Working Poor Families Project

Michelle Feliz, a single mother living in Boston, can't afford day care for her one-year-old son. She can't afford new clothes for her teenage daughte...

For millions of Americans at the margins of the labor market, a return to aggregate economic growth is unlikely to improve their personal circumstances.

States' retraining efforts should use a sector-based focus with the goal of transitioning displaced workers into positions that the stimulus will support, in infrastructure and emerging fields.