News 
MPR
February 3rd, 2012MPR
February 2nd, 2012MarketWatch
U.S. Private-Sector Employment Increased by 170,000 Jobs in January
February 1st, 2012MPR
Manufacturers who suffer skilled worker shortage might need to pay more
January 26th, 2012The Atlantic
Making it in America: Why the jobs crisis will be so difficult to solve.
January 25th, 2012Star Tribune
January 19th, 2012MinnPost
Dayton’s ‘Jobs Plan for Minnesota’ and how to make it better
January 18th, 2012Washington Post
January 18th, 2012MPR
January 17th, 2012MinnPost
January 6th, 2012Star Tribune
Employers add 200,000 jobs, unemployment rate falls to 8.5 percent
January 6th, 2012Pioneer Press
January 5th, 2012Washington Post
Is innovation leading to higher unemployment? Meet the new haves & have nots
January 4th, 2012MPR
January 3rd, 2012Southside Pride News
January 3rd, 2012Local Research 
MN Dept. of Employment & Econ Devel (DEED)
GTC United Way and TC Compass
JOBS NOW Coalition
MN Dept. of Employment and Econ. Dev.
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
MN Legislative Auditor
MN Dept. of Employment and Economic Dev.
Minnesota Employment Review (2/2010)
GTC United Way and TC Compass
Quarterly Economic Pulse (December 2009)
Jobs NOW Coalition
- The Job Gap Family Budgets – a report on the cost of basic needs for Minnesota families in 2008
- 2008 Cost of living in Minnesota Findings
MN Dept. of Employment and Economic Development
National Research 
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Economic Policy Institute
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce
Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018
Urban Institute
Low-Skill Workers’ Access to Quality Green Jobs
Improving Education and Employment for Disadvantaged Young Men: Proven and Promising Strategies
enterprising non-profits
What Social Enterprise Can Do … In Your Community (Spring 2010)
MDRC
Alternative Welfare-to-Work Strategies for the Hard-to-Employ (10/2009)
MDRC
Transitional Jobs: Background, Program Models, and Evaluation Evidence (2010)
Brookings Institution
AARP
African American Experiences in the Economy: Recession Effects More Strongly Felt
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
The Recession in Perspective (December 2009)
Solutions for America
Public/Private Ventures
Working Dads: Final Report on the Fathers at Work Initiative (2009)
MDRC
Strategies to Help Low-Wage Workers Advance (June 2009)
U.S. Department of Labor & Bureau of Labor Statistics
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