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Individual Development Accounts
Community Development
Post-secondary Education
Livable Wages
Website Links
Economic Trends/Connecticut
The
American Community Renewal and New Markets Empowerment Act
Details on the growth opportunities that will be provided to a high
poverty community in each state.
EPI
Datazone
Statewide and regional trends in wages & compensation, family earnings
& income, and employment.
State
of Connecticut Comptroller's Report 2000
State Comptroller's report on the financial
health of Connecticut
State
of the States 2000
National Priorities Project outline of issues
facing people in Connecticut and across the country.
Pulling
Apart: A State by State Analysis of Income Trends
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
report on the increasing wage gap between the rich and poor.
HUD
State of the Cities Report
1999
Poverty
State by State
US Department of Census; poverty levels in all 50
states.
Social
State of Connecticut '99
Fordham Institute for Innovation in Social Policy report on
indicators marking social health of Connecticut's residents.
Connecticut
Town Profiles (98-99)
Demographic, economic, education, government,
housing, labor, and quality of life information on all of Connecticut's
cities and towns from the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community
Development.
Connecticut's
Children, Families, and the New Economy (pdf)
(1/00) Connecticut Voices for Children
Expanding
the Property Tax Circuit Breaker Program to Low-Income Families Raising
Children (pdf)
(1/00) Connecticut Voices for Children
Helping
Families Complete the Journey Out of Poverty: Investment Strategies and
Policy Options for Connecticut (pdf)
(11/99) Connecticut Voices for Children
Making
Children Visible in Connecticut's Tax Code (pdf)
(11/99) Connecticut Voices for Children
The
Community Reinvestment Act
(7/99) Connecticut Voices for Children
Poverty
Despite Work (pdf)
(3/99) Connecticut Voices for Children
Publications
E-Notes
The on-line newsletter of Connecticut Voices
for Children
Connecticut
Economic Digest
Joint publication of the Connecticut Department
of Labor and Department of Economic Development
The
Connecticut Economy
Publication of the University of Connecticut
Websites
CT Department of Economic and Community Development
Connecticut
Voices for Children
A wide range of data and reports from a
state leader in poverty advocacy in the following areas: Budget,
Tax, and Finance, Childcare,
Child
Welfare and Safety, Economic
Security, Education,
Health,
Juvenile
Justice, Legal
Resources, Reports
and data, Youth
Development
Now
Is the Time: Places Left Behind in the New Economy - Northeast Communities
Special Issue
HUD's 1999 report of the economies of communities in CT, ME, MA,
PA, NY, NJ, RI, NH, VT.
Publications
Federal
Reserve Bank of Boston publications:
Communities
and Banking
New
England Economic Indicators
New
England Economic Review
Regional
Review
Encouraging
Work, Reducing Poverty: The Impact of Work Incentive Programs
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation; monograph summarizing and the
effectiveness of programs designed to reduce poverty by providing cash payments
to supplement the earnings of low-wage workers
Choosing
the High Road
Responsible Wealth; shows businesses benefit from paying higher wages
New Federalism State Database
From this site, you will be able to link to a database with information on the
fifty states and the District of Columbia in areas including income security,
health, child well-being, demographic, fiscal and political conditions, and
social services.
Changing America:
Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin
Playing by
the Rules but Losing the Game
(May 2000) The Urban Institute report that finds that 1:6 American families is
considered to be "working poor" through alternative hours and income
thresholds. Also includes the demographic characteristics of low-income
families, analyzing the job characteristics of the working poor and their use of
safety net services, as compared to non-poor and poor, non-working counterparts.
Career Advancement
Prospects and Strategies for Low-Wage Minority Workers
(March 2000) The Urban Institute report detailing the differences in wage levels
and unemployment rates across racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. It
talks about whether less-educated or lower-income minorities face additional
barriers to skill development and career advancement beyond those faced by their
white counterparts, and how these barriers can be overcome.
How Well Can
Urban Labor Markets Absorb Welfare Recipients?
The Urban Institute report examining how the inflows of recipients into
the labor force will affect the balance of jobs and low-skill
workers.
Job Prospects for
Welfare Recipients, Employers Speak Out
The Urban Institute. Under what conditions will employers hire people on
welfare? What are their requirements and expectations? What kinds of jobs are
available to people leaving welfare, and what pay and benefits are offered? This
report presents the key results of a nationwide survey.
Are There
Good Jobs for Low-Skilled Workers?
(January 2000) The Urban Institute looks at lower-wage occupations that offer
the most "good jobs"; mobility patterns in selected low-wage
occupations; and the implications of these findings for programs that serve low
wage workers and former welfare recipients.
Expansion
of national minimum wage
(3/00) Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
HUD
State of the Cities Report
1999
Poverty
State by State
US Department of Census; poverty in all 50
states.
Minimum
Wage: Increasing the Reward for Work
Report from the White House's Council of
Economic Advisors supporting a raise in the minimum wage.
Low
Unemployment, Rising Wages Fuel Poverty Decline: Concerns Remain Amidst
the Good
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Minimum
Wage
Coalition on
Human Needs; reports and web links
Publications
Economic
Opportunity Report
Ordering information
Human Needs Report
Monthly; Coalition on Human Needs
Labor Research Association (LRA) offers news and analysis
for trade unionists.
LRA
online
LRA
consulting
Poverty Research
News
Newsletter of the Joint Center on Poverty
Research, Northwestern University/University of Chicago.
Welfare and Families newsletter
Websites
National Coalition for
Homelessness On-line Library
Contains detailed abstracts and citation and ordering information for
hundreds of reports on homelessness and poverty.
Monthly Labor Review
Bureau of Labor Statistics; employment outlook through 2006
QWES
New from EPI - a current, detailed analysis of wage and
employment trends in the Current Populations Survey, released quarterly as data
becomes available.
EPI
Datazone
National trends in wages & compensation, family earnings & income,
prices, macro, and unionization.
Research
Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism
Welfare Information Network; features an on-line database
of research projects on welfare reform and child well-being.
Policy.com
Broad-based policy website with welfare reform and welfare-to-work pages;
includes reports, statistics, and background on federal and state legislation.
National
Center on Poverty Law
Identifies, develops, and supports creative and collaborative
approaches to help achieve social and economic justice for low-income
people.
National
Association of Realtors
Data and research on real estate.
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
HHS
Poverty Guidelines
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
1999 guidelines for poverty.
Revising
the Poverty Measure (pdf)
Institute for Research on Poverty
The
Poverty Measure: A Brief History
Institute for Research on Poverty
Measuring
Poverty - A New Approach
Joint Center on Poverty Research
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Center for Law and Social Policy
Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change
Community Voices Heard
Organization of low-income people working to improve their communities
CT Coalition to End Child Poverty
CT Department of Social Services
Economic Democracy Information
Network
Center for Community Economic Research, UC-Berkeley; includes extensive
advocacy material on housing, health, and poverty.
Institute for Research on Poverty
Joint Center for Poverty Research
National Assoc. for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association of Private Industry Councils
National Center for Community and Justice
Fights bias, bigotry, and racism in America
National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support
National Coalition for the Homeless
National Community Action Foundation
National Community Reinvestment Coalition
National Congress for Community Economic Development
National Employment Law Project (NELP)
National Head Start Association
National Low Income Housing Coalition
National Organization for Women
National Partnership for Women and Families
National Youth Employment Coalition
Panel Study of Income Dynamics
PovertyNet
World Bank; resources and data on poverty
Reinvesting In America
World Hunger Year; database/clearinghouse on innovative programs fighting
hunger and poverty
Social Sciences Data Collection
STAT-USA
U.S.Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration;
economic information
CT Jobs First
Manual
CT Department of Labor
Welfare
Reform and Self-Sufficiency: Research on Connecticut's First Steps
(pdf)
(2/00) Connecticut Voices for Children
Jobs
First: Implementation and Early Impacts of Connecticut's Welfare Reform
Initiative
Manpower Demonstration Research Corp.'s report
on the performance of Connecticut's Job First Program.
State TANF
information
Center for Law and Social Policy at the Center
for Budget and Policy Priorities
Early
Implementation of the Welfare to Work Grants Program: Findings from Exploratory
Site Visits and Review of Program Plans (pdf)
(2/2000) Mathmatica Research Demonstration Corp.;provides information on the
early design, operations, and implementation of the welfare-to-work grants
program
A
Shrinking Portion of the Safety Net: General Assistance from 1989-1998
(1999)
Urban Institute; report on assistance to
childless individuals.
State TANF
information
Center for Law and Social Policy at the Center
for Budget and Policy Priorities
Welfare
to What? Early Findings on Family Hardship & Well-Being
(1998) Children's Defense Fund
Families Who
Left Welfare: Who Are They and How Are They Doing?
(7/99) Urban Institute; describing leavers, their jobs and wages,
the public support programs they used (such as Medicaid, food stamps, and
child care), their similarities to other low-income workers, and their
most pressing concerns.
Declines
in Food Stamp and Welfare Participation: Is There a Connection
Urban Institute; explores the unprecedented decline in the food stamp
caseload.
The Home
Front: Implications of Welfare Reform on Housing Policy
Urban Institute; argues that welfare reform could promote
self-sufficiency if housing assistance was included.
Highlights
of final TANF Regulations
(4/99) Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
About
Welfare: Myths, Facts, Challenges and Solutions
U.S. DOL report on the truth about welfare in
the United States.
Barriers
to the Employment of Welfare Recipients
Joint Center on Poverty Research report by
Sheldon Danziger, et.al.
American Enterprise
Institute (AEI)
Research covering a number of welfare topics.
CT Department of Social Services
Green
Book
Overview of entitlement programs within the jurisdiction
of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means.
Considered standard reference on U.S. social policy.
Manpower Demonstration Research
Corporation (MDRC)
Nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that concentrates on
welfare-to-work programs.
Mathematica Policy Research,
Inc. (MPR)
The site provides research, data, and analysis on a number of
welfare topics such as labor, education, health, and welfare as well as
program evaluation guidance.
National
Partnership for Women and Families
Policy.com
Broad-based policy website with welfare reform and welfare-to-work
pages; includes reports, statistics, and background on federal and state
legislation.
U.S.
Administration for Children and Families
Statistics on welfare reform, child care, head
start, and other programs.
The U.S. Department of Labor -- Welfare to Work Information
Welfare Policy Center
Project of the Hudson Institute, conducts research and provides technical
assistance on welfare reform. It is a resource for policy makers, program
administrators, the press, and others
Individual Development Accounts
Savings
Patterns in IDA Programs
(1/00) Center for Social Development, George
Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis
Investing
in Connecticut's Families: Individual Development Accounts (IDAs)
At-A-Glance
(11/99) Connecticut Voices for Children
Capital Area Asset
Building Corporation
A collaboration of 8 agencies that administer
IDAs
Center
for Social Development
George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis
Corporation
for Enterprise Development
IDA home page
Rethinking
Urban Economic Development
Business Incentives Reform Clearinghouse, William
Schweke and Brian Dabson
LISC
Online Resource Library
Local Initiatives Support Corporation; information-sharing on community
development practices; includes lessons learned in the field.
CT Department of Economic and Community Development
Trinity College
Neighborhood Initiative
Hartford, CT
Reducing
Child Poverty Through Post-Secondary Education for Low-Income Parents
(pdf)
(11/99) Connecticut Voices For Children
Adult
Education Participant Decisions and Barriers
National Household Education Survey
Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium
Connecticut State University System
CT Department of Higher Education