(continued from State Partners)
Master List of Issue Reports
Comprehensive Review of Working Families and State Policies
From the Center on Wisconsin Strategy
Skilled Workers, Quality Jobs: Meeting the Needs of Wisconsin’s Workers and Businesses (April 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 Community Research Partners
Ohio Stackable Credentials: Models for Success (February 2008)
From the Maryland Job Opportunities task force
From the MASSACHUSETTS Critternton 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
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 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 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 the Chicago Jobs Council
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)