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Low-Skill Jobs, Work Hours, and Paid Time Off: Brief No. 2 (Policy Briefs/Employers in the Low-Skill Labor Market)This brief uses data from the 2007 Survey of Employers in the Low-Skill Labor Market to examine the scheduling demands employers place on workers recently hired to fill noncollege jobs and to assess the availability of paid time off, sick leave and other benefits that help workers balance their work and family lives.
| Posted to Web: December 04, 2008 | Publication Date: November 01, 2008 |
Job Placement Agencies and the Low-Skill Labor Market: Brief No. 3 (Policy Briefs/Employers in the Low-Skill Labor Market)This brief uses data from the 2007 Survey of Employers in the Low-Skill Labor Market to describe the role job placement agencies play in helping employers fill noncollege jobs.
| Posted to Web: December 04, 2008 | Publication Date: November 01, 2008 |
Department of Health and Human Services: Improving Services for Children and Families (Research Report)This chapter was part of an online effort by the Center for American Progress Action Fund and New Democracy Project to offer expert advice to the new administration as part of its Change for America book project (http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2008/changeforamerica/additionalcontributions.html). Washington’s new leadership, its authors say, should build on the Administration for Children and Families’ assets and focus on the interrelated goals of promoting family economic security and promoting healthy child and youth development. These twin goals can best be achieved through new strategic investments, capacity building and innovative partnerships, coordination across offices and departments, and collaboration with states and the private sector.
| Posted to Web: December 03, 2008 | Publication Date: November 12, 2008 |
Federal Programs for Addressing Low-Income Housing Needs: A Policy Primer (Research Report)Housing costs constitute the single biggest expenditure in most family budgets, and many low-income families have difficulty finding housing they can reasonably afford. Although most family-strengthening and community change initiatives recognize the urgency of the housing problems facing low-income families, they often have difficulty figuring out how to constructively address them. Federal housing programs are numerous and confusing, implementation is balkanized, funding falls woefully short of needs, and policy debates often focus on narrow technical issues. This primer demystifies federal rental assistance programs and provides the most current information available on how many (and who) they serve and how their scale is changing. It also summarizes key challenges facing housing policy today and in the coming years—challenges that may create opportunities for federal, state, and local engagement and innovation.
| Posted to Web: December 01, 2008 | Publication Date: December 01, 2008 |
Policy Primer Demystifies Federal Afforable Housing Programs (Press Release)Although the ongoing foreclosure crisis has focused the nation’s attention on housing problems and policies, the struggles of renters have largely been overlooked. A new guide demystifies federal rental assistance programs, providing the latest information on who they serve and how their scale has changed, details on funding flows and federal-state-local-private responsibilities, explanations of how participants are selected, and overviews of challenges facing housing policy.
| Posted to Web: December 01, 2008 | Publication Date: December 01, 2008 |