Browsing Employment and Training Institute Publications by Subject "African Americans"
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A "Milwaukee Plan" for Construction Trade Apprenticeships? Workforce Challenges for 2014
(2014-01-01)In 1970 the Labor Department called for a “Milwaukee Plan” that over five years would bring the number of African Americans employed in skilled construction jobs proportional to their percentage of the population (i.e. ... -
Analysis of Affirmative Action Plans Adopted by Milwaukee Area Joint Apprenticeship Committees
(2010-01-01)In 2006 and 2010, the state Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards provided copies of the affirmative action plans adopted by Milwaukee area local joint apprenticeship committees (JACs) in response to an open records law request ... -
Analysis of Milwaukee Births: Diversity and Concentration
(2011-01-01)The Employment and Training Institute analyzed the city of Milwaukee annual birth data to assist planning by Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Gregory Thornton. A total of 106,767 children were born to mothers living ... -
Barriers to Employment: Prison Time
(2007-01-01)This paper was prepared at the request of Legal Action of Wisconsin and the Private Industry Council of Milwaukee County to assess the legal and employment needs of prisoners released from Wisconsin correctional facilities. ... -
Building on African American Assets: Resource Data for the ONE MKE Summit
(2013-01-01)The ONE MKE Summit has raised important concerns about who defines the assets of Milwaukee neighborhoods and where the considerable income of residents in central city neighborhoods is spent. This paper, prepared for the ... -
Cited in Milwaukee: The Cost of Unpaid Municipal Citations
(2015-01-01)The Employment and Training Institute collaborated on a project with the Justice Initiatives Institute examining Branch A Milwaukee Municipal Court cases from 2008 to 2013 using records obtained from the Milwaukee Municipal ... -
Confronting Anti-Urban Marketing Stereotypes: A Milwaukee Economic Development Challenge
(2001-01-01)Working with the Helen Bader Foundation and the Milwaukee Department of City Development, the Employment and Training Institute has developed purchasing power profiles for Milwaukee neighborhoods and commercial districts. ... -
Drilldown on African American Male Unemployment and Workforce Needs
(2010-01-01)The American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau has become a primary federal source of demographics on the unemployed population by age, race, sex, education levels, and disabilities and offers a valuable ... -
Drilldown on Ex-Offender Populations in Milwaukee County
(2009-01-01)Since 2002, each year 7,500-8,000 Milwaukee County residents are admitted into Wisconsin Department of Corrections facilities, and 7,500-8,000 individuals are released from the DOC into neighborhoods in the county. The ... -
Ex-Offender Populations in Milwaukee County
(2009-01-01)Released prisoners are among the most difficult labor force populations to serve and least likely to be successfully engaged in sustained employment due to persistent legal problems, low education attainment levels, high ... -
How to Use ETI Drill Downs to Map Employment Integration and to Assess Workforce Diversity at Government Jobsites
(2005-01-01)While many studies have focused on disparities in employment and earnings of African Americans and Hispanics compared to white workers in the Milwaukee labor force, these reports have not drilled down to a neighborhood or ... -
Maps of African American and White Populations in 100 Metro Areas
(2002-01-01)The Employment and Training Institute prepared maps for the 100 largest metro areas in the U.S. to aid public policy makers in identifying black-white integrated neighborhoods. The mapping project analyzed block level data, ... -
Milwaukee Drilldown on African American Males
(2009-01-01)The American Community Survey reported an estimated 48,420 African American males in the labor force from Milwaukee County in 2008. Of these, 40,482 (or 83.6%) were employed and 7,938 were unemployed and seeking for work. ... -
Report Card on Apprentices by Construction Trades: A Two-Year Progress Report
(2008-01-01)In collaboration with the Employment and Training Institute, the Milwaukee Branch of the NAACP issued a report card on minority and female participation in construction trade apprenticeship programs in the Milwaukee metro ... -
Report Card on Minority and Female Participation in Construction Trade Apprentices in the Milwaukee Area: Who's in the Pipeline for Skilled Construction Trades
(2006-01-01)This report provides racial/ethnicity and gender data on apprentices in the construction trades in the Milwaukee metro area from 1999 to 2005. The data has been supplied by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development ... -
Research Brief on ETI Prison Studies
(2016-01-01)The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute worked with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and state Department of Public Instruction in the 1980s to improve educational programs at state ... -
Research Brief on ETI Studies of African American and Latino Access to Jobs
(2016-01-01)The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute conducted research studies from 1994-2014 on access of African Americans and Latinos to equal employment opportunities for the City of Milwaukee, ... -
Research Brief on ETI Workforce Studies
(2016-01-01)The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute provided technical assistance to the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board (Employ Milwaukee), the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Area Technical ... -
Statewide Imprisonment of Black Men in Wisconsin
(2014-01-01)This report provides data on African American male incarceration for the state onf Wisconsin at the request of the NAACP Wisconsin Conference of Branches. For most ex-offenders, prison records remain public and impediments ... -
Suspension and Revocation Status Report for Milwaukee County
(2012-01-01)Driver’s license suspension and revocation records were analyzed for Milwaukee County residents using a series of data files from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Notable changes were observed in number and ...