This report explores the effects of employment-related outcomes (namely, average…
As part of the Rural Communiities Initiative, Washington County, Maine conducted a Soft Skills and Employability Site Exchange.
A representative from the Oregon Department of Human Services would like to know if States use client swipe card systems to track and record attending for TANF clients participating in employment, training, and other self-sufficiency activities? If no, why not? If yes:
- How does the system and process works?
- For what other purposes is the card being used (electronic benefit transfer for program benefits)?
- How long has the system has been in place?
- Was it developed in-house or by a vendor?
- How was the system developed, implemented, and what was the timeline?
- What are the benefits of the system (cost savings, reduced errors, workload impact, client and partner convenience)?
- Were there implementation challenges and/or lessons learned?
- Have there been any changes made since implementation
- Are there any quality control procedures to check data?
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) created a new work-oriented framework for providing assistance to low-income families. Within this framework, states were given a block grant and considerable…
Staff from the Healthy Family/Healthy Child Project in Siletz, Oregon, submitted a technical assistance (TA) request to the Welfare Peer TA Network in hopes of increasing their knowledge around collaborating among their tribal service agencies to…
The Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network (Welfare Peer TA) sponsored the Navajo Nation follow-up site visit conducted on December 8-12, 2008 in six locations over the course of five days. Staff from the Navajo Nation’s Native Employment…
This report was authored through the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. The researcher outlines the changing nature of women and work nationally over time, and in rural and urban areas. The focus of this research is five key…
The U.S. Department of Labor, Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, in conjunction with the Council of State Governments Justice Center published this resource for state…
Created in 2005, the Prisoner Reentry Initiative (PRI) is a joint endeavor of the U.S. Departments of Labor and Justice. The Initiative seeks to strengthen urban communities that experience a high number of returning prisoners through employment-…