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Perceptions of Discrimination Among Persons with Serious Mental Illness

Researchers use 1,824 interview with people who have a serious mental illness to explain the frequent housing, employment, and education discrimination this group experiences.

Article
Family Dynamics, Housing, and Recurring Homelessness Among Women in New York City Homeless Shelters

This article explains repeated homelessness among women to advocate for more public housing and support services to limit the issue.

Article
Accessing Economic Opportunity: Public Transit, Job Access, and Equitable Economic Development in Three Medium-Sized Regions

The authors research the relationship between access to public transit and employment opportunities in medium-sized metropolitan areas. They recommend expanding businesses in areas with public transit to make more high-wage employment opportunities available for low-income residents.

Report
Having housing made everything else possible': Affordable, safe and stable housing for women survivors of violence

The researchers use qualitative interviews to study the safety, housing stability, service utilization and health outcomes for women who are victims of intimate partner violence.

Article
Karen Washington: It's Not a Food Desert, It's Food Apartheid

In this interview, food justice advocate Karen Washington encourages the use of the term “food apartheid” instead of “food desert” to refer to how food systems intersect with poverty, racism, healthcare, and unemployment.

Article
Understanding Pennsylvania's Opportunity Zones

This report seeks to understand how tax deferments in York County relate to opportunity zones and how they are used for economic development.

Report
School District of the City of York Performance Audit

This audit evaluates York City’s school safety, finances, administration, inventory procedures, and compliance with state laws, regulations, contracts, and procedures.

Report
Quantify Economic Impact Aging Project

This report tracks the involvement of York County’s aging population in the community, including contributions to the local economy, civic engagement, and philanthropy.

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Accessing Economic Opportunity: York County, PA

This data measures high, middle, and low access to opportunity employment (jobs that do not require a four-year degree and pay above the natinoal annual median wage) by public transit in York County.

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Identifying Opportunity Occupations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware

This research looks at the economies of 11 metropolitan statistical areas in Pennsylvania and explores the extent to which they include opportunity occupations, or occupations characterized by above-average pay for workers without a bachelor’s degree.

Report
York County Economic Action Plan

York County Stakeholders establish a plan for the next 10 years which aims to increase the number of women and minority-owned businesses; close income gaps; support local art and recreation; decrease the number of ALICE households; expand access to broadband Internet; and attract employers that offer high-paying employment.

Report
York County Hispanic and Latinx Community Assessment

This report uses surveys and focus groups to understand the needs of York County’s Hispanic and Latinx population.

Report
Community Outlook Survey: Identifying Key Challenges and Promising Opportunities in Workforce and Economic Development

Those in the Third Federal Reserve District who cannot access the means to attain education or job training find it difficult to secure well-paying employment. This report identifies the main barriers to this kind of employment and opportunities to grow a local workforce.

Report
Rusk reports 1, 2 and 3

Rusk explains the impact of suburban sprawl and concentrated poverty on the quality of life of York County residents. He provides recommendations for solutions, including mixed-income housing, county resource-sharing, and urban revival.

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