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2017 Mps Head Start Community Assessment Data Analysis, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2017

2017 Mps Head Start Community Assessment Data Analysis, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

The Milwaukee Public Schools Head Start Community Assessment identifies the community conditions and trends that impact the Head Start programs, participating families and children, and potential enrollees. The assessment details the demographics of the family and child populations, birth trends, health needs, housing trends, employment changes, public safety concerns, transportation needs, and child care services in the neighborhoods with Head Start programs. This report prepared by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute (UWM-ETI) includes analysis of annual birth data, health, housing and social service records and administrative files from the Milwaukee health, police and assessor’s departments; county sheriff’s …


Research Brief On Eti Neighborhood Indicators Studies, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2016

Research Brief On Eti Neighborhood Indicators Studies, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

The Milwaukee neighborhood indicators reports were developed by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 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 tracked changes by neighborhood since 1993, prior to the beginning of state and federal welfare payment cuts, and demonstrate the advantages of using administrative and institutional databases to measure dimensions of urban life. In 2001 the Brookings Institution identified the ETI neighborhood indicators approach …


2015 Centro Hispano Head Start Community Needs Assessment, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2015

2015 Centro Hispano Head Start Community Needs Assessment, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute prepared a Head Start Community Needs Assessment for Centro Hispano of Milwaukee, with a detailed study of conditions impacting schools, families and children in the neighborhoods in the southside target area served by the agency and collecting information on the special needs of Latino youth populations in Milwaukee County. The data are used to improve the planning for and delivery of education and social services to children living in poverty. The neighborhoods served by Centro Hispano are among the most densely populated of Milwaukee County. Data from 59 public and private schools …


Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53204, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat Jan 2009

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; …


Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Milwaukee Public Schools Students And Their Families, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat Jan 2009

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 …


Socio-Economic Analysis Of Issues Facing Children And Families In Milwaukee Public Schools: Presentation, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2009

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.


Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53205, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat Jan 2009

Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53205, 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 institutional and administrative 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 53205. The zip code drilldowns explore interrelationships at the neighborhood level between earnings of Milwaukee parents; job availability; …


Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53208, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat Jan 2009

Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53208, 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 institutional and administrative 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 53208. The zip code drilldowns explore interrelationships at the neighborhood level between earnings of Milwaukee parents; job availability; …


Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53206, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat Jan 2009

Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53206, 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 institutional and administrative 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 53206. The zip code drilldowns explore interrelationships at the neighborhood level between earnings of Milwaukee parents; job availability; …


Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53212, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat Jan 2009

Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53212, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat

ETI Publications

As a planning supplement to the annual count of school children in the city of Milwaukee, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute assembled institutional and administrative 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 53212. The zip code drilldowns explore interrelationships at the neighborhood level between earnings of Milwaukee …


Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53210, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat Jan 2009

Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53210, 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 institutional and administrative 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 53210. The zip code drilldowns explore interrelationships at the neighborhood level between earnings of Milwaukee parents; job availability; …


Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53216, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat Jan 2009

Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53216, 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 institutional and administrative 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 53216. The zip code drilldowns explore interrelationships at the neighborhood level between earnings of Milwaukee parents; job availability; …


Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53233, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat Jan 2009

Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53233, 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 institutional and administrative 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 53233. The zip code drilldowns explore interrelationships at the neighborhood level between earnings of Milwaukee parents; job availability; …


Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53218, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat Jan 2009

Socio-Economic Analysis Of Neighborhood Issues Facing Mps Students And Their Families In Zipcode 53218, 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 institutional and administrative 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 53218. The zip code drilldowns explore interrelationships at the neighborhood level between earnings of Milwaukee parents; job availability; …


Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53210, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53210, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

This neighborhood indicators report assesses employment, economic and welfare changes in ZIP code 53210 based on eleven years of institutional data. The 2002 income tax data (based on state tax returns filed by April 2003) provides income earnings data that is three years more current than the 1999 incomes reported by the U.S. Census. Funding for the report was provided by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the City of Milwaukee Community Development Block Grant Program. Among the areas addressed are: age of the population, family income and workforce growth, earned income tax credits, working families with income below poverty, child …


Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53206, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53206, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

This neighborhood indicators report assesses employment, economic and welfare changes in ZIP code 53206 based on eleven years of institutional data. The 2002 income tax data (based on state tax returns filed by April 2003) provides income earnings data that is three years more current than the 1999 incomes reported by the U.S. Census. Funding for the report was provided by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the City of Milwaukee Community Development Block Grant Program. Among the areas addressed are: age of the population, family income and workforce growth, earned income tax credits, working families with income below poverty, child …


Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53205, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53205, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

his neighborhood indicators report assesses employment, economic and welfare changes in ZIP code 53205 based on eleven years of institutional data. The 2002 income tax data (based on state tax returns filed by April 2003) provides income earnings data that is three years more current than the 1999 incomes reported by the U.S. Census. Funding for the report was provided by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the City of Milwaukee Community Development Block Grant Program. Among the areas addressed are: age of the population, family income and workforce growth, earned income tax credits, working families with income below poverty, child …


Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53204, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53204, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

This neighborhood indicators report assesses employment, economic and welfare changes in ZIP code 53204 based on eleven years of institutional data. The 2002 income tax data (based on state tax returns filed by April 2003) provides income earnings data that is three years more current than the 1999 incomes reported by the U.S. Census. Funding for the report was provided by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the City of Milwaukee Community Development Block Grant Program. Among the areas addressed are: age of the population, family income and workforce growth, earned income tax credits, working families with income below poverty, child …


Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53208, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53208, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

This neighborhood indicators report assesses employment, economic and welfare changes in ZIP code 53208 based on eleven years of institutional data. The 2002 income tax data (based on state tax returns filed by April 2003) provides income earnings data that is three years more current than the 1999 incomes reported by the U.S. Census. Funding for the report was provided by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the City of Milwaukee Community Development Block Grant Program. Among the areas addressed are: age of the population, family income and workforce growth, earned income tax credits, working families with income below poverty, child …


Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53216, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53216, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

his neighborhood indicators report assesses employment, economic and welfare changes in ZIP code 53216 based on eleven years of institutional data. The 2002 income tax data (based on state tax returns filed by April 2003) provides income earnings data that is three years more current than the 1999 incomes reported by the U.S. Census. Funding for the report was provided by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the City of Milwaukee Community Development Block Grant Program. Among the areas addressed are: age of the population, family income and workforce growth, earned income tax credits, working families with income below poverty, child …


Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53212, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53212, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

his neighborhood indicators report assesses employment, economic and welfare changes in ZIP code 53212 based on eleven years of institutional data. The 2002 income tax data (based on state tax returns filed by April 2003) provides income earnings data that is three years more current than the 1999 incomes reported by the U.S. Census. Funding for the report was provided by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the City of Milwaukee Community Development Block Grant Program. Among the areas addressed are: age of the population, family income and workforce growth, earned income tax credits, working families with income below poverty, child …


2004 Neighborhood Indicators Summary, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

2004 Neighborhood Indicators Summary, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

This neighborhood indicators report assesses employment, economic and welfare changes based on eleven years of institutional data for nine ZIP codes (53204, 53205, 53206, 53208, 53210, 53212, 53216, 53218, and 53233) designated as target areas for Community Development Block Grant program as in the city of Milwaukee. The 2002 income tax data (based on state tax returns filed by April 2003) provides income earnings data that is three years more current than the 1999 incomes reported by the U.S. Census. Funding for the report was provided by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the City of Milwaukee Community Development Block Grant …


Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53233, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53233, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

This neighborhood indicators report assesses employment, economic and welfare changes in ZIP code 53233 based on eleven years of institutional data. The 2002 income tax data (based on state tax returns filed by April 2003) provides income earnings data that is three years more current than the 1999 incomes reported by the U.S. Census. Funding for the report was provided by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the City of Milwaukee Community Development Block Grant Program. Among the areas addressed are: age of the population, family income and workforce growth, earned income tax credits, working families with income below poverty, child …


Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53218, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53218, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

This neighborhood indicators report assesses employment, economic and welfare changes in ZIP code 53218 based on eleven years of institutional data. The 2002 income tax data (based on state tax returns filed by April 2003) provides income earnings data that is three years more current than the 1999 incomes reported by the U.S. Census. Funding for the report was provided by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the City of Milwaukee Community Development Block Grant Program. Among the areas addressed are: age of the population, family income and workforce growth, earned income tax credits, working families with income below poverty, child …


Purchasing Power Profile: Zipcode 53217, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn, Frank Stetzer Jan 2001

Purchasing Power Profile: Zipcode 53217, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn, Frank Stetzer

ETI Publications

While central city residents often have much lower family incomes than suburban residents, they typically spend much of their income on consumer purchases, providing a strong base of retail purchasing. To help identify the economic assets of central city neighborhoods and to further employment opportunities for city residents the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute prepared state-of-the-art purchasing power estimates of consumer expenditures and retail sales leakage/surplus by neighborhood. The ETI drill downs were designed to help determine the diversity of the workforce and to further economic development for underserved communities and for neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of …