[URBANTH-L]ISHP YEAR IN REVIEW: Homelessness and Poverty Research

Tue Dec 28 16:44:09 EST 2004

[This newsletter will be of interest to subscribers researching homelessness or
urban poverty, especially in the state of California. -AJ]

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 06:48:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty
<weingart at reply.ms00.net>
Subject: YEAR IN REVIEW: Homelessness and Poverty Research

Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty Research Notice
< http://www.weingart.org/institute/ >

Every week the Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty sends
our "picks of the week", the newest, quality research on important
issues. Below is a recap of the research we highlighted in 2004.

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

< http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/R_1203MOR.pdf > Arranging and Paying
for Child Care, Public Policy Institute of California

< http://ican.co.la.ca.us/PDF%20files/Data_203.pdf > The State of Child
Abuse in Los Angeles County, 2003, Los Angeles County Interagency
Council on Child Abuse and Neglect

< http://www.rrnetwork.org/rrnet/our_research/2003portfolio.php > The
2003 California Child Care Portfolio, California Child Care Resource and
Referral Network

< http://www.casacolumbia.org/pdshopprov/files/JJreport.pdf > Criminal
Neglect: Substance Abuse, Juvenile Justice and The Children Left Behind,
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University

< http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG145/MG145.pdf > Are L.A.’s
Children Ready for School?, RAND

<
http://www.childrensplanningcouncil.org/resource-files/committees/dp/childrens_scorecard04.pdf
>
Los Angeles County 2004 Children’s ScoreCard, Los Angeles County
Children's Planning Council

< http://www.ncjj.org/stateprofiles/ > State Juvenile Justice Profiles
web site, National Center for Juvenile Justice

CRIME

< http://ag.ca.gov/cjsc/datatabs.htm > Criminal Justice Statistics by
City and County, State Of California, Department Of Justice, Office of
the Attorney General

DEMOGRAPHICS AND DATA INTERACTION TOOLS

http://www.weingart.org/institute/research/other/pdf/TheQuickDataGuideJune2004.pdf
QuickData Guide to Internet Statistics, Institute for the Study of
Homelessness and Poverty

< http://www.edd.ca.gov/eddquickstats.asp > Quick Statistics (Labor
Market Data), State of California, Employment Development Department

< http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php > Nationmaster.com (statistics
about the nations of the world)

ECONOMY AND PUBLIC POLICY

< http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/03/10/03-010.pdf > The Distribution of
Wealth in California, 2000, California Research Bureau

< http://www.scag.ca.gov/publications/#sotr03 > The State of the Region
2003: Measuring Progress in The 21st Century, Southern California
Association of Governments (SCAG)

<
http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/downloads/model%20programs%20&%20policies%20for%20lower-wage%20employees.pdf
>
Increasing the Visibility of the Invisible Workforce: Model Programs and
Policies for Hourly and Lower Wage Employees, Corporate Voices for
Working Families and the Boston College Center for Work and Family

< http://www.nedlc.org/Hidden_Public_Costs.pdf > The Hidden Public Costs
of Low-Wage Jobs in California, UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research

< http://www.laedc.info/projects/SouthLA/ > South Los Angeles Area
Economic Overview, Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
(LAEDC)

< http://www.dcfpi.org/7-22-04pov.htm > Income Inequality in the
District of Columbia is Wider than in Any Major U.S. City, DC Fiscal
Policy Institute

< http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/R260.pdf > Women’s Economic Status in the
States: Wide Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Region,xa0 Institute
for Women’s Policy Research

< http://content.knowledgeplex.org/kp2/cache/kp/11816.pdf > An Analysis
of Alternative Financial Service Providers, Fannie Mae Foundation

< http://www.lawhelpca.org/ > LawHelpCalifornia.org, California Indian
Legal Services and Public Interest Clearinghouse

< http://www.usc.edu/schools/sppd/research/npp/FINAL_Midterm_Report.pdf >
Neighborhood Councils in Los Angeles: A Midterm Status Report, USC
Neighborhood Participation Project

<
http://www.nlc.org/nlc_org/site/files/pdf/City%20Fiscal%20Conditions%20in%202004.pdf
>
City Fiscal Conditions in 2004, National League of Cities

EDUCATION

< http://www.clasp.org/publications/Jobs_Careers.pdf > From Jobs to
Careers: How California Community College Credentials Pay Off for
Welfare Participants, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)

< http://www.csos.jhu.edu/tdhs/rsch/Locating_Dropouts.pdf > Locating the
Dropout Crisis, Center for Social Organization, Johns Hopkins University

HEALTH

http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/drugfact/pulsechk/january04/january2004.pdf
Pulse Check: Drug Markets and Chronic Users in 25 of America's Largest
Cities,xa0 Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug
Control Policy

< http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/files/mpi_pb_032004.pdf > County
Residency and Access to Care for Low- and Moderate-Income
Californians,xa0 UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

< http://lapublichealth.org/wwwfiles/ph/hae/ha/keyhealth.pdf > Key
Indicators of Health by Service Planning Area 2002/2003,xa0 Los Angeles
County Department of Health Services

<
http://www.downstate.edu/urbansoc_healthdata/Urban%20Center%20Website/web%20design2/Reports.htm
>
Quality of Life in the Nation’s 100 Largest Cities and Their Suburbs:
New and Continuing Challenges for Improving Health and Well-Being, State
University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center

http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/files/ChildEligibility_PB_Final07062004.pdf
Many Uninsured Children Qualify for Medi-Cal or Healthy Families, UCLA
Center for Health Policy Research

< http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi? > State
Health Facts Online, Kaiser Family Foundation

< http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k2State/html/cover.htm > 2002 State
Estimates of Substance Use, US Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA)

< http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/hlthaff.w4.487/DC1 >
Primary Care And Health System Performance: Adults’ Experiences In Five
Countries, Health Affairs

< http://www.chis.ucla.edu/main/default.asp > AskCHIS 2.0, (California
Health Interview Survey), UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

< http://www.kaiseredu.org/ReferenceLibraries/index.cfm > Health Policy
Reference Libraries, Kaiser Family Foundation

< http://www.lapublichealth.org/adpa/reports/cost_fac_sum_report_3-2004.pdf >
Costs of Alcohol Abuse to Los Angeles County (2003) , Los Angeles County
Department of Health Services

HOMELESSNESS

http://www.weingart.org/institute/research/other/pdf/homelessness_in_los_angeles-a_summary_of_recent_research.pdf
Homelessness in Los Angeles: A Summary of Recent Research, Institute for
the Study of Homelessness and Poverty

http://www.weingart.org/institute/research/facts/pdf/JusttheFactsHomelessnessLA.pdf
Just the Facts - Homelessness in Los Angeles,xa0Institute for the Study
of Homelessness and Poverty

< http://bringlahome.org/docs/HILA_Final.PDF > Homeless in Los Angeles:
Final Research Report, Economic Roundtable

< http://www.bringlahome.org/docs/BLAH_Draft_Framework.pdf > Draft
Framework for the 10-Year Strategic Plan to End Homelessness, Bring LA
Home

http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/library/countinghomeless/countingguide.pdf
A Guide to Counting Unsheltered Homeless People, US Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

<
http://www.homeless-research.com/Images/LB_Report/2004_Homeless_Assessment.pdf
>
The City of Long Beach 2004 Homeless Assessment, City of Long Beach and
the Institute for Urban Research and Development

< http://www.homeless-research.com/Images/PS_images/TCOP_2004_Survey.pdf >
The City of Pasadena 2004 Homeless Survey (draft), City of Pasadena and
the Institute for Urban Research and Development

< http://www.rwjf.org/news/special/cshLewinPdf.pdf > Costs of Serving
Homeless Individuals in Nine Cities, Lewin Group

HOUSING

< http://www.huduser.org/Publications/PDF/trends.pdf > Trends in Worst
Case Needs for Housing, 1978-1999: A Report to Congress on Worst Case
Housing Needs, Plus Update on Worst Case Needs in 2001, US Department of
Housing and Urban Development

< http://www.cbp.org/2004/lockedout2004.pdf > Locked Out 2004:
California's Affordable Housing Crisis, California Budget Project

< http://lacity.org/lahd/hopwastrategicplan04.htm > A Strategic Plan for
Providing HIV/AIDS Housing with Supportive Services in Los Angeles
County, Shelter Partnership, Inc.

<
http://www.knowledgeplex.org/redir.html?kpid=22736&url=http://content.knowledgeplex.org/kp2/cache/kp/22736.pdf
>
Homeownership Affordability in Urban America: Past and Future, Fanny Mae
Foundation

< http://www.realestatejournal.com/partners/regionaloverviews/index.html >
Regional Overviews (rent prices from around the nation), Wall Street
Journal

< http://www.lacity.org/lahd/3to7.pdf > Affordable Housing in the City
of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, Department of Housing

HUNGER

< http://lapublichealth.org/wwwfiles/ph/hae/ha/lahealthfoodinsec_0304.pdf >
Food Insecurity,xa0 LA County Department of Health Services

< http://www.jcpr.org/wpfiles/rank_hirschl.pdf?CFID=1778207&CFTOKEN=65422323 >
Estimating the Probabilities and Patterns of Food Stamp Use Across the
Life Course, US Department of Agriculture and the Joint Center for
Poverty Research

http://www.fns.usda.gov/oane/MENU/Published/FSP/FILES/Participation/2003Characteristics.pdf
Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2003, US
Department of Agriculture, Office of Analysis, Nutrition and Evaluation

< http://www.cfpa.net/2004CountyProfile.pdf > 2004 County-by-County
Profile of Hunger and Nutrition, California Food Policy Advocates

IMMIGRATION AND RACE/ETHNICITY

http://www.unitedwayla.org/pages/rpts_resource/ethnic_profiles/ASP_Report.pdf
The Diverse Face of Asians and Pacific Islanders in Los Angeles County,
Asian Pacific American Legal Center and the United Way of Greater Los
Angeles

< http://urban.usc.edu/main_doc/downloads/california_summary.pdf >
California’s Immigrants Turn the Corner, USC Urban Initiative

< http://www.brookings.edu/urban/pubs/20040428_fasenfest.pdf > Living
Together: A New Look at Racial and Ethnic Integration in Metropolitan
Neighborhoods: 1990-2000, Brookings Institution

< http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/aboutus/statistics/2003Yearbook.pdf >
2003 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, Office of Immigration
Statistics, US Department of Homeland Security

< http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hotlinks.html > Minority Links:
Quick and easy links to the latest data on racial and ethnic populations
in the United States, US Census Bureau

POVERTY

< http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/CC_204DRCC.pdf > Recent Trends in
Income and Poverty, Public Policy Institute of California

WELFARE

< http://www.cbp.org/2003/0312leaversupdate.pdf > Moving Beyond Welfare:
What Do We Know about Former CalWORKs Recipients?, California Budget
Project

< http://www.rand.org/publications/TR/TR121/TR121.pdf > Results from the
First California Health and Social Services Survey, RAND

< http://www.npc.umich.edu/publications/newsletter/fall04/1/index.shtml >
After PRWORA: Barriers to employment, work, and well-being among current
and former welfare recipients, National Poverty Center, Gerald Ford
School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

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