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Barriers To Employment: Prison Time, John Pawasarat
Barriers To Employment: Prison Time, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
This paper was prepared at the request of Legal Action of Wisconsin and the Private Industry Council of Milwaukee County to assess the legal and employment needs of prisoners released from Wisconsin correctional facilities. Released prisoners are among the most difficult populations to serve and least likely to be successfully engaged in sustained employment due to persistent legal problems, low education attainment levels, high recidivism rates, and driver’s license suspension and revocation problems. The stigma of being an ex-inmate alone and the limitations it places on those released and expected to become gainfully employed are compounded by further legal sanctions …
Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53206: Executive Summary, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53206: Executive Summary, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
The 53206 zipcode neighborhood serves as a bellwether for poverty changes in Milwaukee and nationally. In the 1990s prior to welfare reform in Wisconsin it had the largest number of families receiving AFDC. In the 2000 Census it showed the largest number of families in poverty among Milwaukee zipcodes. The 2007 neighborhood indicator analyses showed substantial movement in a negative direction, particularly in the last 4-5 years as the number of men incarcerated from and released to these neighborhoods has risen dramatically and residents have been targeted by subprime lenders for refinancing mortgages. Assets were identified, including the relatively high …
New Indicators Of Neighborhood Need In Milwaukee Zipcode 53206, Lois M. Quinn
New Indicators Of Neighborhood Need In Milwaukee Zipcode 53206, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
Milwaukee Neighborhood Indicators Reports were initially developed by the Employment and Training Institute with funding from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the City of Milwaukee to provide independent, timely and ongoing assessment tools to measure short-term and long-term progress toward improving economic and employment well-being of families in central city Milwaukee neighborhoods. Indicators track changes by neighborhood since 1993, prior to the beginning of state and federal welfare reform. The 53206 ZIP code neighborhood serves as a bellwether for poverty changes in Milwaukee and nationally. In the 1990s prior to welfare reform in Wisconsin it had the largest number of …