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Hazardous Waste
Health Care
Housing
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Hazard Mitigation

Title/Description

• 2004 Regional All-Hazard Mitigation Plan for the Missouri
• explains the hazard mitigation plan for natural disasters in the Missouri portion of the St. Louis region as required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Reducing the Effects of Natural Disasters in the Missouri Counties of the St. Louis Region - Brochure (pdf file - 673k)
• summarizes the 2004 Regional All-Hazard Mitigation Plan for the Missouri

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Hazardous Waste

• Household Hazardous Waste
• describes common, everyday products used in the home, garage, workshop, yard and garden that can be considered hazardous, containing corrosive/caustic, explosive/reactive, flammable, irritant, toxic or radioactive components. 
   
• Table of Household Hazardous Waste Materials

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Health Care

• The State of Healthcare Workforce In Metro St. Louis (pdf file - 290k)
• explains the current state of health care and its workforce in the St. Louis Region

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Housing

• Affordable Housing: A Foundation for Stable Communities (pdf file)
• describing the current community-based programs that support affordable housing in the St. Louis region
• Map: Households Paying More than 35% of Income on Rent, 2000 (pdf file - 428k)
• Map: Homeowner Rates - 2000 (pdf file - 396k)
• Map: Homeowners Paying More than 35% of Income for Housing Costs, 2000 (pdf file - 369k)

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Initiative for a Metropolitan Community

Note: all items under this category have been moved to Regional Information
 

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Labor Market Initiatives 

• Access to Jobs: A Review of Car Ownership Programs (pdf file)
• discusses various programs in the St. Louis region that assist low income indivduals in obtaining automobiles or in receiving funding to purchase a vehicle

• The “Family-Supporting Wage” for the St. Louis Region (pdf file)
• Quantifies the concept of a “family- supporting wage” for the bi-state St. Louis metropolitan area, pinpointing the minimum amount of money a family needs to earn to meet all basic needs without any government or private subsidies - June 2000 - paper

• Journey to Work: Demographics and Transit
• Presentation ot the Regionwise Transit Taskforce on 10/31/02 - slideshow
• PowerPoint File

• Regional Strategy for Access to Jobs (pdf file)
• describes problems and possible solutions for accessing the region’s jobs - September, 2002 - paper

• Upgrading the Regional Economy: Business, Education, and IT in St. Louis (pdf file)
• describes the first strategy adopted by the St. Louis Regional Workforce Development Policy Group - May 2001 - paper

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