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Wright, David J.; Ellen, Ingrid Gould; Schill, Michael H. – 2001
This study examined the impact of welfare reform on housing owned by community development corporations (CDCs), investigating how early implementation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) affected the financial status of CDCs' affordable housing developments. Five types of financial impacts were…
Descriptors: Community Development, Employment Patterns, Housing Needs, Job Training
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Kaufman, Julie E.; Rosenbaum, James E. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1992
Education and employment outcomes are examined for African-American youth in Chicago (Illinois) whose families moved from mostly African-American urban housing projects to mostly white suburbs or mostly African-American urban areas. The suburban youth's achievement was at least as good as and sometimes better than that of their urban counterparts.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Black Youth, Educational Attainment
Dworkin, Julie – 2000
This report presents data from 1999 surveys of people living in Chicago shelters and warming centers for families with children. The surveys asked about the impacts of welfare reform on respondents' lives. Researchers also surveyed housing and food assistance agencies, shelters, and other social service agencies. Of 481 families surveyed, 44…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
Scott, George D.; And Others – 1969
As a part of the National Study of American Indian Education, this report seeks to bring together information concerning the characteristics and problems of American Indians in Chicago. Information in the document is based on interviews and observations of Indians in the community and the schools between August of 1968 and July of 1969. Over 200…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Background, Education, Employment Patterns