Submissions from 2013
People and Place: Understanding the Processes, Outcomes and Impacts of Interventions of the Fairmount Corridor Initiative, Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
Thrive in 5 – Boston Initiative, Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
Submissions from 2012
Low-Wage and Low-Income Workers In The U.S., 1979-2009, Randy Albelda and Michael Carr
Evaluating the Performance of the U.S. Social Safety Net in the Great Recession, Keith Gunnar Bentele
Why Use the Services of Alternative Staffing Organizations: Perspectives from Customer Businesses, Françoise Carré, Brandynn Holgate, Risa Takenaka, and Helen Levine
Breakfast and Lunch Participation in Massachusetts Schools, Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston; Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center; Massachusetts Law Reform Institute; and Eos Foundation
Rapid Re-Housing of Families Experiencing Homelessness in Massachusetts: Maintaining Housing Stability, Tim H. Davis and Terry S. Lane
How Youth Are Put At Risk by Parents’ Low-Wage Jobs, Lisa Dodson, Randy Albelda, Diana Salas Coronado, and Marya Mtshali
Project Hope; Negotiation to Unify Advocacy for Successful Passage of Foreclosure Legislation to Protect Low Income Households in Massachusetts, Donna Friedman and Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
Give US Your Poor: A National Public Education Campaign Addressing Homelessness, Barbara L. Graceffa and Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
Pathways to Family Success Final Evaluation Report, Berna Kahraman, Ghazal Zulfiqar, Donna H. Friedman, and Alice Carter
An Alternative to Temporary Staffing: Considerations for Workforce Practitioners, Linda Kato, Françoise Carré, Laura E. Johnson, and Deena Schwartz
The Alternative Staffing Work Experience: Populations, Barriers and Employment Outcomes, Helen Levine, Brandynn Holgate, Risa Takenaka, and Françoise Carré
Mattapan United Community Questionnaire, Mattapan United and Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
Submissions from 2011
Poverty in Massachusetts by Age, Randy Albelda, Ferry Cadet, and Dinghong Mei
Poverty in Massachusetts by Education Status: Population 25 Years and Older, Randy Albelda, Ferry Cadet, and Dinghong Mei
Poverty in Massachusetts by Ethnicity, Randy Albelda, Ferry Cadet, and Dinghong Mei
Poverty in Massachusetts by Gender, Randy Albelda, Ferry Cadet, and Dinghong Mei
Poverty in Massachusetts by Household Status, Randy Albelda, Ferry Cadet, and Dinghong Mei
Poverty in Massachusetts by Nativity, Randy Albelda, Ferry Cadet, and Dinghong Mei
Poverty in Massachusetts by Race, Randy Albelda, Ferry Cadet, and Dinghong Mei
Poverty in Massachusetts for Families with Children, Randy Albelda, Ferry Cadet, and Dinghong Mei
Finding the Right Fit: How Alternative Staffing Affects Worker Outcomes, Françoise Carré, Brandynn Holgate, and Helen Levine
The Fairmount Initiative Quarterly Progress Report: People and Places: Understanding the Processes, Outcomes and Impacts of Interventions of the Fairmount Corridor, Donna H. Friedman
Entry-Level Workforce Investment Feasibility Study, Brandynn Holgate and Tressa Stazinski
Submissions from 2010
Women in the Down Economy: Impacts of the Recession and the Stimulus in Massachusetts, Randy Albelda and Christa Kelleher
Competitive Strategies in the US Retail Industry: Consequences for Jobs in Food and Consumer Electronics Stores, Françoise Carré, Chris Tilly, and Brandynn Holgate
Raising the Gaze, Mary Coonan
Transnational Social-Change Network Learning. Introduction: Shared Responsibility, Collective Reflection. Boston–Haifa Learning Exchange Network, Donna Haig Friedman
Concluding Synthesis: Lessons Learned. A Complex Web: A Collective Process to Advance Social Justice, Donna Haig Friedman, Jennifer Cohen, Amnon Reichman, and James Morgan
Submissions from 2009
Maturing Subsidized Mortgages: The Next Frontier of the Expiring Use Crisis, Emily Achtenberg
Why it’s Harder (and Different) for Single Mothers: Gender, Motherhood, Labor Markets and Public Work Supports, Randy Albelda
Poverty in the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Community, Randy Albelda, M.V. Lee Badgett, Alyssa Schneebaum, and Gary J. Gates
Counting on Care Work: Human Infrastructure in Massachusetts, Randy Albelda, Mignon Duffy, and Nancy Folbre
Public-Private Partnerships: Lessons Learned from a Partnership: Consolidated Contractors Company and the Morganti Group Inc. (Ccc/Morganti), Al-Balqa’ Applied University (Bau)/Al-Huson University College (Ahuc) and the Usaid Jordan Economic Development Program, Hussien Al-Wedyan, Terry S. Lane, David Lowther, and Gwen El Sawi
Immigrant Workers in the Massachusetts Health Care Industry: A Report on Status and Future Prospects, Ramon Borges-Mendez, James Jennings, Donna H. Friedman, Malo Hutson, and Teresa Eliot Roberts
Issues in Developing a Common Framework on Informal Employment, Françoise Carré and James Heintz
Brokering Up: The Role of Temporary Staffing in Overcoming Labor Market Barriers, Françoise Carré, Brandynn Holgate, Helen Levine, and Mandira Kala
Massachusetts' System Redesign to End Homelessness: An Overview and Assessment, Donna H. Friedman and Ghazal Zulfiqar
Single Mothers and Other Low Earners: Policy Routes to Adequate Wages, Hilda Kahne and Zachary Mabel
Massachusetts Adult Basic Education and ESOL Distance Learning Programs: How to Assess Student Readiness for Distance Learning?, Berna Kahraman, Amelia Mallona, Donna H. Friedman, and Sarah Kuck Jalbert
An End in Itself and a Means to Good Ends: Why Income Equality is Important, Arthur MacEwan
Shelter Poverty in Massachusetts, 2000-2007: An Overview, Michael E. Stone
Unaffordable “Affordable” Housing: Challenging the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Area Median Income, Michael E. Stone
Advancing the Fiscal Health of Low-Income Families: A Public and Community Health Approach, Doreen Treacy
Submissions from 2008
An Overview of the Gloves-Off Economy: Workplace Standards at the Bottom of America’s Labor Market, Annette Bernhardt, Heather Boushey, Laura Dresser, and Chris Tilly
Work-Based Social Support in the United States: Limits and New Possibilities, Heather Boushey and Chris Tilly
America’s Biggest Low-wage Industry: Continuity and Change in Retail Jobs, Françoise Carré and Chris Tilly
Continuity and Change in Low-wage Work in U.S. Retail Trade, Françoise Carré, Chris Tilly, and Brandynn Holgate
Building Knowledge and Power with The Third Sector in Haifa Israel: A Report of the Learning Exchange Research Project, Donna H. Friedman and Jennifer Cohen
Fits & Starts: The Difficult Path for Working Single Parents, Rebecca Loya, Ruth J. Liberman, Randy Albelda, and Elisabeth Babcock
Submissions from 2007
Bridging the Gaps: A Picture of How Work Supports Work in Ten States, Randy Albelda and Heather Boushey
Bridging the Gaps: Structuring Benefits to Promote Mobility for Low Wage Workers, Randy Albelda and Heather Boushey
Bridging the Gaps Between Earnings and Basic Needs in Massachusetts: Executive Summary and Final Report, Randy Albelda and Jennifer Shea
History, Principles, Context, and Approach: The Special Homeless Initiative of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Martha R. Burt
Looking Back and Looking Ahead: Policy Visions from the New Deal and Great Society, Françoise Carré
Preventing Homelessness and Promoting Housing Stability: A Comparative Analysis, Donna H. Friedman, Jennifer Raymond, Kimberly Puhala, Tatjana Meschede, Julia Tripp, and Mandira Kala
A Programmatic Audit of the Massachusetts Vitamin Litigation Project Final Report, Colleen Manning, Tatjana Meschede, and Elaine Werby
The First Two Years of Housing First in Quincy, Massachusetts: "This Place Gives Me Peace, Happiness, and Hope", Tatjana Meschede
Housing Resources Leveraged by the Special Homeless Initiative of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, 1992–2006: Evaluation of the Special Homeless Initiative, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Tatjana Meschede, Helen Levine, and Martha R. Burt
Latino Participation in Food Assistance Programs: A Study Conducted for Project Bread, Anny Rivera-Ottenberger and Elaine Werby
Submissions from 2006
Prevention at Work: Homelessness Prevention Initiative (HPI) Interim Evaluation Report, January 2004 through September 2005, Donna H. Friedman, Jennifer Raymond, Consuela Greene, John McGah, Elizabeth Brown, Julia Tripp, and Helen Levine
Minority Women in the Healthcare Workforce in New England, Carol Hardy-Fanta, Erika Kates, Helen Levine, and Kate Peery-Wolf
Moving Here Saved My Life: The Experience of Formerly Chronically Homeless Women and Men in Quincy's Housing First Projects, Tatjana Meschede
Submissions from 2005
The Social and Economic Costs of Employee Misclassification in the Maine Construction Industry, Françoise Carré and Randall Wilson
Partners in Prevention: Community-Wide Homelessness Prevention in Massachusetts and the United States, Donna H. Friedman, John McGah, Julia Tripp, Michelle Kahan, Nicole Witherbee, and Amy Carlin
Transitions at DTA: Homeless Pilot Programs at the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (2003-2005), John McGah and Amy Carlin
Submissions from 2004
What Kind of Labor Market Awaits Low-Income Workers?, Françoise Carré
The Social and Economic Costs of Employee Misclassification in Construction [Massachusetts Report], Françoise Carré and Randall Wilson
IMPACT – Information Management, Public Access, Community Transformation: Final Evaluation Report, Oscar Gutierrez and John McGah
One Family Scholar Project Evaluation: Executive Summary, Michelle Kahan, Jennifer Raymond, Consuela Greene, and Donna H. Friedman
Bridges and Barriers to Housing for Chronically Homeless Street Dwellers: The Effects of Medical and Substance Abuse Services on Housing Attainment, Tatjana Meschede
Hard Numbers, Hard Times: Homeless Individuals in Massachusetts Emergency Shelters, 1999-2003, Tatjana Meschede, Brian Sokol, and Jennifer Raymond
Emergency Preparedness: A Manual for Homeless Service Providers, Kelly Tobin and Phyllis Freeman
The Empty Promise, Elaine Werby
Foreword, Elaine Werby and Donna Haig Friedman
Submissions from 2003
Alternative Job Brokering: Addressing Labor Market Disadvantages, Improving the Temp Experience, and Enhancing Job Opportunities, Françoise Carré; Joaquín Herranz, Jr.; Dorie Seavey; Carlha Vickers; Ashley Aull; and Rebecca Keegan
Technology Goes Home Evaluation – Executive Summary, Donna H. Friedman, Michelle Kahan, Tatjana Meschede, and Consuela Greene
Surviving Against the Odds: Families’ Journeys off Welfare and out of Homelessness, Donna H. Friedman, Tatjana Meschede, and Michelle Hayes
Submissions from 2002
IMPACT – Information Management, Public Access, Community Transformation: Year Two Evaluation Report, September 1, 2001 through August 31, 2002, Oscar Gutierrez and John McGah
Submissions from 2001
Left Behind: The Persistence of Poverty Through the 1990s, Randy Albelda and Donna H. Friedman
IMPACT – Information Management, Public Access, Community Transformation: Year One Evaluation Report, September 1, 2000 through August 31, 2001, Oscar Gutierrez, John McGah, and Donna H. Friedman
From Correctional Custody to Community: The Massachusetts Forensic Transition Program, Stephanie W. Hartwell, Donna Haig Friedman, and Karin Orr