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Tracking The Progress Of Welfare Reform Quickly: A Model For Measuring Neighborhood Health And Change, Prepared For The Brookings Institution, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat

ETI Publications

Research on the progress of welfare reform commonly relies on multi-year state and national evaluations and surveys, leaving city officials and practitioners hungry for data on the immediate impacts of welfare changes on their inner-city neighborhoods. This study describes the Milwaukee neighborhood indicators project, an effort directed by the Employment and Training Institute, which tries to fill this information gap. Using a variety of geographically specific data sources from state, county, and city agencies, the project provides a more timely set of economic indicators for the city of Milwaukee and its neighborhoods than do other sources. The indicators allow local …