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Master List of Issue Reports

Comprehensive Review of Working Families and State Policies

From The Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (Kentucky)

Investing In Kentucky's Working Families: A Path To Shared Prosperity In The Commonwealth (March 2010)

From Nebraska Appleseed

Back to School, Back to Work: Winning Strategies for Building Economic Opportunity in Nebraska (February 2010)

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

The Facts on the Federal Recovery Act: The Impact on Low-Wage Marylanders & Principles for Implementation (March 2009)

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

Arkansas’ Working Poor Families: An Assessment of Conditions and Policies to Support Economic Self-Sufficiency (November 2007)

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

Building Bridges in Wisconsin: Connecting Working Adults with College Credentials and Career Advancement (May 2010)

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

Connecticut's Challenge: Preparing Our Workforce...Strengthening Our Community Colleges (September 2009)

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

Charting a Path: An Exploration of the Career Pathway Efforts in Arkansas, Kentucky, Washington and Wisconsin (May 2009)

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

Community College Crunch: Economic Downturn Drive Up Enrollments, Spotlights Funding Challenges  (May 2008)

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

Patching the Leaky Pipeline: Helping Low-Skill Marylanders Access and Succeed in College (January 2008)

From the MASSACHUSETTS Crittenton Women's Union

Unlocking the Doors to Higher Education and Training for Massachusetts' Working Poor Families (December 2007)

From the Schulyer Center for Analysis and Advocacy and the New York Center for an Urban Future

Working to Learn, Learning to Work: Unlocking the Potential of New York’s Adult Education Students (August 2007)

From the Center on Wisconsin Strategy

Technical College and Adult Learners: Strengthening Ties Between Working Adults & Local Economies (March 2007)

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

Bridge Programs in Maryland: Helping Low-skill Residents Access Post Secondary Training and High Wage Jobs (December 2005)

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

Getting Serious About the GED: How New York Can Build the Bridge from High School Dropout to Postsecondary Success (November 2009)

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

More Than Just a GED: Improving Indiana's Adult Education System to Meet the Demand for Higher Skilled Workers (July 2008)

From the Michigan League for Human Services

Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: Why Adult Education and Skills Training Matters for Michigan’s Future (July 2007)

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

Michigan’s Weak Link: Unemployment, the Skills Gap, and Declining Support for Adult Education (April 2005)


      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

Meeting Federal TANF Participation Rates: Indiana Should Follow Federal Guidelines in Education and Training (May 2007)

From the Seattle Jobs Initiative

Food Stamp Employment and Training: Lessons from Massachusetts, Texas, San Francisco and Wisconsin (April 2007)

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

Illinois Works for the Future: Integrating Workforce and Economic Development Systems for a Competitive and Prosperous Illinois (March 2008)

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

UPDATE: Georgia Minimum Wage Increase Would Benefit Hundreds of Thousands of Workers and Children (August 2008)

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

Georgia Minimum Wage Increase Would Benefit Hundreds of Thousands of Workers and Children (August 2008)

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

Don't Get Sick (May 2007)

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)

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