This brief, from the Urban Institute, examines trends in immigrants’ role in the low-wage and lower-skilled labor force. From 2000 to 2005, the U.S. immigrant population increased from 31.1 to 35.7 million, and the immigrant labor force…

In 2002, the number of prisoners returning to society was 600,000 per year. This report provides an overview of how three cities, Jacksonville, Memphis, and Washington D.C., were dealing with reentry difficulties prior to joining the Ready4Work…

This report is from the National Network to End Domestic Violence, and provides information on 1,243 local domestic violence programs operating in the United States collected in November 2006 as part of the first National Census of Domestic…

The Urban Institute published this paper on the effects of food stamp and welfare policy, the minimum wage, and the EITC on the food stamp benefit receipt of the low-income population. Authors found that more lenient immigrant eligibility rules,…

This brief is from the National Alliance to End Homelessness and provides information on chronic homelessness in the United States. Authors summarize the interaction between emergency shelters, health care systems, and criminal justice and…

Authored by the Institute for Research on Poverty, this resource provides information on how the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) improves infant health. Data show that WIC has modest effects on fetal…