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League of Women Voters of Minnesota MN State Demographic Center Reports Women's Foundation of Minnesota Annie E. Casey Foundation
"KIDS COUNT 2005 Databook Online," (2005).
This interactive web site allows you to examine trends in child well-being or compare Minnesota kids with those in other states.
Children 's Defense Fund Minnesota 200 University Avenue West, Suite 210 St. Paul, MN 55103 Phone (651) 855-1183
"Missed Opportunities Produce Costly Outcomes," (April 2005): 18 pages.
"This report focuses on Minnesota's Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), which provides low-income working families with financial assistance to access early care and education for their children. The most dramatic policy and funding shifts in early care and education in recent years have been to CCAP. The report analyzes the impact of the changes and makes recommendations for future policy-making (pg.1)."
"Minnesota Kids: Focus on Health 2005 Data Book," (2005): 48 pages. Examines the well-being of Minnesota's children through the lenses of health statistics, characteristics around their births, and the environmental conditions in which they live.
"Keeping What They've Earned: Working Minnesotans and Tax Credits," (2005): 5 pages. Examines problems faced by many families eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit when they go to file their taxes. ** "Measuring the Economic Well-Being of Families and Children," Children's Defense Fund (2003): 36 pages.
"This report looks at the economic well-being of Minnesota children and families in three domains: worker characteristics, income, and economic environment…As we work to promote family self-sufficiency and to support parents in raising healthy, well-functioning children, a better understanding of the economic conditions facing families can improve our policy making and inform programs and services." (pg. 3)
League of Women Voters of Minnesota550 Rice Street St. Paul, MN 55103 Fax (651) 290-2145 "Immigration in Minnesota: Challenges and Opportunities," (December 2002): 33 pages.
This document includes information on Minnesota's immigration history highlighting some important characteristics of new immigrant groups in Minnesota today. Economic and policy matters addressed in the report include: Adult Basic Education; Experiments in Immigrant Education Centers; allowing "undocumented" students access to public universities at resident cost levels; tax payer ID numbers. McKinsey3800 IDS Center
"The demographic deficit: How aging will reduce global wealth," Diana Farrell, Sacha Ghai, and Tim Shavers. (March 2005). Minneapolis FoundationThe Minneapolis Foundation Phone (612) 672-3878 "Immigration in Minnesota: Discovering Common Ground," (October 2004): 16 pages.
This user-friendly interactive web site provides a wealth of useful disaggregated information about each of the main immigrant groups in Minnesota today. The last page provides numerous links to other reports and organizations specializing in immigration issues.
MN State Demographic Center Reports650 Cedar St. ** "Implications of Minnesota Demographic Change to 2020," Tom Gillaspy (April 2005): 27 slides.
State Demographer Tom Gillaspy presents a summary of the implications of the state's changing population and it's potential impacts on our community.
"Minnesota Population Projections by Race and Hispanic Origin:2000 -2030,"(January 2005): 19 pages.
MN Population will become more diverse in the years ahead. This report examines the trends and potential outcomes of these changes.
"Minnesota Population Projections: 2000-2030," (October 2002):14 pages.
Includes both narrative and graphic exploration of MN demographic changes over a thirty year time-period.
MN Department of HealthCenter for Health Statistics "Populations of Color in Minnesota: Health Status Report Update," (Spring 2005): 16 pages.
"The health and life expectancy of Minnesotans consistently rank number one in the nation. Despite the overall health status of our state, Populations of Color (African Americans, Asians and Hispanics) and American Indians continue to experience poorer health and disproportionately higher rates of illness and death. This report documents improvements in some health status areas but identifies continuing disparities in the health status of Populations of Color and American Indians as compared to Whites (pg.3)." Wilder FoundationSuite 210 Phone (651) 647-4600 "Helping low-wage workers advance: Year 3 results for Families Forward,"
This three-year study, conducted with the support of the McKnight Foundation, examines traits of successful programs aimed at improving the job stability or future earning potential of low-wage workers already employed. Women's Foundation of Minnesota155 Fifth Avenue S. "Status of Women of Color in Minnesota," Women's Foundation of Minnesota and the Institute for Women's Policy Research,. Amy Caiazza, Jane Ransom, April Shaw (2004) (Click on Research and Advocacy, Status of Women of Color in MN)
This extensive report takes a focused look at the situation of women of color in Minnesota through 2000 census data and outlines those areas where MN appears successful as well as areas in need of improvement.
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