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Joseph’s People, Ltd A non-profit faith-based support

organization for the un/under-employed with Chapters in Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery Counties and Pittsburgh

www.josephspeople.org

Survey of the Long-Term Unemployed

November 2014

SURVEY METHODOLOGY

•  Long-term Unemployed defined as those out of full-time employment in their career for more than 27 weeks (the Fed. Guideline definition)

•  Survey data collected over 8 week period •  Survey accessed via Joseph’s People website

and collected by SurveyMonkey.com •  Survey respondents included Joseph’s People

members, members of participating parish communities, and other ad hoc participants from indirect sources

Survey of the Long-Term Unemployed, November 2014

Josephs’ People Survey

Federal Data

Reporting Timeframe Oct-Nov 2014 March 2014 Geographic Distribution of Respondents

Delaware Valley, PA National

Total Number of Respondents

148* 3.9M + 7M Working Part-time = 11M

Gender Distribution 57% Female 43% Male

44% Female 56% Male

Age Distribution 41% Age 25-54 59% Age 55-71

76% Age 25-54 24% Age 55-69

COMPARATOR DATA SET


* Subsequent data analysis based on 123 good and meaningful responses. Excludes 22 outliers and 3 partial respondents. Does not includes those out of work for more than 10 years or less than 26 weeks.

Lost Career Time Distribution

SURVEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Survey: Long-Term Unemployed, November 2014

22.9%

13.6%

20.3%

10.2%

16.9%

4.2%3.4%

1.7%

4.2%

2.5%

6-11 mos 1-2 yrs 2-3 yrs 3-4 yrs 4-5 yrs 5-6 yrs 6-7 yrs 7-8 yrs 8-9 yrs 9-10 yrsLost Time

LOST TIME DISTRIBUTION

80% of respondents were out of work for 5 years or less.

Yrs 2013-2009

70% of respondents are 50-64 yrs old (pre-retirement: not eligible for full Social Security benefits).

SURVEY DEMOGRAPHICS


1% 1%6%

13%

21.2%

27.1%

22.4%

8.2%

20- 30- 40- 45- 50- 55- 60- 65-Age (years)

AGE DISTRIBUTION

80% of respondents have a college degree. Lack of a college degree is considered an employment barrier.

SURVEY DEMOGRAPHICS


EDUCATION

NO DEGREE20%

ASSOCIATE4%

MA-MS-MBA24%

PhD /DR4%

BA-BS48%

INSURANCE COVERAGE PRIOR TO UNEMPLOYMENT

None 11%

Yes-Employer

88%

•  At least 42% of respondents are dependent on publicly financed health insurance or the healthcare system including hospitals, VA system, etc.

•  17% increase in uninsured due to long-term unemployment

IMPACT ON HEALTH INSURANCE


CURRENT INSURANCECobra

3% Spouse / Family20%

Medicare-aid / VA

8%

Obama-care6%YES -

Unknown35%

NONE28%

DEMOGRAPHIC DATA: HIGHEST RISK UNEMPLOYED


CAREER BEFORE / AFTER(Part-Time - Sporadic - None)

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

None

Retail / Service

Cont/SE/Bs/Conslt

Education

Pharma / Health

Sales / Marketng

Government

IT + Tech

Legal / Fin / Ins

Non-Prof / Voluntr

Mgmt / Admin

BEFOREAFTER

FINANCIAL HISTORY •  1.0% earned less than $30k per year prior to unemployment •  22.0% earned greater than $100k per year prior to unemployment


PREVIOUS INCOME $

0% 0% 1%

14% 13% 15%12%

10%7% 7%

4%

11%

4% 2% 1%0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

0-1K$ 10k$ 20k$ 30k$ 40k$ 50k$ 60k$ 70k$ 80k$ 90k$ 100k$ 110k$ 130k$ 160k$ 240k$

INCOME

RESP

ONS

ES

FINANCIAL IMPACT •  84.0% of respondents currently earn less than $30k per year •  0.0% of respondents currently earn greater than $100k per year


CURRENT INCOME $

49%

11%

24%

6%2%

6%2% 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

0-1K$ 10k$ 20k$ 30k$ 40k$ 50k$ 60k$ 70k$ 80k$ 90k$ 100k$ 110k$ 130k$ 160k$ 240k$

INCOME $

RESP

ONS

DES

FINANCIAL IMPACT: CHANGE IN EARNINGS

•  Respondents make on average 33% of previous earnings or a 66% reduction in average annual earnings


0-1K$30k$

60k$90k$

130k$

49%

11%

24%

6%

2%6%

2%1% 1%

0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

0% 0% 1%14%13%15%12%

10%7%

7% 4% 11%4% 2%

1%

0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%

CURRENT VS PREVIOUS INCOME $

SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL IMPACT Federal Poverty Guideline is less than $16k per year for an individual

• Before unemployment: No respondents met Federal Poverty Guidelines • After unemployment: 69% of respondents meet Federal Poverty Guidelines


•  123 respondents counted in survey

•  35 months average since unemployed in their career field

•  $51.8k annual average earnings lost per respondent

•  $6.1 million per year lost by local group

•  344 years of lost earnings in total

•  $17.8 M lost earnings for local group

Individual Impact Total Impact of Survey

Group

KEY LEARNINGS

•  The economy lost a significant amount of potential spending money that was not received due to unemployment.

•  Lack of college degree is considered a barrier to employment, however 80% of the respondents have a college degree; there must be other barriers.

•  There is a 69% increase in individuals eligible for and utilizing social services.

•  There is a greater strain on the emergency healthcare system due to a 17% increase in the uninsured.

•  The longer they are unemployed, the more difficult it becomes to obtain a career position.


Joseph’s People Plan CHANGING THE FUTURE

•  Create Pathway To Employment Program –  Partnership with CC CareerLink and Financial Stability Center to

educate long-term unemployed on available services –  Partnership with HireOne to link Pathway to Employment Program with

jobs •  Create Pathway to Self-Employment/Business Ownership Program

–  Partnership with CC CareerLink and Financial Stability Center to educate long-term unemployed on available services

–  Partnership with micro-lending institutions and SCORE •  Develop legislation to remove the barriers to employers hiring long-

term unemployed –  Funding component (“carrot”) –  Anti-discrimination component (“stick”)


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