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General 

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    • Legislative and Capital Directory. Contact information for all state legislators and their offices.
      • Reports by the Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission. These reports look at the success of recent legislative efforts and new laws, evalutating topics from education to state spending and healthcare. Diverse collection of topics.

 

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  • 2000 Census Report for Virginia
  • Virginia Compared to the Other States.  A compendium of state statistics. National rankings on taxes, budgetary indicators and other statistics. Produced by Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission of the Virginia General Assembly. (Report number 366 on the linked page)
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  • Virginia's Non-profit Sector: An Economic Force. A Joint Report of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, the Connect Network, and The Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia. 
  • The Virginia Nonprofit Sector. A report summarizing the most recent data on the sector in Virginia and the role it plays. Details on how many nonprofits there are, where they are located, and their characteristics. Created by the Virginia Network of Nonprofit Organizations (VANNO). Feb. 2008.

 

 

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Children, Youth and Family

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Citizenship and Government

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    •   The Virginia Organizing Project. VOP is a statewide grassroots organization dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives. VOP especially encourages the participation of those who have traditionally had little or no voice in our society. By building relationships with individuals and groups throughout the state, VOP strives to get them to work together, democratically and non-violently, for change.      
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  •   The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) is the oversight agency of the Virginia General Assembly, established to evaluate the operations and performance of State agencies and programs. This link takes you directly to the JLARC Study Reports and Briefings page. 
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Economy and Jobs

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  • Feeling the Pinch: The State of Working Virginia. Examines trends in employment, labor force demographics, wages and income, and employee benefits.  
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  •  Green Jobs Fact Sheet for Virginia provides a brief overview of the potential for an emerging green sector. 

 

 

Education

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Environment and Natural Resources

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    • Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club. The 17,000-member strong Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club is working to build healthy, livable communities and to conserve and restore our natural environment.   
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  • Virginia Conservation Briefing Book. Extensive report on Virginia's efforts and projects relating to the environment.  The Virginia Conservation Network's annual compendium of white papers lays out a common agenda for conservation.
  • Report on Air Quality 2008 by the State of Virginia.
  • Ambient Air Monitoring Data Reports compiled by Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for past several years.
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Health and Wellness

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  • Assessment of the Health Needs in Central Virginia
  • Availability and Costs of Licensed Psychiatric Services in Virginia (October 2007). The report looks at the availability of beds and other facility services as well as utilization trends and the Medicaid rate setting process. Scroll to report #365. 
  • Options for Extending Health Insurance Coverage to Uninsured Virginians (December 2006). Analyzes the number and composition of uninsured Virginians, assesses the costs of treating the uninsured, and develops policy options to facilitate access to health insurance. Scroll to report #349. 
  • Premiums versus Paychecks. In 2006, Families USA undertook the first state-by-state analysis of growing health care premiums versus stagnant earnings in the new millennium. Since then, state economies have weakened, while health insurance premiums have continued their upward trend. Health care costs are now an even greater burden on American families. These reports, which are based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services, examine what these trends mean for working families.
  • Why Does Global Health Matter to Virginia? A fact sheet from Families USA's Global Health Initiative 2008 detailing the ties Virginia has to other areas of the world with regards to trade and business, and why health in these areas affects business at home.

 

 

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Housing and Community Development

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    • Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development. The VCHD partners with Virginia's communities to develop their economic potential, regulates Virginia's building and fire codes, provides training and certification for building officials, and invests more than $100 million each year into housing and community development projects throughout the state - the majority of which are designed to help low-to-moderate income citizens.  
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  • Virginia Housing Snapshot 2008. HOME (Housing Opportunities Made Equal) has produced a Virginia Housing Snapshot that looks at different localities in the state of Virginia in terms of affordable housing, lending, and fair housing. Scroll to bottom of newsletter. 
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Justice, Crime and Public Safety

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    • Virginia's Judicial System - Programs, Services, and Links 
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Poverty

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  • New Census Data Shows Growing Poverty in Virginia. Fact sheet by the Commonwealth Institute. The Commonwealth Institute also has a full report on the growing poverty in Virginia.
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