Education and Employment

> Read Excel Philadelphia's Help Wanted
> View Help Wanted fact sheet
> Realize the Help Wanted ROI
> Read Help Wanted policy brief
> Read Help Wanted research brief
> View The Literacy Proficiencies of the Working-Age Residents of Philadelphia City
> View The Industry and Occupational Job Access Implications of the Literacy Deficit in Philadelphia City
> View Tax and Transfer Fiscal Impacts of Dropping out in Philadelphia
> View Lifetime Employment and Earning Consequences of Dropping out in Philadelphia
> Read A Tale of Two Cities Fact Sheet
> Read Employment and Education Disparities by Race and Gender in Philadelphia
> View Labor Market Outcomes by Education Level
> Read Unemployment Rates by Education Level, Multi-City comparison

Workforce Development

> America's Perfect Storm: Three Forces Changing our Nation's Future, Policy Information Center, Educational Testing Services, 2007
> A Plan for Action: The Creation of a World-Class Workforce Investment System in Philadelphia, Strategic Framework Developed by the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board, December 2000
> Graduate!Philadelphia The Challenge to Complete, Economy League of Greater Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board, 2005
> Grow Faster Together. Or Grow Slowly Apart. How Will America Work in the 21st Century?, The Aspen Institute, Domestic Strategy Group, 1999
> A Tale of Two Cities, Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board, 2007

Schools and Education

> A Matter of Degrees: Improving Graduation Rates in Four-Year Colleges and Universities, Kevin Carey, The Education Trust, 2004
> Tough Choices or Tough Times: The Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, National Center on Education and the Economy, 2007
> Turning it Around: A Collective Effort to Understand and Resolve Philadelphia's Drop-out Crisis, 2006

Economy and Employment

> Economic Development Blueprint for a Greater Philadelphia, Mayor John Street, Stephanie W. Naidoff, Director of Commerce, February 2005
> Job Sprawl and the Spatial Mismatch between Blacks and Jobs, Michael A. Stoll, The Brookings Institution, Metropolitan Policy Program, February 2005

Taxes and Living

> Comparing State and Local Taxes in Large U.S. Cities, IBO Fiscal Brief, New York City Independent Budget Office, February 2007
> No City Limits: The Story of Tax Reform in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Forward, Brett Mandel, September 2004

Communities and Safety

> Unemployment Correlates with Higher Crime, Justice Policy Institute, 2005
> Our Way Home: A Blueprint to End Homelessness in Philadelphia, Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition, 1998

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Local Funding Plans & Strategies

> ARRA Implementation Plan
> WIA Title I Operational Plan
> WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Investment Strategy Policy