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Undermining Individual And Collective Citizenship: The Impact Of Felon Exclusion Laws On The African-American Community, S. David Mitchell
Undermining Individual And Collective Citizenship: The Impact Of Felon Exclusion Laws On The African-American Community, S. David Mitchell
S. David Mitchell
Felon exclusion laws are jurisdiction-specific, post-conviction statutory restrictions that prohibit convicted felons from exercising a host of legal rights, most notably the right to vote. The professed intent of these laws is to punish convicted felons equally without regard for the demographic characteristics of each individual, including race, class, or gender. Felon exclusion laws, however, have a disproportionate impact on African-American males and, by extension, on the residential communities from which many convicted felons come. Thus, felon exclusion laws not only relegate African-American convicted felons to a position of second-class citizenship, but the laws also diminish the collective citizenship of …
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 …
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 …