EARN in Mississippi

Mississippi Network publications

• #Silenced: Disenfranchised Mississippians Deserve to be Heard

  • March 1, 2024
  • One Voice
  Criminal Legal System EARN in the South

• Felony Disenfranchisement Toolkit

  • February 1, 2024
  • One Voice
  Criminal Legal System EARN in the South

• 2024 Legislative Priorities

  • January 1, 2024
  • One Voice
  EARN in the South

• The American Rescue Plan Act: Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds

  • April 5, 2023
  • One Voice
  EARN in the South

• Innovative Training Solutions for Shifting Workforce Demands

  • July 5, 2017
  • Staff Report

  Pairing skilled workers with quality, high-paying jobs is one way to ensure Mississippi families succeed. However, limited access to skills training and low educational attainment keep many workers from securing […]

  Job Training & Apprenticeships Jobs

• The State of Health Coverage in the Mid South

  • March 23, 2017
  • Staff Report

  While the nation continues to grapple with the potential impact of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), little discussion has focused on how repealing the ACA would impact […]

  Healthcare

• Pathways to Economic Security: Sustaining the Impact of Workforce Development Programs

  • May 18, 2016
  • Staff Report

  The number of Mississippi-based middle-skill jobs—those that require some training or education beyond high school but not a four-year degree—has grown in recent years and continues to grow. These skilled […]

  Job Training & Apprenticeships Jobs

• Who Really Benefits: Why large tax cuts don’t benefit working families & communities

  • May 5, 2016
  • Staff Report

  Large tax reductions proposed at a time when Mississippi already is cutting important public investments due to a lack of revenue would erode the state’s ability to create jobs and […]

  Budges and Taxes

• High Road WIOA: Building Higher Job Quality into Workforce Development

  • December 17, 2015
  • Keystone Research Center
  • Stephen Herzenberg

  In response to the federal Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (WIOA), most states are now in the latter stages of developing federally required plans and policies for operating their systems […]

  Job Training & Apprenticeships Jobs

• Women and Economic Security in Mississippi: A Data Brief

  • May 27, 2015
  • Staff Report

  Across the United States, many women face disparities in wages and employment while providing for their families and balancing child care and other family responsibilities. The growing number of families […]

  Care Economy Paid Sick, Family, and Medical Leave Wages Worker, Racial, and Gender Justice