Summary List of Research

Employment

• Study by the Economic Policy Institute shows that 1 out of 4 black or Hispanic workers is underemployed
• July 2010 analysis by EPI claims that jobless are still facing “intolerable odds” in finding employment
• Comprehensive unemployment data and statistics
• Unemployment data by metro area, region, city or state
• visit:  A map of median length of unemployment by state

Poverty Statistics and Analysis

• Full Census Data (released 9/10/09)
• Census Data By State from the American Community Survey* (released 9/22/09):
• Census Data Analysis: Key Findings & Projections For 2009-2010 (With Charts And Graphs) From The Economic Policy Institute
• Census Analysis Resources From The Coalition On Human Needs
• Visuals of State Poverty Data — Calculations by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities and the Coalition on Human Needs using the American Community Survey Data
  • State-by-State Total Poverty: 2000-2008
  • State-by-State Family Poverty: 2000-2008
  • State-by-State Child Poverty: 2000-2008
  • State-by-State Median Income: 2000-2008
  • Poverty Levels in Fifty Large Cities and Metropolitan Areas
  • Poverty by Congressional District (includes gender and race breakdowns)
• Center for Community Change, Legal Momentum and Jobs with Justice, published a study in December of 2009 “Battered by the Storm: How the Social Safety Net is Failing Americans and How to Fix it.”

Understanding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and its Impact on the Poor

• The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has developed a special series, “Economic Recovery Watch” with analysis of the effects of  the American Reinvestment Act and other emergency government economic policies
• To better understand how the recovery bill is expected to have impact on domestic poverty, see below report form the Center for Budget and Policy: ARRA — State by State Estimates of Key Provisions Affecting Low and Moderate-Income Individuals
• The following chart and summary of key provisions of ARRA from the Coalition on Human Needs provides snapshot of important aspects of the Economic Recovery Bill that are expected to positively affect the poor: CHART: ARRA Provisions that Promote Shared Recovery
• Analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on how past recessions have affected the poor with projections for the current recession
• To track the implementation of the ARRA, visit: http://www.recovery.gov/

Housing

• Annual “Out of Reach” report by the National Low-Income Housing Coalition shows that those with the lowest income continue to the be group facing an absolute shortage of available housing:
• A new report by the national community reinvestment coalition states that blacks and Hispanics have higher incidences of subprime loan rates

For data on family and child homelessness, visit:

• Number of Homeless Families Climbing Due to Recession, Analysis by CBPP
• State Report Card on Child and Family Homelessness, Report by NCFH (2009)

The Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Immigration

• This report, from the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) examines how the number of immigrants has changed since the recession began; how legal and illegal immigration flows may change; and how immigrants fare in the labor market during downturns. “Immigrants and the Current Economic Crisis:  Research Evidence, Policy Challenges, and Implications”
• The Pew Research Center recently released a new report “Hispanics and the New Arizona Law” which shows that both Hispanics and non-Hispanic Americans believe Hispanics are the group most likely to be discriminated against in America

Education Reform

• The Task Force on the Participation of Latino Children and Families in Catholic Schools at The University of Notre Dame convened a yearlong national Task Force on the Participation of Latino Children and Families in Catholic Schools. The following are links to download the PDF of the final report “To Nurture the Soul of a Nation” in English or Spanish:
  • Final Report English
  • Final Report Spanish
  • Executive Summary of the report: Executive Summary
• 2009 Case Study from the Annenburg Institute for School Reform at Brown University and Oakland Community Organizations (PICO affiliate) released a new report entitled “Building a Districtwide Small Schools Movement: Oakland Community Organizations” documents how parents, teachers and concerned community members from OCO launched a campaign to improve the overcrowded, unsafe, and underperforming schools in the city’s flatlands that, 10 years later, has resulted in the creation of 48 small schools, serving primarily low-income students of color.  Findings may be of interest to others engaged in education reform.