Work Readiness Activities

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)

Click to access 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…

Since its launch in 1996, Connecticut’s Jobs First program has attracted national attention because it includes all the key elements of the 1990s welfare reforms: time limits, financial work incentives, and work requirements. Specifically, Jobs First limits families to 21…

Connecticut’s Jobs First program is a statewide welfare reform initiative that began operating in January 1996. Jobs First was one of the earliest statewide programs to impose a time limit on welfare receipt: Families are limited to 21 months of…

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/fl_final_transition.pdf Final Report Launched in 1994, Florida’s pilot Family Transition Program (FTP) was the first welfare reform initiative in which some families reached a time limit on their welfare eligibility and had their benefits canceled. Today, almost all states have…

Florida’s Family Transition Program (FTP) combines a welfare time limit of 24-36 months with services, requirements, and financial incentives designed to help welfare recipients find and hold jobs. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED407606  

The Indiana Welfare Reform Evaluation: Five-Year Impacts, Implementation, Costs and Benefits September 2003   https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/indiana_5yr_rpt.pdf Prepared for Indiana Family and Social Services Administration Division of Family and Children Prepared by Erik Beecroft, Wang Lee, David Long, Abt Associates Inc. Pamela…

The Indiana Welfare Reform Evaluation: Five-Year Impacts, Implementation, Costs and Benefits September 2003 https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/indiana_5yr_rpt.pdf Prepared for Indiana Family and Social Services Administration Prepared by Erik Beecroft, Wang Lee, David Long, Abt Associates Inc. Pamela A. Holcomb, Terri S. Thompson, Nancy…

The Employment Retention and Advancement Project Results from the Los Angeles Reach for Success Program Jacquelyn Anderson Stephen Freedman Gayle Hamilton November 2009 http://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/full_552.pdf