Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Webinar #4 on September 20 entitled Science to Practice: Building the Skills Adults Need for Life. If you were not able to attend or would like to view the webinar…
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Webinar #3 on August 30 entitled Executive Functioning: Critical Skills for Goal Achievement. If you were not able to attend or would like to view the webinar or download the…
This video features staff from Kings County CalWORKs talking about how the science behind the new approach has changed how they view working with customers. As a road test site, Kings County has adapted the CalWORKs 2.0 tools to use…
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Webinar #2 on August 9 entitled Goal Achievement - A Deeper Dive. If you were not able to attend or would like to view the webinar or download the accompanying…
Planning Prompts and Bundling are two researched strategies highlighted in this video from The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xWFJ25L8R4
National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies Implementation, Participation Patterns, Costs, and Two-Year Impacts of the Detroit Welfare-to-Work Program http://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/full_399.pdf August 2000 Prepared by: Mary Farrell with Gayle Hamilton Christine Schwartz Laura Storto Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
This report presents an analysis of the early impacts of the Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) on employment, earnings, and welfare receipt. http://www.srdc.org/media/8697/do_fin_inc_encourage.pdf
What Strategies Work for the Hard-to-Employ? Final Results of the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project and Selected Sites from the Employment Retention and Advancement Project OPRE Report 2012-08 March 2012 https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/strategies_work.pdf The Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ (HtE) Demonstration and…
Alternative Welfare-to-Work Strategies for the Hard-to-Employ Testing Transitional Jobs and Pre-Employment Services in Philadelphia October 2009 https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/alternative_welfare.pdf Dan Bloom, Sarah Rich, Cindy Redcross ,Erin Jacobs Jennifer Yahner (Urban Institute) Nancy Pindus (Urban Institute)
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/early_results.pdf 2005 This report presents early evidence on the effectiveness of four diverse programs designed to help current or former welfare recipients work more steadily and increase their earnings. The programs are part of the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA)…