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Readiness For Employment: Milwaukee Teens Without Driver's Licenses, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
Readiness For Employment: Milwaukee Teens Without Driver's Licenses, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
This report identified challenges facing Milwaukee youth in obtaining driver’s licenses. The State of Wisconsin has discontinued its support for driver’s education while requiring that school age youth participate in a school or commercial driving program as a condition for obtaining their license. Paying for a driving course and maintaining a working vehicle is a costly undertaking for many financially strapped families. Auto insurance rates are high for all teens but particularly for teens in central city Milwaukee zipcodes. Longstanding concerns have been expressed about police in suburban neighborhoods targeting minority drivers in older vehicles – adding further to residents’ …
Drivers License Status Report For Milwaukee County Presentation, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
Drivers License Status Report For Milwaukee County Presentation, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
Presentation for the Center on Driver's License Recovery & Employability biennial meeting tracks changes in state suspension and revocation policies.
Drivers License Status Report For Milwaukee County, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
Drivers License Status Report For Milwaukee County, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute reviewed the driving records of 629,222 Milwaukee County residents in the Department of Transportation files, including drivers with current licenses as of January 1, 2012 plus unlicensed residents who received suspensions and revocations from 2009 through 2011. This report details the driving status of county residents in order to identify problems in licensing, suspensions and revocations. Prior ETI reports have shown the driver license to be essential for getting and keeping employment and exceeding high school completion as a predictor of sustained employment.
Analysis Of Milwaukee Births: Diversity And Concentration, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
Analysis Of Milwaukee Births: Diversity And Concentration, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
The Employment and Training Institute analyzed the city of Milwaukee annual birth data to assist planning by Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Gregory Thornton. A total of 106,767 children were born to mothers living in the city of Milwaukee over the ten-year period from 1999 through 2008. All race/ethnicity data refer to the mother’s identity. Annual births to Milwaukee residents remained stable at around the 10,500 level from 1999 through 2005, and then increased to 11,372 in 2007 and 11,131 in 2008. Milwaukee births reflect a highly diverse city. A 16% decline in the number of white births over the 10-year …
Drilldown On African American Male Unemployment And Workforce Needs, John Pawasarat
Drilldown On African American Male Unemployment And Workforce Needs, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
The American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau has become a primary federal source of demographics on the unemployed population by age, race, sex, education levels, and disabilities and offers a valuable tool for workforce planning. This report for the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board examines the employment of African American males in Milwaukee County and presents unemployment rates among African American males by geography and age. The ACS offers useful benchmark data on the African American male population, particularly when combined with institutional data sources, including the income maintenance files of FoodShare and BadgerCare Plus enrollees, the …
Analysis Of Affirmative Action Plans Adopted By Milwaukee Area Joint Apprenticeship Committees, Lois M. Quinn
Analysis Of Affirmative Action Plans Adopted By Milwaukee Area Joint Apprenticeship Committees, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
In 2006 and 2010, the state Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards provided copies of the affirmative action plans adopted by Milwaukee area local joint apprenticeship committees (JACs) in response to an open records law request from the NAACP Milwaukee Branch. This paper examines the documents provided to the NAACP in light of standards established by federal and state regulations governing construction trade apprenticeship programs. A brief summary is also included of the federal code of regulations (29 CFR 30) and the Wisconsin Administrative Code (DWD 296) governing affirmative action requirements for apprenticeship sponsors.
Losing Ground: 2010 Report Card On Apprentices In The Construction Trades, Lois M. Quinn
Losing Ground: 2010 Report Card On Apprentices In The Construction Trades, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
This report provides racial/ethnicity and gender data on apprentices by construction trade joint apprenticeship committee, as of January 2010, based on data provided to the NAACP – Milwaukee Branch by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards. The hiring patterns of 16 union joint apprenticeship committees serving the Milwaukee area are analyzed and report cards provided for 341 contractors with apprentices. A second analysis examines the hiring patterns of 102 nonunion contractors with apprentices. This is the third report prepared by the NAACP and ETI to track hiring and training of apprentices in the construction trades. Construction …
Third Year Evaluation Of The Center For Driver's License Recovery And Employability, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
Third Year Evaluation Of The Center For Driver's License Recovery And Employability, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
The third year evaluation of the Center for Driver’s License Recovery and Employability was conducted by the Employment and Training Institute. The CDLRE is serving an increasingly difficult population -- with higher unemployment, more referrals from the courts and DOC, and with more legal problems. The CDLRE driver’s license recovery rates remained very high (i.e., 57% for the 3-year period). Over 5,000 Milwaukee County residents received assistance in 2007-2009 for case management or license recovery planning advice. The CDLRE continues to reach the hard-to-serve target populations, with 66% males, 92% minorities, and all low-income. More clients needed legal assistance in …
Ex-Offender Populations In Milwaukee County, John Pawasarat
Ex-Offender Populations In Milwaukee County, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
Released prisoners are among the most difficult labor force 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 restrictions. The stigma of being an ex-inmate and the limitations this places on those released and expected to become gainfully employed are compounded further by legal sanctions placed on many adults who have spent time in correctional facilities. A total of 42,046 Milwaukee County working age adults have been in the DOC system, including men and women presently incarcerated in …
Milwaukee Drilldown On African American Males, John Pawasarat
Milwaukee Drilldown On African American Males, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
The American Community Survey reported an estimated 48,420 African American males in the labor force from Milwaukee County in 2008. Of these, 40,482 (or 83.6%) were employed and 7,938 were unemployed and seeking for work. The 16.4% unemployment rate for African American males (ages 16 and above) is more than double the rates for white males (5.8%) and Hispanic males (8.1%), according to the 2008 ACS data. Among African American males, the employment rate was highest for men of prime working age (i.e., ages 25 thru 54) where 87.6% were employed in 2008. Unemployment rates were the worst for male …
Second Year Evaluation Of The Center For Driver's License Recovery & Employability, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
Second Year Evaluation Of The Center For Driver's License Recovery & Employability, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
The Center for Driver’s License Recovery & Employability (CDLRE) was established in March 2007 to increase the number of licensed drivers among low-income Milwaukee County residents. The CDLRE provides driver’s license recovery assistance to county residents aged 18 and above, with suspended and revoked driver’s licenses, income at 200% of poverty or below, and having no pending Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) offenses. This evaluation report examines driver’s license recovery rates for 862 participants who completed case management services in the first sixteen months. The employment outcomes are measured using First Quarter 2008 data for clients who completed their case management …
Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Milwaukee Public Schools Students And Their Families, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Milwaukee Public Schools Students And Their Families, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
As a planning supplement to the annual count of school children in the city of Milwaukee, the Employment and Training Institute assembled administrative and institutional data bases to help provide a socio-economic analysis of neighborhood issues facing Milwaukee Public Schools students and their families. This report provides neighborhood drilldowns on key issues of concern to educators. Nine Milwaukee zip codes historically targeted for Community Development Block Grant funding because of their concentrations of poverty are analyzed in detail. The zip code drilldowns explore interrelationships at the neighborhood level between earnings of Milwaukee parents, job availability, the economic recession, expansion of …
Occupational Shifts In Private Industry In The Milwaukee Metro Area, Lois M. Quinn
Occupational Shifts In Private Industry In The Milwaukee Metro Area, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
Employment patterns of companies with 100 or more employees (and financial institutions with 50 or more workers) were examined for the four-county Milwaukee metro area using summaries of annual EEO-1 reports. The data help identify occupational shifts, progress toward a diversified labor force and challenges facing Milwaukee area employers and workers. The advantage of this data base is that it shows the actual (rather than estimated) numbers of workers employed in all larger private companies and also shows changes in employment by gender and race/ethnicity. Total employment in the mid-sized and larger private companies remained nearly flat even though significant …
Drilldown On Ex-Offender Populations In Milwaukee County, John Pawasarat
Drilldown On Ex-Offender Populations In Milwaukee County, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
Since 2002, each year 7,500-8,000 Milwaukee County residents are admitted into Wisconsin Department of Corrections facilities, and 7,500-8,000 individuals are released from the DOC into neighborhoods in the county. The data entries analyzed for admission and release from DOC facilities are for any reason, including for formal alternatives to revocation or for temporary probation and parole holds. Given high recidivism rates, some adults recycle through prison a number of times. African American men make up most of the DOC admissions with more than 5,000 incarcerated into DOC per year since 2003. White male admits have totaled 1,200– 1,400 per year. …
Socio-Economic Analysis Of Issues Facing Children And Families In Milwaukee Public Schools: Presentation, Lois M. Quinn
Socio-Economic Analysis Of Issues Facing Children And Families In Milwaukee Public Schools: Presentation, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
This presentation for Milwaukee Public Schools administrators details critical neighborhood issues facing MPS children and families, including the housing crisis and spike in foreclosures, crime and traffic accidents near the schools, availability of subsidized child care, changes in public assistance policies for parents, drivers’ license barriers to employment, rates of incarceration in MPS neighborhoods, lasting impacts of the recession, and earnings of employed Milwaukee families.
Health Occupation Drilldowns For Milwaukee County, John Pawasarat
Health Occupation Drilldowns For Milwaukee County, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
In cooperation with the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, the Employment and Training Institute examined credentialing records of Milwaukee County and Wisconsin workers regulated by the state Department of Regulation & Licensing. This report uses the databases to profile the Milwaukee County labor force in seven health occupations: registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, dental hygienists, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, physical therapists, and physical therapist assistants.
Understanding The Unemployed Workforce In Milwaukee County, John Pawasarat
Understanding The Unemployed Workforce In Milwaukee County, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
For this report the Employment and Training Institute analyzed the employment history of 48,131 workers in Milwaukee County who were laid off their jobs and recently have received unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. Five quarters of wages were examined, and six difficult-to-serve subpopulations were examined in detail -- ex-offenders in the Department of Corrections system, participants in the Shares child care subsidy program, public assistance cases with children, adult FoodShare cases with no children, aged and/or disabled population on public assistance, and W-2 cases. The strength of the analysis and its timing are that it captures a large portion of the …
Zip Code 53206: Numbers Driving Change, Kathy Quirk
Zip Code 53206: Numbers Driving Change, Kathy Quirk
ETI Publications
A feature article by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee News Service detailed Employment and Training Institute research in Milwaukee zipcode 53206, one of the most economically challenged neighborhoods in the state.
Report Card On Apprentices By Construction Trades: A Two-Year Progress Report, Lois M. Quinn, Ruth Zubrensky
Report Card On Apprentices By Construction Trades: A Two-Year Progress Report, Lois M. Quinn, Ruth Zubrensky
ETI Publications
In collaboration with the Employment and Training Institute, the Milwaukee Branch of the NAACP issued a report card on minority and female participation in construction trade apprenticeship programs in the Milwaukee metro area. The report details progress made in the past two years for apprentices sponsored by 18 area joint apprenticeship committees, utilizing data from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards. Individual report cards are provided for 519 individual companies operating in the Milwaukee area with construction trade apprentices, as of September 20, 2007. A second report assessed progress in employment by each of the joint …
Assessment Of 2007 Client Outcomes For The Center For Driver's License Recovery & Employability, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
Assessment Of 2007 Client Outcomes For The Center For Driver's License Recovery & Employability, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
In 2007 the Center for Driver’s License Recovery & Employability (CDLRE) began providing assistance on a referral basis to Milwaukee County residents with suspended and revoked driver’s licenses. The Center operates out of the Milwaukee Area Technical College downtown campus, with residents referred to the CDLRE by a network of over 25 community agencies, courts, and government offices. The CDLRE contracted with the Employment and Training Institute to provide an independent assessment of the client outcomes for the period from April through December 2007. The CDLRE successfully targeted a very high risk population. All 454 clients completing service in 2007 …
Report Card On African American And Minority Participation In Construction Trade Apprenticeships In The Milwaukee Area, Lois M. Quinn, Ruth Zubrensky
Report Card On African American And Minority Participation In Construction Trade Apprenticeships In The Milwaukee Area, Lois M. Quinn, Ruth Zubrensky
ETI Publications
This report provides racial/ethnicity and gender data on apprentices by construction trade joint apprenticeship committee, based on data provided by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards as of September 20, 2007. The report was prepared collaboratively by the Employment and Training Institute and the Milwaukee Branch of the NAACP. It examines apprenticeship data for the following trades: bricklayers, carpenters, cement masons, construction craft laborers, electricians, glazers, heat and frost insulators, ironworkers, operating engineers, painters, plumbers, roofers, sheet metal workers, sprinkler fitters, steamfitters, and tile setters.
Ameriquest Mortgage Activity In Milwaukee County, John Pawasarat
Ameriquest Mortgage Activity In Milwaukee County, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
The analysis of mortgage lending practices, evictions and foreclosures in Milwaukee County conducted by the Employment and Training Institute for Legal Action of Wisconsin showed Ameriquest Mortgage Company as one of the major subprime lenders operating in Milwaukee County. As part of an agreement signed with 49 states, including Wisconsin, Ameriquest is providing settlement payments for many of those who borrowed from the company from 1999 through 2005. The data showed Ameriquest with the largest volume of loan applications and second largest volume of approved loans, of the 92 subprime lenders issuing mortgages in Milwaukee County from 2003 through 2005. …
The Earn (Early Assessment And Retention Network) Model For Effectively Targeting Wia And Tanf Resources To Participants, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
The Earn (Early Assessment And Retention Network) Model For Effectively Targeting Wia And Tanf Resources To Participants, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
his technical assistance project was developed by the Employment and Training Institute for the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board to demonstrate the advantages of implementing a large-scale comprehensive data-driven IT capacity for administering WIA and TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) training programs. Longitudinal state wage match data, WIA data bases, welfare files, corrections data, and driver’s license records provide essential program planning and evaluation tools to assess the effectiveness of program interventions by client characteristics and can offer an early warning system for agencies on their progress on measures of post-program employment outcomes. The key lesson of the project …
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 …
Legal Action Of Wisconsin Report On Milwaukee's Housing Crisis, Foreclosure, Evictions, And Subprime Lending, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
Legal Action Of Wisconsin Report On Milwaukee's Housing Crisis, Foreclosure, Evictions, And Subprime Lending, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
his report was prepared by the Employment and Training Institute for Legal Action of Wisconsin to identify low-income populations in Milwaukee County with legal needs related to evictions, foreclosures, and mortgage lending practices. The number of foreclosure cases filed with the Milwaukee County circuit courts has risen to all-time highs, directly tied to increased mortgage lending activity for low-income households. Foreclosure cases reaching the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office for auction sales have also shown dramatic increases and in the last five years averaged 143 per month, peaking at an all-time high of 229 in January 2007. Eviction cases filed with …
Milwaukee's Housing Crisis: Housing Affordability And Mortgage Lending Practices, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
Milwaukee's Housing Crisis: Housing Affordability And Mortgage Lending Practices, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
This report examines the recently released 2006 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data and new 2006 American Community Survey (ACS) census data as part of a series of research papers supported by Legal Action of Wisconsin to assess the impact of the national housing crisis on low-income homeowners and renters in Milwaukee County. The ACS data suggest that the impacts of the unregulated housing loans and resultant housing price increases and property tax assessment (and tax bill) increases, coupled with utility rate hikes and relatively flat incomes have dramatically altered the affordability of housing in urban areas, particularly for Midwest cities …
Report On Mortgage Lending Practices In Milwaukee County: Part Two, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
Report On Mortgage Lending Practices In Milwaukee County: Part Two, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
This analysis prepared for Legal Action of Wisconsin as part of its examination of housing issues facing low-income residents identifies refinancing loans, subprime lending and other mortgage practices affecting employed and retired families in Milwaukee County. The report examines 420,633 mortgage loans issued in Milwaukee County, including 49,180 loans issued by subprime lenders, for the period from 1993 through 2001 and 2003 through 2005, using the last available Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data files. Of particular concern are refinancing loans where home owners take out new mortgages to obtain cash for credit card and other debt obligations. Central city …
Update On The Housing Crisis In Zip Code 53206, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
Update On The Housing Crisis In Zip Code 53206, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
The housing crisis appears to be unabated in pockets of Milwaukee’s central city neighborhoods, based on Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data collected federally from lending institutions. A 13-year analysis of mortgage lending in zipcode 53206, one of Milwaukee’s poorest central city neighborhoods, showed continued borrowing and reliance on subprime and high-interest cost loans. In 2006 mortgage borrowing activity continued to rise in zipcode 53206 in contrast to an overall slowdown in the county. The vast majority (85%) of housing loans to owner-occupants in zipcode 53206 were made to single purchasers rather than 2-person co-signers. These trends are consistent with concerns …
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 …