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Research Update
Community Indicators for Central City Milwaukee: 1993 - Present
Milwaukee community indicators reports were initially developed by the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute with
funding from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the City of Milwaukee to
provide independent, timely and ongoing assessment tools to measure
short-term and long-term progress toward improving economic and employment
well-being of families in central city Milwaukee neighborhoods.
Indicators track changes by neighborhood since 1993, prior to the
beginning of state and federal welfare reform, and demonstrate the
advantages of using administrative and institutional databases to measure
dimensions of urban life. The Brookings Institution
has identified the ETI neighborhood indicators approach as a national
model.
Income Tax Data Show Impact of Recession on Milwaukee County Families
Earned Income Tax Credits to 66,000
Employed Families in Milwaukee County during the Economic Recession details family tax filers
(with dependents) qualifying for and receiving the EIC based on their 2009 income earnings.
44% of all working-age family filers in the county used the credit -- receiving $35.9 million
in state credits and an estimated $219 million in federal credits. Every residential zipcode
in the county had hundreds of qualifying families, with the biggest financial impacts in 53218,
53209 and 53215. In 3 suburbs (Cudahy, St. Francis, and South Milwaukee) a third or more of
family filers used the credit, and in 11 city and city-suburban zipcodes (53206, 53233, 53205, 53212, 53210, 53218, 53208, 53216, 53209, 53225 and 53224) over half
of family filers used the EIC.
2009 Indicators for High-Poverty Zip Codes
Among the concerns raised are the numbers of Milwaukee families with earnings near or below the poverty level, concentration of single parents in the city, a 25 to 1 inner city job gap between job seekers and job openings, continuing effects of the foreclosure crisis as seen in city blocks with multiple houses up for sheriff sales, failure of the state-subsidized child care program to monitor or emphasize early childhood education, "hit and run" accident rates approaching 50% on the near southside, and incarceration rates reaching 60% for African American males of prime working age on the northside.
Poverty in the Schools
A new indicators study on
Children Most Impacted by the Economic Recession
uses state and federal data on the number of families eligible for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to assess concentrations of poverty by school building throughout Wisconsin and in the Milwaukee metro area. The report examines numbers of children attending schools where 50% or more of the children are poor, the growing concentration of poverty within Milwaukee Public Schools, and economic factors (including a 9.1% unemployment rate in the City of Milwaukee in January 2009 and a 7 to 1 job gap between job seekers and job openings in inner city Milwaukee neighborhoods) contributing to the high numbers of employed Milwaukee families with poverty-level incomes.  Poverty in ZIP Code 53206: Milwaukee's Poorest Neighborhood The 53206 ZIP code neighborhood serves as a bellwether for poverty changes in Milwaukee and nationally. In the 1990s prior to welfare reform in Wisconsin it had the largest number of families receiving AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children). In the 2000 Census it showed the largest number of families in poverty among Milwaukee zipcodes.
As part of a WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio series on youth violence in Milwaukee, listen to reporter LaToya Dennis' interview of residents and exploration of youth violence in 53206, The Evolution of a Zip Code.
Indepth Analysis of Ex-Prisoner Issues
Indepth Analysis of Housing Issues for Low-Income Households
2006 Neighborhood Indicators of Employment and Economic Well-Being of Families, Barriers to Employment, and Untapped Opportunities
Purchasing Power Reports
Related Studies
Background The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute use indices developed from institutional and administrative databases to measure employment, economic and welfare changes in Milwaukee neighborhoods. The indices are designed to gauge short-term and long-term progress toward improving the economic and employment well-being of families in central city Milwaukee, utilizing institutional records from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Milwaukee County, City of Milwaukee, Internal Revenue Service, and U.S. Census Bureau, among others. The Milwaukee indicators approach has been recognized as a national model by The Brookings Institution. Brookings commissioned a discussion paper on how to replicate the Milwaukee ETI approach and a second report on strategies to identify economic assets of central city neighborhoods.
Individual reports are available on nine Milwaukee zipcode areas targeted by Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) programs and a summary report is prepared for the central city. Data trends (1992 to present) are analyzed for the following:
The first ZIP code level research project conducted by the Employment and Training Institute focused on Identifying Youth in Critical Need of Intervention: Lessons from the Past, Measures for the Future for zipcodes 53204 and 53206. This 1991 study identified families most in need of intervention services from the Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services. Purchasing Power Research To assist the City of Milwaukee in describing the income concentration and spending power around commercial districts, the Employment and Training Institute used the databases amassed for the neighborhood indicators project along with a state-of-the-art methodology based on the Consumer Expenditure Survey data by types of families and households to describe purchasing power and economic assets in neighborhoods throughout Milwaukee County and in zipcodes in Racine, Kenosha, Waukesha, Washington, and Ozaukee County. Individual reports (including comparison tables for 53 ZIP codes, graphs, aerial photos, and density maps) are posted for City of Milwaukee and Suburban Areas.
Monthly Drilldowns for the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board
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Vital Signs for the Greater Milwaukee Foundation: 2009-2011
For summaries of the data findings, see:
For its coverage of the "Vital Signs,"
WUWM public radio won the Associated Press
award for Enterprise Reporting and the
Northwest Broadcast News Association "1st Place, General Reporting" award.
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