Resources

• Books, Articles, and Reports
• Web Sites
• Organizations

Throughout the Toolbox, web sites, articles and reports have been cited which grantmakers may find relevant to their work. What follows are some other recommendations. Of course, there are many more resources available on these topics. NFG will periodically update its web site with new studies, reports of interest to grantmakers, and links to other resources. 

Books, Articles and Reports

Economic Overview

Federal Resources

A number of federal agencies issue periodic reports assessing the state of the American economy. The Congressional Budget Office's most recent overview is The Economic and Budget Outlook: 1999-2008. Each year, the President's Council of Economic Advisors publishes its analysis, The Economic Report of the President. Eight times a year the Federal Reserve System publishes The Beige Book. Each year the House Ways and Means Committee publishes its Green Book: Background Material and Data on Programs within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means. All are available through the Library of Congress.

The Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce Report. America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages. Rochester, NY: National Center on Education and the Economy. 1990. 

Dingerson, Leigh. Jobs: Some Organizing Strategies. Washington, DC: Center for Community Change. 1997. 

Gueron, Judith M. and Pauly, Edward. From Welfare to Work. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 1991. 

Jargowsky, Paul A. Ghetto Poverty in the United States, 1970-1990. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 1997. 

Katz, Bruce J. "Reviving Cities: Think Metropolitan." Brookings Policy Brief, Number 33. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution June 1998. 

Kretzmann, John P. and McKnight, John L. Building Communities from the Inside Out. Chicago: ACTA Publications. 1993. 

Lerza, Catherine. Jobs and the Economy: A National Conference for Funders. McLean, VA: Neighborhood Funders Group. 1996. 

Okagaki, Alan. "Windows on the World: Best Practice in Economic Opportunity Strategy," The Entrepreneurial Economy Review, November 1998. 

Okagaki, Alan. Building Communities of Opportunity. St. Paul, MN: Northwest Area Foundation. 1997. 

Orfield, Myron. Metropolitics: A Regional Agenda for Community and Stability. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution. 1997. 

Porter, Michael. "The Competitive Advantage of the Inner City," Harvard Business Review, January/February 1995:55-71. 

Wilson, William Julius. The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy. Chicago:University of Chicago Press. 1987. 

Workforce Development

Bloom, Dan. After AFDC: Welfare to Work Choices and Challenges for States. New York: Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation. 1997. 

Brown, Amy. Work First: How to Implement an Employment-Focused Approach to Welfare Reform. New York: Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation. 1997. 

Corporation for Supportive Living. Work in Progress: An Interim Report from the Next Steps: Jobs Initiative. New York. May 1997. 

Dewar, Tom and Schie, David. Job Opportunity Initiatives: Toward a Better Future for Low-Income Children and Youth. For the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Minneapolis: Rainbow Research, Inc. 1994. 

Harrison, Bennet and Weiss, Marcus. Workforce Development Networks: Community-Based Organizations and Regional Alliances. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. 1998. 

Herr, Toby; Wagner, Suzanne L. and Halpern, Robert. Making the Shoe Fit: Creating a Work-Prep System for a Large Diverse Welfare Population. Chicago: Erikson Institute. December 1996. 

Molina, Frieda. Making Connections: A Study of Employment Linkage Programs. Washington, DC: Center for Community Change. 1998. 

Moss, Phillip and Tilly, Chris. Soft Skills and Race: An Investigation of Black Men's Employment Problems, Working Paper #80. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 1995. 

Okagaki, Alan; Leifer, Nancy; Parachini, Larry; and Mott, Andrew. Developing a Public Policy Agenda on Jobs. Washington, DC: Center for Community Change. 1997. 

Osterman, Paul. Employment Future: Reorganization, Dislocation and Public Policy. New York: Oxford University Press. 1988. 

Shorebank Corporation. Chicago Initiative: A Strategy for Poverty Alleviation and Community Renewal. Volume II. Strategy for Labor Force Development. Chicago: Shorebank Corporation. 1991. 

Seavey, Dorie. New Avenues into Jobs: Early Lessons from Nonprofit Temp Agencies and Employment Brokers. Washington, DC: Center for Community Change. 1998. 

U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Chief Economist. What's Working (and What's Not): A Summary of Research on the Economic Impacts of Employment and Training Programs. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor. 1995. 

Welfare to Work

Bernstein, Jared. Low Wage Labor Market Indicators by City and State: The Constraints Facing Welfare Reform. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, October 1997. 

Born, Catherine E.; Caudill, Pamela J.; Spera, Christopher and Kunz, John F. "A Look at Life after Welfare," Public Welfare, Winter 1998. 

Burnette, Denise. "Grandparents Raising Children in the Inner City," Families in Society, September/October 1997. 

Burtless, Gary and Weaver, Kent. "Reinventing Welfare...Again," The Brookings Review, Winter 1997. 

Carmodey, Kelly et. al. Reinvesting Welfare Savings. Washington, DC: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 1998. 

Carter, Clarence; Dunbar, Denise; Micks, Sally; Brown, Martin and Davis- Johnson, Marian. "Virginia: Promoting Independence and Employment," Public Welfare, Summer 1997. 

Deavers, Kenneth L. and Hattiandgadi, Antia U. "Welfare to Work: Building a Better Path to Private Employment Opportunities," Journal of Labor Research, Spring 1998. 

Eisinger, Peter. "City Politics in an Era of Federal Devolution," Urban Affairs Review, January 1998. 

Finegold, David. "Is the Fair Labor Standards Act Fair to Welfare Recipients?" Journal of Labor Research, Spring 1998. 

Horn, Wade F. and Bush, Andrew. "Fathers and Welfare Reform," Public Interest, Fall 1997. 

Hughes, Mark Allen. "The Administrative Geography of Devolving Social Welfare Programs," Joint Occasional Paper 97-1. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution. 1997. 

Johnson, Gary T. and Silver, Christopher. "Welfare Reform, Cities, and Planners: A One-Year Post-Reform Appraisal," Journal of the American Planning Association Winter 1998. 

Keigher, Sharon M. "America's Most Cruel Xenophobia," Health & Social Work, August 1997. 

Kornbluh, Felicia. "The Goals of the National Welfare Rights Movement: Why We Need Them Thirty Years Later," Feminist Studies, Spring 1998. 

Meucci, Sandra. "What is a Children's Policy, Anyway?" Social Justice, Fall 1997. 

Meyer, Daniel R. and Cancian, Maria. "Economic Well-Being Following an Exit from Aid to Families with Dependent Children," Journal of Marriage and the Family, May 1998. 

Miller, Cynthia; Knox, Virginia; Auspos, Patricia; Hunter-Manns, Jo Anna and Orenstein, Alan. "Making Welfare Work and Work Pay," Spectrum, Winter 1998. 

Nightingale, Demetra Smith. "Work-Related Resources and Services: Implications for TANF," Spectrum, Summer 1997. 

Peterson, Janice. "Ending Welfare as We Know It: The Symbolic Importance of Welfare Policy in America," Journal of Economic Issues, June 1997. 

Sard, Barbara, and Daska, Jen. Welfare-to-Work Vouchers: Making Welfare Work. Washington, DC: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. April 1998. 

Watts, Jerry and Astone, Nan Marie. "The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996," Contemporary Sociology, July 1997. 

Weir, Margaret. "Is Anybody Listening? The Uncertain Future of Welfare Reform in the Cities," The Brookings Review, Winter 1997. 

Williams, Lucy A. "Rethinking Low-Wage Markets and Dependency," Politics & Society, December 1997. 

Wolch, Jennifer R. "America's New Urban Policy: Welfare Reform and the Fate of American Cities," Journal of the American Planning Association, Winter 1998. 

Young, Nancy K. and Gardner, Sidney L. "Children at the Crossroads," Public Welfare, Winter 1998. 

Zavodny. "Welfare and the Locational Choices of New Immigrants," Economic Review - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Second Quarter 1997. 

Sectoral Development

Porter, Michael E. The Competitive Advantage of Nations. New York: The Free Press. 1990. 

Rist, Carl and Sahay, Puchka. Community-Based Organizations and Business Networks: New Ideas for Creating Job Opportunities for Inner-City Residents. Washington, DC: Corporation for Enterprise Development. 1996. 

Rosenfeld, Stuart A. Industrial-Strength Strategies: Regional Business Clusters and Public Policy. Washington, DC: The Aspen Institute. 1995. 

Sommers, Paul. "Rural Networks in the United States: Lessons from Three Experiments," Economic Development Quarterly, February 1998. 

Web Sites

American Community Network

www.acn.net
A searchable online database of statistical information for all U.S. counties and metropolitan statistical areas.

www.newfederalism.urban.org
Job training and welfare-to-work programs are part of a larger Urban Institute initiative on the devolution of programs from the federal government to the states.

www.cbpp.org
This nonpartisan research organization and policy institute conducts research and analyzes government policies and programs, with an emphasis on those affecting low- and moderate-income people.

www.clasp.org
This national nonprofit organization has expertise in law and policy affecting poor people. Policy research and advocacy information.

www.epinet.org
A wide variety of information on family income, jobs, wealth, and poverty, including The State of Working America 1998-99.

www.iwpr.org
The Institute's Welfare Reform Research Coordination Project includes a listserv (electronic bulletin board) on welfare issues. 

www.natprior.org
Information on state job training programs and living wage campaigns.

www.nwmap.org
A site of collaborative organizers, advocates, service providers and researchers monitoring welfare activities at the local level to inform grassroots and national advocacy efforts.

www.doleta.gov
The major federal government web site on jobs and welfare-to- work-related programs, with links to local and state, private and public networks.

• Center for Community Economic Development (UWisc)
• The Centre for Community Enterprise
• Center for Economic Development, University of New Orleans
• CDFI Coalition
• Community Economic Development Centre (Canada)
• Council for Urban Economic Development.
• The National Center for Employee Ownership
• The Enterprise Development Website
• The National Economic Development & Law Center
• America's Labor Market Information System (Data)
• Guide to On-Line Sources for Economic Development Data
• Occupational Employment Projections
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• AECF Jobs Initiative
• Special Job Training issue of Shelterforce Magazine
• Public/Private Ventures