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2009

Why it’s harder (and different) for single mothers: Gender, motherhood, labor markets and public work supports

Author: Randy Albelda

Report:  Brokering Up:  the Role of Temporary Staffing in Overcoming Labor Market Barriers (January 2009)

CSP Report Highlights Impacts of Alternative Staffing Model

 

Study examines organizations that integrate the business goal of mainstream staffing services—connecting workers and employers—with the social mission of helping marginalized job seekers find and retain better jobs. 

This study of alternative staffing organizations (ASOs) in four U.S. urban areas suggests that these unique social-purpose staffing programs can help low-income workers succeed in the labor market by finding temporary and temp-to-perm jobs, while also meeting the needs of employers for staffing services. The study was funded by the C.S. Mott Foundation

Authors: Françoise Carré, Brandynn Holgate, Helen Levine, and Mandira Kala

 

2008

Continuity and Change in Low-wage Work in U.S. Retail Trade
Authors: Françoise Carré and Chris Tilly, with Brandynn Holgate

Building Knowledge and Power with the Third Sector in Haifa Israel: A Report of the Learning Exchange Research Project (February 2008).
Authors: Donna Haig Friedman and Jennifer Cohen with Yael Abada, Rula Deeb, Riki Tegave, Daphna Ziv, Tiffany Bradley, Liron Peleg-Hadomi, Eran Hadomi and Moran Ron

 

2007

Bridging the Gaps between Earnings and Basic Needs in Massachusetts (October 2007)
Authors: Randy Albelda and Jennifer Shea

Bridging the Gaps: A Picture of How Work Supports Work in Ten States (October 2007)
Authors: Randy Albelda, Heather Boushey with Elizabeth Chimienti, Rebecca ray, and Ben Zipperer

"This Place Gives Me Peace, Happiness and Hope": The First Two Years of Housing First in Quincy, Massachusetts" (November 2007)
Author: Tatjana Meschede

Evaluation of the DMH Special Homeless Initiative.
Mass. DMH Homeless Leveraged Resources (CSP with Martha Burt) (2007)
Mass. DMH Homeless Process Report (Martha Burt) (2007)
Authors: Helen Levine, Tatjana Meschede and Martha Burt

Looking Back & Looking Ahead
Author: Françoise Carré

Latino Participation in Food Assistance Programs (March 2007)
Authors: Anny Rivera Ottenberger and Elaine Werby.

"Is the Apparent Decrease in Injury and Illness Rates in Construction the Result of Changes in Reporting?" in 2007 issue of the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health.
Authors: Laura S Welch, MD, Xiuwen Dong, MS, Françoise Carré and Knut Ringen, DRPH.

Preventing Homelessness and Promoting Housing Stability: A Comparative Analysis (6/07)
Authors: Donna Haig Friedman, Jennifer Raymond, Kimberly Puhala, Tatjana Meschede, Julia Tripp, Mandira Kala.

Addressing the Food and Nutritional Needs of Massachusetts Residents: Vitamin Litigation Project Final Report (January 2007)
Authors: Colleen Manning, Tatjana Meschede, Elaine Werby.

"Under A Watchful Eye: Parents and Children Living In Shelters" in Volume I: Child Poverty on America Today (2007). Barbara Arrighi and David Maume (eds.), Praeger Press.
Author: Donna Haig Friedman.

 

2006

Moving Here Saved My Life: The Experience of Formerly Chronically Homeless Women and Men in Quincy's Housing First Projects (Interim Report) (September 2006).
Author: Tatjana Meschede.

Prevention At Work: HPI Interim Evaluation Report (May 2006).
Authors: Donna Haig Friedman, Ph.D., Jennifer Raymond, Consuela Greene, John McGah, Elizabeth Brown, Julia Tripp, Helen Levine.

Strength In Numbers: Employments Rights Organizations and the Problem of Co-Ordination (Article) (December 2006). This article appeared in the British Journal of Industrial Relations.
Authors: Charles Heckscher and Françoise Carré.

 

2005

Managing project expectations in human services information systems implementations: The case of homeless management information systems (October 2005), co-authored by Oscar Gutierrez and Donna Haig Friedman in the International Journal of Project Management Volume 23, Issue 7, October 2005, Pages 513-523.

Partners in Prevention: Community-Wide Homelessness Prevention in Massachusetts and the United States (June 2005)
Authors: Donna Haig Friedman, Ph.D., John McGah, Julia Tripp, Michelle Kahan, Nicole Witherbee, Amy Carlin.

Transitions at DTA: Homeless Pilot Programs at the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (2003-2005) (July 2005)
Authors: John McGah with Amy Carlin.

The Social and Economic Costs of Employee Misclassification in Construction
Maine Report (April 2005)
Massachusetts Report (December 2004)
Author: Françoise Carré and Randall Wilson.
Collaborators: Construction Policy Research Center of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School and the Harvard School of Public Health.

 

2004

Bridges and Barriers to Housing for Chronically Homeless Street Dwellers: The Effects of Medical and Substance Abuse Services on Housing Attainment (October 2004)
Author: Tatjana Meschede

IMPACT — Information Management, Public Access, Community Transformation, Lake County, Illinois: Final Report (August 2004)
Year One Report (September 2001)
Year Two Report (December 2002)
Authors: Oscar Gutierrez and John McGah

Hard Numbers, Hard Times: Homeless Individuals in Massachusetts Emergency Shelters 1999-2003 (July 2004)
Authors: Tatjana Meschede, Brian Sokol, Jennifer Raymond
With: Donna Haig Friedman, Nancy Sullivan, Michelle Kahan, Susan Ma, Michael Faris, Bill Silvestri

Archive of Homeless Data Releases

• Individuals in Massachusetts Emergency Shelters, 1999-2002 (October 2003)
• Families in Massachusetts Emergency Shelters, 1999-2001 (April 2003)
• Individuals in Massachusetts Emergency Shelters, 1999-2001 (January 2003)
• Individuals and Families in Massachusetts Emergency Shelters, 1999-2000 (September 2001)
• Individuals and Families in Boston Emergency Shelter, 1999 (December 2000)
• A Preliminary Look at Boston's Homeless Population (January 2000)
• A Individuals and Families in Boston's Emergency Homeless Shelters (August 1997)

Emergency Preparedness: A Manual for Homeless Service Providers (May 2004)
Authors: Kelly Tobin, MS, Center for Global Development, Washington, D.C., Phyllis Freeman, JD, Senior Fellow, Center for Social Policy, John W. McCormack Graduate, School of Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts

Reality and Analysis: Personal and Technical Reflections on the Working Lives of Six Women (April 2004)
Edited by Martha Chen, Renana Jahbuala, Ravi Kambur, Nidhi Mirani and Karl Osner Cornell University.
Author: Françoise Carré

One Family Campaign Scholars Project (February 2004)
Project Executive Summary
Due to the sensitive nature of this report, only a project summary is provided.
Authors: Michelle Kahan, Jennifer Raymond, Consuela Greene and Donna Haig Friedman

 

2003

Nonstandard Work Arrangements in France and the United States: Institutional Contexts, Labor Market Conditions, and Patterns of Use (December 2003), published in Nonstandard Work in Developed Economies: Causes and Consequences. Susan Houseman and Machiko Osawa, Eds. Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. The title is available from the publisher.
Authors: Françoise Carré

Technology Goes Home Summary of Findings (November 2003)
Authors: Donna Haig Friedman, Michelle Kahan, Tatjana Meschede, Consuela Greene

Alternative Job Brokering: Addressing Labor Market Disadvantages, Improving the Temp Experience, and Enhancing Job Opportunities
National Study of Alternative Staffing Services (October 2003)
IView streaming audio and video of the forum marking the release of this report at WGBH.org
Author: Françoise Carré, Joaquín Heranz, Dorie Seavey, Carlha Vickers, Ashley Aull, and Rebecca Keegan

Strong Families, Strong Communities: A Report on the Family Circle Project (September 2003) Project Description
Authors: Donna Haig Friedman, Consuela Greene, Betsy Santiago, Michelle Kahan

Surviving Against the Odds: Families' Journeys off Welfare and out of Homelessness (July 2003), published in CityScape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research (Vol.6, No.3 2003).
Authors: Donna Haig Friedman, Michelle Hayes, Tatjana Meschede

Massachusetts Youth Development Collaboration Project (July 2003) Project Summary Due to the sensitive nature of this report, only a project summary is provided.
Author: Randall Wilson