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Toward Full Utilization Of The Milwaukee Area Labor Force: A Planning Guide For Employers, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn, Philip E. Lerman Jan 1994

Toward Full Utilization Of The Milwaukee Area Labor Force: A Planning Guide For Employers, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn, Philip E. Lerman

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A critical challenge facing public policy makers and human resource planners is how to utilize the full potential of the Milwaukee area workforce. This report provides a comprehensive description of the metropolitan labor force to assist employers in planning for their companies and establishes benchmarks to assess employment and hiring patterns in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. Detailed tables are provided on the labor pool of workers by occupational titles, the employment of workers by industry, and the current utilization of women and minorities in the Milwaukee labor force.

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Linking Job Seekers To Available Job Openings: A Profile Of Central City Milwaukee Workers, Lois M. Quinn Jan 1994

Linking Job Seekers To Available Job Openings: A Profile Of Central City Milwaukee Workers, Lois M. Quinn

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Residents of working age in 491 households in central city Milwaukee neighborhoods were interviewed in the Winter of 1994 to solicit information on their employment status, methods used to hunt for jobs, and perceived barriers to employment. The survey was conducted concurrently with a survey of Milwaukee area employers, collecting data on job openings, location of jobs, wages offered, and education and training requirements. One out of every three central city Milwaukee surveyed men and women in the labor force reported that they were looking for a job. This included unemployed men and women (54 percent of all job seekers), …

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History Of Jobs For Workers On Relief In Milwaukee County, 1930-1994, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat Jan 1994

History Of Jobs For Workers On Relief In Milwaukee County, 1930-1994, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat

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From 1930 to the present Milwaukee city and county governments have created thousands of jobs for families who could not find unsubsidized employment and who sought county relief. Federal funds were used to create construction, education, health and office work for men and women heading families hardest hit by the Great Depression. In the 1930s in Milwaukee County federal “relief workers" helped build one of the finest park systems in the nation. For over sixty years Milwaukee County used local funds to operate work programs as part of its local provision of relief to individuals and families. Milwaukee's long history …

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Analysis Of Milwaukee County Jtpa Title Iia Participants: 1988-1994, John Pawasarat Jan 1994

Analysis Of Milwaukee County Jtpa Title Iia Participants: 1988-1994, John Pawasarat

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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute worked with the Private Industry Council of Milwaukee County to prepare an analysis of JTPA Title IIA participants in Milwaukee County for a seven-year period. Employee wages were examined by quarter.

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Profile Of Central City Milwaukee Labor Force Participants: Fall 1993 Household Survey, Lois M. Quinn, Linda Hawkins Jan 1993

Profile Of Central City Milwaukee Labor Force Participants: Fall 1993 Household Survey, Lois M. Quinn, Linda Hawkins

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Adults in 487 Milwaukee households were interviewed in late Fall of 1993 to solicit information on central city residents employed or seeking jobs, the education and training background of workers and job seekers, perceived barriers to employment, and the availability of health insurance for Milwaukee families. The survey was conducted in English and in Spanish. The labor force status of central city residents, rather than a fixed condition of permanent employment or unemployment, represents a highly fluid situation. About a fourth of employed men and women (ages 18-59) were working in temporary or part-time jobs. Desire for better pay, advancement, …

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Survey Of Job Openings In The Milwaukee Metropolitan Area: Week Of May 24, 1993, John Pawasarat Jan 1993

Survey Of Job Openings In The Milwaukee Metropolitan Area: Week Of May 24, 1993, John Pawasarat

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To address the need for information on local labor market needs, the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage Commission, Private Industry Council of Milwaukee County and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee joined together in a unique partnership effort to survey businesses in the metropolitan area and to improve planning for employment of Milwaukee residents. This study summarizes the project's Establishment Survey of Job Openings detailing the types of jobs available at a point-in-time in the metropolitan area by industry, location, full or part-time status and level of fringe benefits. The 11,870 full-time job openings available the week …

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Wisconsin Welfare Employment Experiments: An Evaluation Of The Wejt And Cwep Programs (1993), John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 1993

Wisconsin Welfare Employment Experiments: An Evaluation Of The Wejt And Cwep Programs (1993), John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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In 1986 the Wisconsin Legislature authorized the Department of Health and Social Services to implement pilot programs to test the effectiveness of two approaches aimed at reducing AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) dependency and increasing the economic self-sufficiency of Wisconsin families. Two types of county level programs were established: a Work Experience and Job Training program (WEJT) to test the effectiveness of a “workfare” requirement combined with an extensive array of services, and a "workfare" program (called the Community Work Experience Program, CWEP) which would require county AFDC recipients to participate in unpaid community service jobs. The Employment …

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Evaluation Of The Impact Of Wisconsin's Learnfare Experiment On The School Attendance Of Teenagers Receiving Afdc (1992), John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn, Frank Stetzer Jan 1992

Evaluation Of The Impact Of Wisconsin's Learnfare Experiment On The School Attendance Of Teenagers Receiving Afdc (1992), John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn, Frank Stetzer

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In June 1988 the Wisconsin legislature authorized that an independent evaluation of the state’s “Learnfare” experiment be conducted, and in July 1989 the Employment and Training Institute secured the contract for this evaluation after a competitive bidding process. This report meets the requirement of the contract to provide a report on the state’s activities during the first two years of the “Learnfare” federal waiver. The “Learnfare” evaluation design approved by the state and federal governments in December, 1989, for completion on June 30, 1993, is testing four main hypotheses: that “Learnfare” increases the total school attendance of teenage AFDC recipients, …

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The Labor Market Experience Of Young African American Men From Low-Income Families In Wisconsin (1992), Harold M. Rose, Ronald S. Edari, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 1992

The Labor Market Experience Of Young African American Men From Low-Income Families In Wisconsin (1992), Harold M. Rose, Ronald S. Edari, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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This research study provides empirical data on the employment experience of young African American men who entered the Wisconsin labor force in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Its goal was to examine the early labor force experience of 17,216 young men from poor families, matching state wage databases against individuals identified in the state income maintenance system (i.e., households applying for or receiving food stamps, AFDC or medical assistance, 1987-1989). The study analyzed 36,005 jobs held by the study population over five quarters. The vast majority of African American men in their early twenties who were employed were relegated …

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The Employment Status Of Young Adult Black Males Residing In Poverty Households: Recent Milwaukee County Experience, Harold M. Rose Jan 1992

The Employment Status Of Young Adult Black Males Residing In Poverty Households: Recent Milwaukee County Experience, Harold M. Rose

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Harold Rose, UWM professor of Geography and Urban Studies, examined the findings of the Employment and Training Institute analysis of employment held by 8,479 young African American males from Wisconsin families seeking or receiving public assistance (AFDC, food stamps, and/or medical assistance) in 1987-1989. Rose discusses the findings in light of a wide variety of perspectives by drawing on national literature addressing social and economic changes in the 1980s, welfare dependency, conditions in inner city Milwaukee, labor force participation rates, extended presence of young black males in parental households, employment sectors, subpopulations’ earnings history, attachment to the labor force, school …

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The Labor Market Experience Of Young African American Men From Low-Income Households, Ronald S. Edari Jan 1992

The Labor Market Experience Of Young African American Men From Low-Income Households, Ronald S. Edari

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The target population for this study is 5,800 young African American males living in households where one or more members applied for public assistance. Their employment records are tracked for 39 months. The critical question was to examine what happened to these youths upon reaching maturity. Dr. Ronald Edari, UWM Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies, observes that while modest in scope, this paper is intended to counter-balance in some measure the recent voluminous literature on work and welfare, whose conservative thrust has tended to focus on the debilitating characteristics of individuals rather than industries. The paper examines employment, earnings …

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Identifying Milwaukee Youth In Critical Need Of Intervention: Lessons From The Past, Measures For The Future (1991), John Pawasarat Jan 1991

Identifying Milwaukee Youth In Critical Need Of Intervention: Lessons From The Past, Measures For The Future (1991), John Pawasarat

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n 1990 Milwaukee County created a “Youth Initiative” to improve the delivery of services to youth. The Youth Initiative Committee made significant recommendations for altering the delivery of county social services and targeting "multiple-problem" families in Milwaukee zipcode areas 53204 and 53206. The Employment and Training Institute was asked to identify those families most in need of county social service intervention, to identify those children most at risk, and to provide measures of accountability which could be applied to government and private programs aimed at assisting these children and their families. Five target groups of youth are identified as possible …

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Report To Wisconsin School Districts On Implementation Surveys, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat Jan 1991

Report To Wisconsin School Districts On Implementation Surveys, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat

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In April 1990 as part of its evaluation of the Wisconsin “Learnfare” experiment for the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Employment and Training Institute surveyed the district administrators of the 429 public school districts in Wisconsin to solicit information on the implementation of “Learnfare” in their districts. In all, 351 school districts responded to the survey (82% of the total), including all districts in the state with forty or more AFDC teens under the “Learnfare” requirement. About a fourth of the districts reported that they have been involved …

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Report To The Wisconsin Legislature On The Learnfare Evaluation (1991), Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat, Terence J. Roehrig Jan 1991

Report To The Wisconsin Legislature On The Learnfare Evaluation (1991), Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat, Terence J. Roehrig

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In July, 1987 the State of Wisconsin enacted legislation implementing a "Learnfare" policy for families with teenagers receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and who have not completed high school or obtained a GED. Under the policy families are denied AFDC support for teens (or teen parents) not attending school regularly. The Employment and Training Institute was selected by the state Department of Health and Social Services to conduct an evaluation of the program. This report was made to the state Legislature on the progress of the evaluation

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Report To Wisconsin Counties On Implementation Surveys, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat Jan 1991

Report To Wisconsin Counties On Implementation Surveys, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat

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In August, 1990 as part of its evaluation of the Wisconsin “Learnfare” experiment for the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Employment and Training Institute surveyed the directors of the 72 county departments of social services regarding the implementation of Learnfare in their area. All counties completed the survey. The counties reported that nearly all had staff who attended training sessions on the implementation of the Learnfare policy and about half in turn trained other local county staff. The emphasis for training was upon income maintenance line staff (trained …

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Impact Of Learnfare On Milwaukee County Social Service Clients (1990), John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 1990

Impact Of Learnfare On Milwaukee County Social Service Clients (1990), John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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In July, 1987 the State of Wisconsin enacted legislation implementing a “Learnfare” policy for families receiving AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children). As a condition for receiving aid, teenagers who had not completed high school were required to attend school regularly or to be removed from their parents’ (or their own) grant, i.e., “sanctioned.” The waivers granted by the federal government in October, 1987 permitted Wisconsin to impose the Learnfare sanctioning without making a federally legislated assessment of the sanctioned individuals’ “educational, child care, and other supportive service needs ...[or a] review of the family circumstances, which may include …

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Testimony Of Lois M. Quinn And John Pawasarat To The U.S. Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee On Social Security And Family Policy, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat Jan 1990

Testimony Of Lois M. Quinn And John Pawasarat To The U.S. Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee On Social Security And Family Policy, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat

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In June 1990 Lois Quinn and John Pawasarat of the Employment and Training Institute testified on the progress of their evaluation of the Wisconsin Learnfare experiment before the Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy. They appeared at the request of the committee chairman, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

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Admissions Requirements Of The Wisconsin Vocational, Technical And Adult Education System, Philip E. Lerman, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 1985

Admissions Requirements Of The Wisconsin Vocational, Technical And Adult Education System, Philip E. Lerman, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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In 1985 the Employment and Training Institute surveyed the sixteen Vocational, Technical & Adult Education (VTAE) districts in the state to determine admissions requirements for each associate degree, diploma program, and certificate program operated by the VTAE districts throughout Wisconsin. The survey was part of a study for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction assessing the readiness of GED holders for postsecondary education.

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Technical Assistance Guide For Implementing Youth Employment Competency Programs (1984), John Pawasarat Jan 1984

Technical Assistance Guide For Implementing Youth Employment Competency Programs (1984), John Pawasarat

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This technical assistance guide is designed as a convenient resource manual for Private Industry Councils and Service Delivery Area staff in implementing the youth employment competencies requirements of the federal Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). The curriculum and set of competency tests developed by ETI originally for juvenile offenders in the Wisconsin correctional facilities (and adopted by the Wisconsin Job Training Coordinating Council for the state JTPA system) are available for use at low or no cost. These and other recommended resources are based on the findings of the Adult Performance Level (APL) project of the University of Texas

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Educational Follow-Up Study Of Juveniles Released From Ethan Allen And Lincoln Hills (1982), Lois M. Quinn Jan 1982

Educational Follow-Up Study Of Juveniles Released From Ethan Allen And Lincoln Hills (1982), Lois M. Quinn

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This follow-up study examined the educational experiences of 759 youth released during 1979 from Ethan Allen and Lincoln Hills Schools, Wisconsin’s two state correctional institutions for juveniles. Ethan Allen and Lincoln Hills school records for each youth were reviewed as well as transcripts from schools attended before and after release. (105 public and 16 private schools provided student transcripts to the Department of Public Instruction.) In addition, forty-three parole officers were contacted for further information on youth whose school records were in question. The follow-up study identified only 24 youth (3.2% of the total population) who completed a traditional high …

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