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Wisconsin's Mass Incarceration Of African American Males: Workforce Challenges For 2013, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
Wisconsin's Mass Incarceration Of African American Males: Workforce Challenges For 2013, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
Among the most critical workforce issues facing Wisconsin are governmental policies and practices leading to mass incarceration of African Americans men and suspensions of driving privileges to low-income adults. The prison population in Wisconsin has more than tripled since 1990, fueled by increased government funding for drug enforcement (rather than treatment) and prison construction, three-strike rules, mandatory minimum sentence laws, truth-in-sentencing replacing judicial discretion in setting punishments, concentrated policing in minority communities, and state incarceration for minor probation and supervision violations. Particularly impacted were African American males, with the 2010 U.S. Census showing Wisconsin having the highest black male incarceration …
Who's Training Milwaukee's Future Builders? Race/Ethnicity Of Construction Trade Apprentices In The Milwaukee Area, Lois M. Quinn
Who's Training Milwaukee's Future Builders? Race/Ethnicity Of Construction Trade Apprentices In The Milwaukee Area, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
This report provides racial/ethnicity and gender data on apprentices by construction trade joint apprenticeship committee, based on data from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards. Part One examines hiring patterns of 15 union joint apprenticeship committees serving the Milwaukee area with report cards provided for 217 contractors with apprentices. Part Two identifies the apprentice levels sponsored by 120 union contractors through the statewide Wisconsin Operating Engineers Joint Apprenticeship Committee. Part Three analyzes the apprenticeship patterns for 81 non-union contractors with apprentices through the Associated Builders & Contractors of WI-Waukesha Joint Apprenticeship Committee. The data are provided …
23,639 Milwaukee County Residents With Driver's License Suspensions Solely For Failure To Pay Fines And Civil Forfeitures, John Pawasarat
23,639 Milwaukee County Residents With Driver's License Suspensions Solely For Failure To Pay Fines And Civil Forfeitures, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
Thousands of adults in Milwaukee County have suspensions placed on their driver’s licenses solely for not paying fines and civil forfeitures. Younger teens may be issued license suspensions for failure to pay fines and civil forfeitures even though they have never had a driver’s license. Many teens and adults with suspensions continue to drive with or without a valid license. For this report the driver license status of all Milwaukee County residents was reviewed using state Department of Transportation records on driver’s license status, licenses suspension and revocation records for 2008-2011 in order to assess the driver status facing workers …
Income Changes During The Recession For "Working Poor" Single Parents In Central City Milwaukee, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
Income Changes During The Recession For "Working Poor" Single Parents In Central City Milwaukee, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
One of the most critical labor force problems facing Milwaukee’s “working poor” families is the lack of steady, good paying jobs available for single mothers raising children. This report provides an update on the income reported by Milwaukee County family tax filers (with dependents) and analyzes Wisconsin tax records for family filers’ 2011 income in 9 central city Milwaukee zipcodes compared with prior years before the recession. Census data on occupations of Milwaukee County single mothers with preschool and school age children are examined to help explain the low and intermittent earnings of many family heads. The Wisconsin earned income …
Labor Market Drilldowns For The Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board (Mawib) - All, University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Employment & Training Institute
Labor Market Drilldowns For The Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board (Mawib) - All, University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Employment & Training Institute
ETI Publications
Assisting workers with prison records is one of the greatest employment challenges facing the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board for 2013. This drilldown prepared by the Employment and Training Institute examined Wisconsin Department of Corrections records on adults incarcerated in state correctional facilities. The DOC records show incarceration rates at epidemic levels for African American males from Milwaukee County. At least 27,060 black males ages 20 through 64 with a Milwaukee County address (as the last found home address) have been incarcerated in the state DOC system. These included 5,571 men currently incarcerated (as of 2012) and another 21,489 previously …
Suspension And Revocation Status Report For Milwaukee County, John Pawasarat
Suspension And Revocation Status Report For Milwaukee County, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
Driver’s license suspension and revocation records were analyzed for Milwaukee County residents using a series of data files from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Notable changes were observed in number and patterns of charges. The elimination of mandatory revocations for OAR (operating after revocation) charges, a policy reform initiated by the Center for Driver’s License Recovery & Employability, reduced the number of OAR revocations from 10,124 in 2009 to 64 in 2011. The legislative reforms also led to a very large reduction in revocations for OWS (operating while suspended), which dropped from 5,815 revocations issued in 2009 down to 130 …
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’ …
Milwaukee Wpa Handicraft Project Online Exhibit, Lois M. Quinn, Mary Kellogg Rice
Milwaukee Wpa Handicraft Project Online Exhibit, Lois M. Quinn, Mary Kellogg Rice
ETI Publications
This online presentation provides photographs and text from an exhibit prepared by the late Mary Kellogg Rice for the Golda Meir Library in October 1997. Rice served as art director for a highly regarded WPA project operating in the 1930s for women in Milwaukee County. The historic WPA photographs and examples of project work were collected by Rice for her book “Useful Work for Unskilled Women: A Unique Milwaukee WPA Project,” published by the Milwaukee County Historical Society in 2003. Rice dedicated the exhibit to the five thousand women and men who worked for the Milwaukee Handicraft Project from 1935 …
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.
Inner City Milwaukee Single Parents Continue Working During Recession, Earnings Remain Low, University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Employment & Training Institute
Inner City Milwaukee Single Parents Continue Working During Recession, Earnings Remain Low, University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Employment & Training Institute
ETI Publications
As part of an ongoing research project, the Employment and Training Institute compared Wisconsin state income tax data for 2007 and 2009 for nine inner city Milwaukee ZIP codes, neighborhoods hard hit by the recession. In spite of the difficult economy, most inner city single Milwaukee parents remained in the workforce. The filing data showed only a 1% decline in earners in 2009 compared to two years earlier in spite of record high unemployment. A majority of the single parents earned less than $20,000 in 2009, and a fourth earned less than $10,000. The low earnings suggest workers with high …
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 …
Earned Income Tax Credits To 66,000 Employed Families In Milwaukee County During The Economic Recession, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
Earned Income Tax Credits To 66,000 Employed Families In Milwaukee County During The Economic Recession, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
An examination by the Employment and Training Institute of state earned income tax credits received by families in Milwaukee County based on their 2009 tax returns showed the usage of the credits by working families during the recession. Wisconsin Department of Revenue data are analyzed for tax filers with dependent children who received the Wisconsin earned income tax credit. This credit offers a refundable federal tax support to help reduce payroll and social security tax burdens and to supplement wages for low and moderate income employed families and single persons. Wisconsin is one of 23 states with an earned income …
Attempted Reform Of The Ged Credential In Wisconsin, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
Attempted Reform Of The Ged Credential In Wisconsin, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
This paper summarizes the Wisconsin research that led to educational policy changes for the GED (General Education Development) high school equivalency credential and tracks the attempted reform of the GED credential in the 1980s, development of alternative instructional programs in the 1990s, and subsequent reestablishment of the GED in the state’s high schools. The history sheds light on the role of the test publisher in promoting its product at the state level, the function of the GED in alleviating pressures imposed on local school districts by higher graduation requirements, and the competitive marketing advantages of a nationally-known GED credential over …
Understanding The Ui Population In Milwaukee County, John Pawasarat
Understanding The Ui Population In Milwaukee County, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
The number of Milwaukee County residents receiving unemployment insurance because of layoffs has tripled over the last three years, as workers remain on UI while seeking out retraining and searching for new employment. As of March 2010 over 50,000 workers were receiving UI payments instead of pay checks. Serving workers who have been laid off from their jobs and are trying to find new employment and to upgrade their skills is one of the most challenging tasks facing the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board (MAWIB). This analysis uses unemployment insurance records and state wage file matches to profile workers’ employment …
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 …
They Built Our Community: Relief Work During The Great Depression, Lois M. Quinn
They Built Our Community: Relief Work During The Great Depression, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
This booklet describes a number of work relief projects operating in Milwaukee County in the 1930s with lasting positive impacts on the county. Highlights include construction of the Village of Greendale by the WPA and Resettlement Authority, support for health department inoculations of children, introduction of hot lunch programs for rural school children, construction of the Milwaukee water filtration plant, toy loan projects, and development of one of the finest park systems in the nation.
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.
Technical Assistance Guide: Job Descriptions And Skills Required For Public Service/Transitional Jobs, Defining And Measuring Basic Workplace Skills, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
Technical Assistance Guide: Job Descriptions And Skills Required For Public Service/Transitional Jobs, Defining And Measuring Basic Workplace Skills, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
This technical assistance guide is designed as a resource for local governments and community agencies developing public service and transitional jobs programs to engage workers on layoff or unable to find employment during the current recessionary period. It draws upon successful work relief projects developed in Milwaukee County in prior decades along with job and skill descriptions developed for programs considered during the 1990s. The emphasis of the technical assistance guide is on identifying steps communities can take to move quickly into job creation, drawing on the considerable federal and state resources already available and in the public domain. The …
Working Paper On Poverty And The Recession, Lois M. Quinn
Working Paper On Poverty And The Recession, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
This working paper analyzes recently released estimates of poverty and economic conditions data from the U.S. Census Bureau 2009 American Community Survey. These data are used along with local and state administrative data files to help residents and public officials address concerns related to poverty, employment and education for residents of Milwaukee and the state. Poverty is a most serious statewide problem with 1 out of 8 Wisconsin residents living in poverty, according to the 2009 ACS. In Milwaukee 1 in 4 residents was living in poverty in the 12 months prior to the ACS survey. In Racine, Eau Claire …
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 …
Drilldown On Laid-Off Workers In Milwaukee County Receiving Unemployment Insurance, John Pawasarat
Drilldown On Laid-Off Workers In Milwaukee County Receiving Unemployment Insurance, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
To assist the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, the Employment and Training Institute examined the demographics and employment history of 48,131 workers in Milwaukee County receiving federal unemployment insurance (UI) in 2nd Quarter of 2009. Five quarters of wages were examined for these workers. The workers included a number of difficult-to-serve populations (unduplicated counts): 7,232 were ex-offenders in the Department of Corrections system; 5,240 were or had been W-2 clients; 2,097 other single parents who had received Wisconsin Shares childcare subsidies; and 3,971 were other parents (with school-age children) on other public assistance (FoodShare, BadgerCare Plus).
Indicators Of Economic Need In The Milwaukee Metro Area: July 2010 Update, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
Indicators Of Economic Need In The Milwaukee Metro Area: July 2010 Update, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
The Employment and Training Institute prepared indicators of economic need for the Greater Milwaukee Foundation "Vital Signs" project to help track the impact of the recession on local counties and the metro area. Monthly changes and analyses were posted for BadgerCare Plus enrollments, families receiving W-2 (TANF) income support, FoodShare recipients, home foreclosure court filings, laid-off workers on unemployment insurance, and unemployment rates (2009-2011). These reports summarize the findings for the Milwaukee metropolitan area and for Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, and Waukesha counties.
Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53204, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53204, 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. Nine Milwaukee zip codes historically targeted for Community Development Block Grant funding because of their concentrations of poverty are analyzed in detail. This report provides neighborhood drilldowns on key issues of concern to educators for Milwaukee zip code 53204. The zip code drilldowns explore interrelationships at the neighborhood level between earnings of Milwaukee parents; job availability; …
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 …