NYWe-works: Issue No. 3

July 2004

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This issue:
Publications
*    Center for Economic and Policy Research
*    Department of Labor
*    Jobs for the Future
*    Kaiser Commission
*    Oxford University Press
*    SAMHSA
*    Urban Institute Justice Policy Center
Funding and Grant Information
*    J.P. Morgan Chase
*    NIMH
News Briefs
*    Bazelon
*    Howie T. Harp
*    IAPSRS
*    Mentally Ill Offender and Crime Reduction Act of 2003
*    Office of the Mayor
Education
*    Howie T. Harp
*    IAPSRS
*    NYAPRS

Publications:

• Center for Economic and Policy Research has written a report (04/04) looking at the scarcity of jobs and slow wage growth and how this affects a return to work for Welfare recipients. It is called For Welfare Reform to Work, Jobs Must be Available. To view click on the title.
• Department of Labor: the Occupational Outlook Handbook, updated 2004-2005, is a nationally recognized useful resource for career and industry information and trends. Go to: http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
• Jobs for the Future, (JFF) a non-profit, research, consulting, and advocacy organization based in Boston, Massachusetts has released a series of reports looking at advancement for low-skilled workers from the center of employment and training policy. The Next Challenge: Advancing Low-Skilled, Low-Wage Workers, is one of these reports. To view go to: http://www.jff.org/jff/PDFDocuments/nextchallenge.pdf
• Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured recently published a paper on Medicaid changes in Oregon reflective of fall off in state revenues combined with rising health care cos