Key Publications

• GETTING BACK ON THE ROAD: ()
  A Manual for Addressing Driver's License Suspension in New Jersey
  By Nancy L. Fishman, Esq., and Laurel Dumont, Esq., NJISJ. And by John W. Bartlett, Esq., Lowenstein Sandler, P.C.
  July 2008
• AN EVALUATION OF THE NEWARK/ESSEX CONSTRUCTION CAREERS CONSORTIUM PRE-APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAM ()
  N/ECCC, which is managed by the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice in collaboration with over 20 community partners, trains low-income, minority, and female residents of the City of Newark and Essex County to obtain apprenticeships in the construction industry. This study finds pre-apprenticeship programs boost earnings of low-income adults who complete the program.
  By John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  December 2006
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: AN EVALUATION OF THE NEWARK/ESSEX CONSTRUCTION CAREERS CONSORTIUM PRE-APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAM ()
  By John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  June 2007
• PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT: COMMUNITY RESOURCE TOOLKIT

A toolkit developed by several organizations in New Jersey

March 2004

• EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EX-OFFENDERS IN NEW JERSEY ()
  Paper prepared for Session 3 of the New Jersey Reentry Roundtable
  By the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University for the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice and the New Jersey Public Policy Research Institute
  April 2003
• INCARCERATION, EMPLOYMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY ()
  Presentation for Session 3 of the New Jersey Reentry Roundtable
  By Professor Bruce Western, Princeton University
  April 2003
• WORKFORCE LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT ()
  A review of the workforce development system in and around Newark NJ with recommendations for employers, training agencies and local government.
  By Robert S. Stokes, RSS Associates for the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, the Newark Community Development Network, and the Enterprise Foundation
  December 2002
• ECCCP: Essex County Construction Careers Program Evaluation ()
  An Independent Evaluation of the Essex County Construction Careers Pilot Program with recommendations
  By Yasser A. Payne, MA and Michelle Fine, PhD, The Graduate Center at the City University of New York
  April 2002
• GETTING TO THE TABLE: A PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT PRIMER

A research project of the National Econmic Development and Law Center    in California.

By Liam Garland & Susie Suafai

Spring 2002

• LINKAGE: Connecting Economic Growth with Real Opportunity for Low-Income Residents ()
  Report summarizing a national review of good economic development practices and assesses their applicability to Newark, New Jersey
  By Alan Mallach and Ellen Brown
  January 2002
• COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN ESSEX COUNTY: ()
  A Situational Analysis
  Final Report of the New Jersey Reentry Roundtable,
  By John Carnegie and Martin Robbins, Voorhees Transportation Policy Institute at Rutgers University
  December 2001

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