meet on Low Wages (March 2008)
From the Arkansas Southern Good Faith Fund
From the Michigan League for Human Services
Working for a Living In Michigan: More Economic Distress for Working Families (June 2007)
From the Seattle Jobs Initiative
The Status of Working Poor Families in Washington: An Update (March 2007)
From the Center for Public Policy Priorities (Texas)
Moving Forward, Common Sense Policies to Promote Prosperity for Working Texans (September 2006)
From the Colorado Bell Policy Center
Blueprint for Opportunity (August 2006)
From the New York Center for an Urban Future
More Hard Times for New York Working Families (March 2006)
From the California Budget Project
California’s EDGE: Keeping California Competitive, Creating Opportunity (2006)
From the Colorado Bell Policy Center
Opportunity Lost, A One Year Update (June 2005)
From the Michigan League for Human Services
Michigan’s Growing Low-Wage Labor Force (June 2005)
Education and Training:
Postsecondary
From the Michigan League for Human Services
Pulling the Plug on Michigan's Future (August 2010)
From PathWaysPA
Pennsylvania's Workforce: The Role of Community Colleges (June 2010)
From The Center on Wisconsin Strategy
From the Center for Public Policy Priorities (TX)
Turning Community College Dropouts Into Graduates (April 2010)
From DC Appleseed
Building a Strong, Independent DC Community College (November 2009)
From the Connecticut Association for Human Services
From the Indiana Institute for Working Families
Investing in Indiana's Adult Workers: Increasing Financial Aid Opportunities (June 2009)
From the Washington Seattle Jobs Initiative
From the Center on Wisconsin Strategy
Greening Wisconsin's Workforce: Training, Recovery, and the Clean Energy Economy (April 2009)
From PathWays PA
Ready to Compete? Pennsylvania's Community Colleges - Part 1: Affordability (April 2009)
From the maine center for economic policy
Maximizing Maine’s Educational Investments, Optimizing Results (February 2009)
From the connecticut association for human services
Connecticut’s Community Colleges: Strengthening Our Workforce Policy Brief #1
Access: Opening Doors to More Adult Learners (February 2009)
From The Center for Public Policy Priorities (Texas)
Inadequate Financial Aid for Higher Education Puts Brakes on Opportunity (December 2008)
From the michigan league for human services
Importance of Postsecondary Education Increases While Financial Aid Eludes Many (September 2008)
From the north carolina budget and tax center
The Ghost in the Machine: The Student Credit Hour Funding Model & UNC Enrollment Growth (July 2008)
From the north carolina budget and tax center
From Community Research Partners
Ohio Stackable Credentials: Models for Success (February 2008)
From arkansas southern good faith fund
From Natural Gas to College Degrees: The Arkansas Promise Trust Fund (January 2008)
From the Maryland Job Opportunities task force
From the MASSACHUSETTS Crittenton Women's Union
From the Schulyer Center for Analysis and Advocacy and the New York Center for an Urban Future
From the Center on Wisconsin Strategy
From the Center on Wisconsin Strategy
Strengthening Ties Between Working Adults & Local Economies (March 2007)
From the Arkansas Southern Good Faith Fund
An Arkansas Higher Education Trust Fund (December 2006)
From the North Carolina Budget and Tax Center
An Educational Mismatch (September 2006)
From the North Carolina Budget and Tax Center
Rebuilding North Carolina’s Worker Training Trust Fund (August 2006)
From the Arkansas Southern Good Faith Fund
Expanding Access to College in Arkansas: A 529 College Savings Plan (January 2006)
From the Colorado Bell Policy Center
Access to Education and Training for Adults (2005)
From the Maryland Job Opportunities Task Force
From the Colorado Bell Policy Center
Exploring Colorado’s Educational Pipeline (August 2005)
Adult Education
From the Michigan League for Human Services
Good Ideas Are Not Enough: Michigan?s Adult Learning System Needs More State Funding (May 2010)
From Center for an Urban Future and Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
An Action Agenda for ESOL (March 2010)
from the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
from the Mississippi Economic Policy Center
Adult Education: Gateway to a More Competitive Workforce (September 2009)
from the Center for an Urban Future and Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
Central New York's New Workforce (April 2009)
from the Indiana institute for working families
From the Michigan League for Human Services
From the New York Center for an Urban Future
Lost in Translation (November 2006)
From the Center on Wisconsin Strategy
Back to Basics, Strengthening Adult Basic Education in Wisconsin (November 2006)
From the Arkansas Southern Good Faith Fund
The Next Frontier in Adult Education (December 2005)
From the Chicago Jobs Council
Bridges to Careers for Low-Skilled Adults (October 2005)
From the Michigan League for Human Services
TANF and WIA
from Community Research Partners
Help Wanted: A Lead State Workforce Official (April 2010)
from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
Strategies Georgia Can Use to Reduce Rising Poverty (August 2009)
from community research partners
Filling Ohio's Workforce Training Gap (April 2009)
from community research partners
Leave No Worker or Training Dollar Behind (August 2008)
From the Indiana Institute for Working Families
From the Seattle Jobs Initiative
From the Center for Public Policy Priorities (Texas)
A New Welfare-to-Work Approach for Texas (February 2007)
From the Chicago Jobs Council
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Illinois' Workforce Development System (January 2007)
From the North Carolina Budget and Tax Center
Putting Work First: How Should NC Respond? (September 2006)
Economic Development
From the bell policy center
Enterprize Zones in Colorado (March 2009)
From the north carolina budget and tax center
Where Did the Jobs Go? A Tale of Two Economic Cycles (December 2008)
From the mississippi economic policy center
Counting the Jobs Created by the Jobs Tax Credit (November 2008)
From the north carolina budget and tax center
Grow a Green Workforce (October 2008)
From the north carolina budget and tax center
Link Business Subsidies to Adequate Wages (October 2008)
From the north carolina budget and tax center
Integrate Economic Development and Workforce Education (October 2008)
From the Chicago Jobs Council
From Mountain Association for Community Economic Development
Proposals to Reform Kentucky's Economic Development System (April 2007)
From the Center on Wisconsin Strategy
Stronger Economic Development Accountability (March 2007)
From the North Carolina Budget and Tax Center
Getting Our Money’s Worth (March 2007)
From Mountain Association for Community Economic Development
Identifying High Road Economic Development Strategies (January 2007)
From the Ohio Community Research Partners
Aligning Workforce Development and Economic Development (January 2007)
From the Seattle Jobs Initiative
Accessing Middle Wage Jobs in Seattle and the Puget Sound Region (January 2007)
From the California Budget Project
New Study Overstates Effectiveness of Enterprise Zones (August 2006)
From the California Budget Project
California’s Enterprise Zones Miss the Mark (April 2006)
Conditions of Employment
from Mississippi Economic Policy Center
UI Trust Fund and Workforce Enhancement Training Fund Overview (January 2010)
from Nebraska Appleseed
Unemployment Insurance Modernization: Good for Nebraska (December 2009)
from The Center on Wisconsin Strategy
Raising Wisconsin's Minimum Wage (July 2009)
from Voices for Utah Children
Unemployment Insurance Modernization: Helping Utah's Workers and Businesses Outlast the Recession (April 2009)
from the mississippi economic policy center
Tax Reform for Working Families (November 2008)
from the mississippi economic policy center
Increasing the Weekly Maximum for Unemployment Insurance (October 2008)
from the georgia budget and policy institute
from the north carolina budget and tax center
Guaranteed Sick Days (October 2008)
from the north carolina budget and tax center
Maximize Investments in the Unemployment Insurance System (October 2008)
from the center for public policy priorities (Texas)
A Labor Day Review of Our Employment Insurance System (September 2008)
from new jersey policy perspective
Lost Time, Lost Pay: New Jersey's Minimum Wage Keeps Falling Behind (September 2008)
from the georgia budget and policy institute
An Investment in Children and Working Families (August 2008)
from the georgia budget and policy institute
from the north carolina budget and tax center
Six Steps for Stabilizing the State Economy (June 2008)
From the Mississippi Economic Policy Center
A State Earned Income Tax Credit: Strengthening Mississippi's Working Families (February 2008)
From the Arkansas Southern Good Faith Fund
ARHealthNet: Helping Small Businesses Afford Employee Health Coverage (June 2007)
From the North Caroline Budget and Tax Center
From the Connecticut Association for Human Services
Making Ends Meet: Low-Wage Workers and a State Earned Income Tax Credit (February 2007)
From the North Carolina Budget and Tax Center
Buddy Can You Spare a Dime? (March 2007)
From the Maryland Job Opportunities Task Force
Putting the Unemployment System Back to Work for Maryland’s Economy (January 2007)
