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Massachusetts Marine Trades Workforce Assessment 2005, Dan Hellin

Urban Harbors Institute Publications

In 2005, a partnership between the South Coastal Workforce Investment Board, the Massachusetts Marine Trades Association, Massasoit Community College and the Urban Harbors Institute (UHI) of the University of Massachusetts Boston, developed and distributed a survey focused on the status, needs and future challenges faced by marine businesses in the South Coastal region of Massachusetts. The Urban Harbors Institute analyzed the responses and prepared this report to present the results.

The overall aims of the 2005 Marine Trades Workforce Assessment Survey were: to determine the extent of the marine industry’s labor needs in the South Coastal region of Massachusetts; to …

Institute Brief: The 30-Day Placement Plan: A Road Map To Employment, Colleen Condon, Amy Gelb, Joy Gould

The Institute Brief Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

There are many steps to finding and getting the right job, and this process can be challenging. Many job seekers have found that breaking the job search down into a series of small, workable tasks makes the process much more manageable. It also gives the job seeker a sense of accomplishment when each task is completed. A 30-Day Placement Plan is one way to keep tasks in order.

Research To Practice: Employment Services And Outcomes Of People Receiving Welfare Benefits And Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Susan Foley, Jonathan Woodring

Research to Practice Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

Poverty programs have undergone substantial reform in the past decade, and there has been a heightened interest in exploring the experiences of people with disabilities who receive welfare benefits. This report profiles people with disabilities who had TANF, GA, or both at application to VR services and completed these services in the year 2003.

Massworks: Developing Community Partnerships To Reach Underserved Diverse Populations, Institute For Community Inclusion, University Of Massachusetts Boston

MassWorks Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

This issue of MassWorks highlights an innovative approach to enhancing services for individuals from diverse communities. The high unemployment rate and barriers to employment experienced by people with disabilities are well documented. For people from diverse communities, these barriers are compounded by factors such as language, cultural norms regarding work and disability, and difficulty accessing services. Community partnerships can provide a unique opportunity to improve services for individuals from diverse racial, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds.

Data Note: Employment Outcomes For People With Diabetes In The Vocational Rehabilitation System, Jonathan Woodring, Susan Foley, Lauren Miller

Data Note Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

Approximately 18 million people in the U.S. have diabetes. Diabetes in and of itself does not necessarily qualify any given individual for disability services. However, for some individuals, diabetes can be serious enough or can lead to secondary conditions that enable them to qualify for Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services.

Assumptions And Limitations Of The Census Bureau Methodology Ranking Racial And Ethnic Residential Segregation In Cities And Metro Areas, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

This paper responds to a request from the U.S. Census Bureau to serve on a five-member peer review panel to examine an historic and first-time study by the Census Bureau that ranked major metropolitan areas by their level of racial and ethnic housing segregation and offered segregation rankings of 1,092 cities and 331 metropolitan areas based on a series of indexes discussed in the sociological literature. The paper identifies assumptions and limitations of the indexes and the five-index rankings used by the Census Bureau in its report on “Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation in the United States: 1980-2000” (CENSR-3) and …

How To Use Eti Drill Downs To Map Employment Integration And To Assess Workforce Diversity At Government Jobsites, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

While many studies have focused on disparities in employment and earnings of African Americans and Hispanics compared to white workers in the Milwaukee labor force, these reports have not drilled down to a neighborhood or jobsite level where changes can be effected in recruitment, hiring and promotion decisions. This report uses place-of-work data from the 2000 U.S. Census, released in 2004 and 2005 and designed for transportation planners, to assess and compare employment patterns by race/ethnicity at the census tract and block group and by industry, occupation, and type of employer. Racial integration and diversity standards are applied, based on …

How To Use Eti Place-Of-Work And Purchasing Power Drill Downs: Drill Downs For The Burleigh Main Street Project, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn, Frank Stetzer

ETI Publications

Commercial districts across the United States are attempting to expand retail activity and employment in targeted city neighborhoods. This paper presents a prototype drilldown for measuring retail strengths of under-served central city areas. Two sets of drill downs were developed using state-of-the-art methodologies to meet the needs of business owners, community agencies, and academics in assessing the existing and potential retail market of individual neighborhoods. ETI Purchasing Power Profiles detail the annual expenditures of residents in each neighborhood for 16 major categories of consumer expenditures, utilizing a unique methodology developed by the Employment and Training Institute. The profiles were initially …

Workforce And Transportation Drill Downs Of Hud Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones, And Community Development Block Grant Neighborhoods:, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn, Frank Stetzer

ETI Publications

In the past, descriptions of business activity in HUD Community Renewal areas have been difficult to assess at a geographic level necessary for planning and implementation purposes. This place-of-work and transportation analysis offers a first-time examination of existing jobs in the Renewal Community area, the location of jobs held by central city workers, and an analysis of commuters coming to the Community Renewal area. The place-of-work data are based on responses to the 2000 U.S. Census long-form questionnaire, provided to 1 in 6 households. The Employment and Training Institute has previously examined the purchasing power and workforce opportunities in dense …