Urban Partnerships Initiative Online Toolkit

Welcome

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Intake

Outreach:

• No Wrong Door (NWD) [3 tools]
• Wake County Human Services [1 tool]

Eligibility

• Application:
  • Nebraska's Comprehensive Application for Assistance [2 tools]
• Special Populations:
  • Family Services Team [7 tools]
  • New Jersey's Kinship Navigator Program [1 tool]
  • Relative Caregiver Program [3 tools]
  • ACCESS Wisconsin (and Florida) [11 tools]

Diversion:

• Shift [5 tools]
• Job Ready State Diversion Program [9 tools]
• Diversionary Work Program [2 tools]

Child Support Enforcement:

• SUCCESS and STARS [6 tools]

Case Management

Case Management Practices

• Assessment and Referral:
  • Learning Needs Screening Tool [4 tools]
  • VR Reach-Up Program [7 tools]
  • County of Los Angeles Community Assessment Service Center [3 tools]
  • Work First New Jersey Substance Abuse Initiative [0 tools]
• Sanctions:
  • San Diego Sanction Pilot [6 tools]
  • Rapid Employment Attachment Program [2 tools]

Agency Management

• Performance Management:
  • Right Work, Right Way [6 tools]
  • Balanced Scorecard [6 tools]
• Performance-Based Contracting:
  • Stinson & Associates, Inc. [6 tools]
  • Spexcell [3 tools]
• Work Participation Verification:
  • Maryland Work Participation Specialists [1 tool]

Supportive Services

• Barrier Removal:
  • Odyssey House Texas, Inc [0 tools]
  • The Odyssey Village [4 tools]
  • Step Industries, Inc. [3 tools]
  • The New Hope Project [7 tools]
  • North Carolina Work First/Child Protective Services Substance Abuse Initiative [1 tool]

Work Attachment

Work Activities:

• Local Investment Commission [1 tool]
• Project Enterprise [17 tools]
• Community Based Training [9 tools]

Work Readiness Activities:

• Jobs, Education and Training (JET) Program [6 tools]
• Jobs, Education and Training (JET) Program, Flint, MI [4 tools]
• Disability Navigator [2 tools]
• Center for Employment Training [3 tools]
• Business Access In-Home Learning [3 tools]
• STRIVE [0 tools]

Job Search and Job Placement:

• Mississippi TANF Work Program [3 tools]
• San Diego Job Club [7 tools]
• The WorkKeys System [0 tools]
• National Work Readiness Credential [0 tools]

Work Retention

Job Coaching and Incentives:

• Riverside GAIN Program [10 tools]
• Philadelphia@Work [6 tools]
• Neighborhood Work Project/Vocational Development Project [3 tools]
• Mentoring Program, Family Pathfinders of Tarrant County [4 tools]
• Project Match [2 tools]

Access to Work Supports:

• Connectinc, Inc. [1 tool]
• Northern Connections, Inc. [0 tools]
• Project EARN, San Diego [8 tools]
• Project EARN/Work Advance Support Center Demonstration Site [3 tools]

Strategic Job Placement for Advancement:

• Tiered Employment Program [1 tool]
• Seattle Jobs Initiative [3 tools]

Training for Retention and Advancement:

• Denver International Airport Workforce Center [1 tool]
• Northwest Youth Corps [2 tools]

Transitional Services

Government/Community Engagement

• Housing: Treasure Island Homeless Development Initiative [5 tools]
• Child Care: Emergency Child Care Assistance Program [4 tools]
• Transportation: King County Jobs Access Transportation Program [2 tools]
• Employment: Excel! [0 tools]
• Other: Faith Connections [2 tools]

Financial Supports

• EITC:
  • Benton Harbor EITC Initiative [12 tools]
  • Community Action Partnership of Riverside County Earned Income Tax Credit Program [8 tools]
• IDAs:
  • Assets for Independence [2 tools]
  • Denver's Individual Development Account (IDA) Program [4 tools]
  • Redevelopment Opportunities for Women's Economic Action Program [9 tools]
• Financial Literacy:
  • Family Self Sufficiency [7 tools]
  • EarnBenefits Program, Atlanta [10 tools]
  • EarnBenefits Program, New York City [3 tools]

Methodology

• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3
• Appendix 4
• Appendix 5

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