Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Public Policy Commons™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

2006

Work, Economy and Organizations

Articles 1 - 16 of 16

Full-Text Articles in Public Policy

Data Note: Relationship Between Integrated Employment And State Unemployment Rates For Mr/Dd Consumers, Katherine Fichthorn, Dana Scott Gilmore Nov 2006

Data Note: Relationship Between Integrated Employment And State Unemployment Rates For Mr/Dd Consumers, Katherine Fichthorn, Dana Scott Gilmore

Data Note Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

State mental retardation/developmental disability (MR/DD) agencies provided day and employment supports to over 466,500 people in 2001. Approximately 23% of individuals supported by MR/DD agencies nationwide were employed in integrated employment settings, with individual state outcomes ranging from 2% to 56%.

Go to article

Data Note: Relationship Between Mr/Dd Consumers In Integrated Employment And Working Ssi Recipients, Katherine Fichthorn, Dana Scott Gilmore Sep 2006

Data Note: Relationship Between Mr/Dd Consumers In Integrated Employment And Working Ssi Recipients, Katherine Fichthorn, Dana Scott Gilmore

Data Note Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

State mental retardation/developmental disability (MR/DD) agencies provided day and employment supports to over 466,500 people in 2001. Of these, 108,981 individuals were supported in integrated employment settings. The percentage of individuals working in integrated employment varied widely by state, from 56% in Washington to only 2% in Alabama.

Go to article

Research To Practice: The National Survey Of Community Rehabilitation Providers, Fy2004-2005 Report 1: Employment Outcomes Of People With Developmental Disabilities In Integrated Employment, Heike Boeltzig, Dana Scott Gilmore, John Butterworth Jul 2006

Research To Practice: The National Survey Of Community Rehabilitation Providers, Fy2004-2005 Report 1: Employment Outcomes Of People With Developmental Disabilities In Integrated Employment, Heike Boeltzig, Dana Scott Gilmore, John Butterworth

Research to Practice Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

Where do people with mental retardation and developmental disabilities work? What are their hours, wages, and benefits? This brief covers partial results from a survey that gives a snapshot of the outcomes for recently employed people with developmental disabilities.

Go to article

Research To Practice: Trends And Emerging Issues Regarding Ssa/Vr Reimbursements For Ssi/Ssdi Recipients, John Halliday, Dana Scott Gilmore, Katherine Fichthorn Jul 2006

Research To Practice: Trends And Emerging Issues Regarding Ssa/Vr Reimbursements For Ssi/Ssdi Recipients, John Halliday, Dana Scott Gilmore, Katherine Fichthorn

Research to Practice Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

This brief discusses the declining amount of reimbursement paid to public VR agencies from federal fiscal year (FFY) 2002 to FFY 2005 by considering the impact that fewer claims submitted and a rising SGA level may have on the amount of reimbursement paid.

Go to article

Massworks: Creating Effective Business Partnerships: What Businesses Want Human Service Agencies To Know, Rick Kugler, Cindy Thomas Jun 2006

Massworks: Creating Effective Business Partnerships: What Businesses Want Human Service Agencies To Know, Rick Kugler, Cindy Thomas

MassWorks Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

In October 2005, the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston hosted Mission: Employment II, a conference that brought together people with disabilities and workforce, rehabilitation, and employment professionals. Representatives from the Massachusetts Business Leadership Network (MassBLN) presented these tips on how employment service providers can better respond to companies' needs.

Go to article

Data Note: Vr Outcomes For People With Spinal Cord Injury, Frank A. Smith, Dana Scott Gilmore, John Butterworth Mar 2006

Data Note: Vr Outcomes For People With Spinal Cord Injury, Frank A. Smith, Dana Scott Gilmore, John Butterworth

Data Note Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

An estimated 250,000 people are living with a spinal cord injury (SCI). Since 2000, the average age of injury has been 38, with almost 80% of new injuries affecting men. Approximately 7,154 persons with SCI entered the VR service system in 2004. In 2004, 2382 individuals with SCI achieved successful rehabilitation with the support of state vocational rehabilitation agencies.

Go to article

Who Gets Construction Jobs And Where? Employment Of African Americans, Hispanics And Total Minorities In The Construction Industry And Construction Trades In The Milwaukee Msa, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2006

Who Gets Construction Jobs And Where? Employment Of African Americans, Hispanics And Total Minorities In The Construction Industry And Construction Trades In The Milwaukee Msa, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

This report uses three decades of U.S. Census data to assess employment patterns by race/ethnicity in the construction sector and construction trades in the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, and the four-county Milwaukee MSA. Historical participation of African Americans and Hispanics in construction occupations are tracked for 1980, 1990 and 2000, using Census Special Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Tabulation files. Worksite analysis and maps using Census 2000 place-of-work data only recently made available show where whites, African Americans, and Hispanic workers are employed. Worksite employment is analyzed using place-of-work special tables from the Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP2000), released in …

Go to article

The Driver License Status Of The Voting Age Population In Wisconsin, John Pawasarat Jan 2006

The Driver License Status Of The Voting Age Population In Wisconsin, John Pawasarat

ETI Publications

For this report, new Employment and Training Institute research on interrelationships between race/ethnicity, income and geography for the driver’s license issue is applied to proposals in the Wisconsin Legislature to require state driver’s licenses or photo IDs as identification for voting in elections in the state. The report details the impact of the proposed voter identification legislation on the population of adults 18 and older in Wisconsin compared to the population of adults with a current driver license and current address. An estimated 23 percent of residents aged 65 and over do not have a Wisconsin driver’s license or a …

Go to article

An Analysis Of Job Openings In The Milwaukee Region: Job Supply And Demand, Prepared For The Private Industry Council Of Milwaukee County, 2006, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2006

An Analysis Of Job Openings In The Milwaukee Region: Job Supply And Demand, Prepared For The Private Industry Council Of Milwaukee County, 2006, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

The Milwaukee job openings surveys were developed by the Employment and Training Institute in 1990s at the request of the City of Milwaukee. Five government partners collaborated on this ongoing Milwaukee Labor Market Project: the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Area Technical College, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the Private Industry Council of Milwaukee County. Milwaukee is the first major city in the nation to regularly study job openings in order to assess the number and type of jobs available and the level of skill training employers need to fill openings. Surveys have been conducted semi-annually or annually …

Go to article

Occupational Drill Down Of Training Needs In The Milwaukee Metro Area, John Pawasarat Jan 2006

Occupational Drill Down Of Training Needs In The Milwaukee Metro Area, John Pawasarat

ETI Publications

This report provides an occupational drill down focusing on training needs identified for specific occupations and job titles identified by employers participating in the May 2006 Survey of Job Openings, conducted by the Employment and Training Institute for the Private Industry Council of Milwaukee County. Detailed job openings data are provided for six occupational areas where technical training is required: health care workers, manufacturing openings, computer specialists, selected service occupations, clerking and administrative support jobs, and jobs requiring a valid driver’s license or a commercial driver’s license.

Go to article

Report Card On Minority And Female Participation In Construction Trade Apprentices In The Milwaukee Area: Who's In The Pipeline For Skilled Construction Trades, Lois M. Quinn, Ruth Zubrensky Jan 2006

Report Card On Minority And Female Participation In Construction Trade Apprentices In The Milwaukee Area: Who's In The Pipeline For Skilled Construction Trades, Lois M. Quinn, Ruth Zubrensky

ETI Publications

This report provides racial/ethnicity and gender data on apprentices in the construction trades in the Milwaukee metro area from 1999 to 2005. The data has been supplied by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards (BAS). The report analyzes these records to drill down to the level of individual employers and joint apprenticeship committees, where decisions are made related to employment of apprentices. Report cards are provided for 475 Milwaukee area companies with construction trade apprentices, 14 Milwaukee and Waukesha area joint apprenticeship committees (JACs), one statewide committee, and one non-union program.

Go to article

Neighborhood Indicators Of Employment And Economic Family Well-Being For Zipcode 53206, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2006

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

ETI Publications

This report assesses employment, economic and welfare changes in Milwaukee ZIP code 53206 based on thirteen years of institutional data. Recently released Census 2000 transportation planning databases are used to provide a first-time analysis by race of jobs located within each central city neighborhood. State-of-the art purchasing power and retail sales leakage analyses developed by the Employment and Training Institute help communities and neighborhood-based businesses assess the spending power of each central city zipcode. The 2004 income tax analyses (based on state tax returns filed in 2005) provide income data that is five years more current than the 1999 incomes …

Go to article

Job Openings In The Milwaukee Metropolitan Area: Week Of May 24, 2006, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2006

Job Openings In The Milwaukee Metropolitan Area: Week Of May 24, 2006, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

The week of May 24, 2006, an estimated 24,056 full and part-time jobs were open for immediate hire in the four-county Milwaukee metropolitan area. These openings are the result of company expansions, labor shortages in difficult to fill positions, seasonal fluctuations, and normal turnover among the 747,554 employed workers in the area. The job vacancy study was prepared by the Employment and Training Institute for the Private Industry Council of Milwaukee County. The highest increase in full-time openings was seen in the manufacturing sector, which showed 1,520 more full-time openings in May 2006 than in May 2005. The number of …

Go to article

Child Care Selected By Families In The Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy Program, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2006

Child Care Selected By Families In The Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy Program, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

As part of its technical assistance work for Milwaukee County, the Employment and Training Institute examines the participation in the child care subsidy program (Wisconsin Shares) by type of care used, the age of children in care, and residence of the family. In Milwaukee County, families may choose among six types of child care: group care centers licensed by the state to serve 9 or more children; family centers licensed by the state to serve 4-8 children; regular and provisionally certified family care certified by Milwaukee County to care for children in their home; school-age programs operated by Milwaukee Public …

Go to article

Research To Practice: Community-Based Non-Work Services: Findings From The National Survey Of Day And Employment Programs For People With Developmental Disabilities, Jennifer Sullivan Sulewski, John Butterworth, Dana Scott Gilmore Jan 2006

Research To Practice: Community-Based Non-Work Services: Findings From The National Survey Of Day And Employment Programs For People With Developmental Disabilities, Jennifer Sullivan Sulewski, John Butterworth, Dana Scott Gilmore

Research to Practice Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

As community-based services for adults with developmental disabilities develop, one category remains underexplored: community-based non-work (CBNW). Findings from an ICI survey show that while CBNW is a growing part of the service mix, its definitions and requirements remain fuzzy.

Go to article

Research To Practice: The National Survey Of Community Rehabilitation Providers, Fy2002-2003 Report 3: Involvement Of Crps In The Ticket To Work And The Workforce Investment Act, Heike Boeltzig, John Butterworth, Dana Scott Gilmore Jan 2006

Research To Practice: The National Survey Of Community Rehabilitation Providers, Fy2002-2003 Report 3: Involvement Of Crps In The Ticket To Work And The Workforce Investment Act, Heike Boeltzig, John Butterworth, Dana Scott Gilmore

Research to Practice Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

This Research to Practice brief examines CRP participation in the Ticket to Work and the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). Findings showed that CRPs were more involved in WIA than the Ticket program.

Go to article