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Show moreRecently released 2000 Census data on poverty rates show our region, comprised of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Summit counties, experienced a decrease in poverty rates for both families and individuals between 1989 and 1999. The major cities in our region-Cleveland, Akron and Lorain-experienced decreasing poverty rates during this period as well. Families in the region with children under 18 experienced a 17% decline in their poverty rates since 1989 while the poverty rates for adults dropped by almost 10%. Most striking, however, is the improvement in poverty rates among a subgroup of families with children-those headed by a single mother. Poverty rates for these most vulnerable families fell by 25% in the region during the last decade. Improvements in poverty rates for female-headed families with children outpaced improvements in poverty rates for all families with children in nearly every city and county reviewed. Summit County is the one exception where the decline in poverty rates for both groups was identical. Following a particularly high 1989 poverty rate, the 1999 poverty rate represents the lowest rate of poverty for female-headed families with children in four decades in the region's major cities. However, it's important to note that the 2000 Census took the measure of the nation and the region at the peak of the longest and strongest economic expansion in decades. True to the adage that a rising tide lifts all boats, the labor market expanded to include ever-greater numbers, including some of the more difficult to employ, such as individuals with long-time reliance on welfare, who are predominately in female headed families.
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Show moreBetween 1990 and 2000, the City of Cleveland's population decreased by 27,213 persons, from 505,616 to 478,403. This was the smallest decennial population decline that the City experienced since the decade between 1950 and 1960. However, these 27,213 persons represent the net loss of population from the City. In fact, 64,000 more residents left the city than moved into it. Had this number of net out-migrants not been offset by a surplus of about 37,000 births over deaths, the City's population in 2000 would have been even smaller. Alternatively, had the more than 64,000 residents not left the City, the City's population would have exceeded the half-million mark, reaching more than 542,000 persons.
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Show moreAt the request of the Cuyahoga County Department of Entitlement and Employment Services, the Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change undertook a study of the number and characteristics of families and children that would qualify for and use child care subsidies under welfare reform. Persons who receive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) are required to participate in work activities for at least 30 hours per week in order to retain their cash assistance. Children of these recipients who are under the age of 13 are eligible for subsidized child care while their parents participate in mandated work activities. This Briefing Report examines the characteristics of a sample of the 1996 exit cohort to determine those factors that might affect use of a child care subsidy. The exit cohort chosen included all single parent adults over 18 who exited the welfare rolls in Cuyahoga County in any quarter of 1996. These adults had income from employment in the quarter following their departure from welfare and they had at least one child aged 3, 4, or 5 at the time of the exit.
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The United Nations Commission of Experts for
Show moreTable of Contents for the Annexes to the Final Report of the U.N. Commission of Experts, faxed 3 May 1994.
The United Nations Commission of Experts for the Investigation of Atrocities in the Former Yugoslavia Archives
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Show moreThis analysis of the retention of food stamps and Medicaid draws upon an ongoing, longitudinal study of families leaving cash assistance in Cuyahoga County. Each quarter, beginning in quarter 4, 1998, all families who leave cash assistance for at least 2 months are identified from agency records (this identification of quarterly exit cohorts will continue through quarter 4, 2000.) Each exit cohort is tracked for thirteen months. For this study, an exiter is defined as an assistance group whose OWF cash assistance case was open for at least 1 month and then closed for at least 2 consecutive months. The assistance group must have at least one adult over the age of 18 and all members of the assistance group must exit and not transfer to a new assistance group in the two-month period. The month of exit is the first month in which the assistance group does not receive an OWF check. Administrative records containing information on monthly welfare benefits (including case closing codes) and quarterly employment and earnings are compiled for all of the exiters for the year prior to and following the exit.
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Show moreA pedido de la Fundación de la Diócesis Católica de Cleveland, el Centro sobre Pobreza Urbana y Cambio Social condujo un estudio para evalua las necesidades sociales y económicas de la comunidad Hispana del condado de Lake, Ohio. La Diócesis identificó a la Iglesia Santa María como el epicentro de nuestra tarea en el condado de Summit, Ohio. La Iglesia Santa María en Painsville representa una variedad de servicios sociales, de educación, salud y parroquiales.
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Show moreAs welfare caseloads fall and provisions of welfare reform are implemented in state and local welfare offices, there is a growing interest in families and individuals who leave the welfare rolls. However, welfare caseloads have always been dynamic, with families entering and leaving assistance programs each month. To interpret information on families leaving welfare since welfare reform, it is necessary to know what happened to families who left welfare in the past as well. This is a study of a third quarter, 1996 cohort of welfare leavers, who stopped receiving cash assistance before welfare reform went into effect. It is intended to provide a basis of comparison for future studies of families leaving welfare under welfare reform.
Digital Books at Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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Show moreProfessor Jim Sheeler teaches at Case Western Reserve University's English department, as the Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism and New Media. In 2006, he won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing for the series “Final Salute”, which he then published in book form in 2008 with The Penguin Press as Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives.” In addition, Jim has two other books, Obit: Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People Who Led Extraordinary Lives, a collection of his writing, and Life on the Death Beat: A Handbook for Obituary Writers of which he was a co-author.
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