In April 2012, the U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor released a letter endorsing the concept of “Career Pathways” as a promising approach to address the country’s challenge of how to prepare workers of all skill…

On June 24, 2014, the Office of Family Assistance hosted a webinar that explored the promise and potential of career pathways practices tailored for TANF participants and other low-income, low-skilled individuals and those with barriers to…

In March of 2012, the WPTA Network collaborated with Arkansas's Career Pathways Initiative - a partnership between Arkansas's Department of Higher Education and Department of Workforce Services - to learn more about their program's growth and the…

The Office of Family Assistance hosted a Webinar on August 28, 2012 to provide Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) agencies, workforce organizations, and other human services stakeholders with an overview of the strategies that can be…

The Welfare Peer TA Network hosted a Webinar entitled, “Green Jobs: Reaching TANF and Low-Income Populations” on March 10, 2010 from 2:00 PM EST to 3:30 PM EST. The Webinar included information on green jobs, job placement, workforce development…

New York City’s Human Resource Administration designed and implemented the WeCARE program to assist the high number of TANF participants on their caseload with clinical barriers to work; the model has since been successful in moving clients with…

The Office of Family Assistance began the Rural Communities Initiative in 2008, and many rural areas expressed an interest in learning more about how to utilize technology in their TANF programs and in their communities. This Webinar included…