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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

Transitional jobs for ex-prisoners: Implementation, two-year impacts, and costs of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Prisoner Reentry Program

Report

Almost 700,000 people are released from state prisons each year. Ex-prisoners face daunting obstacles to successful reentry into society, and rates of recidivism are high. Most experts believe that stable employment is critical to a successful…

Testing case management in a rural context: An impact analysis of the Illinois Future Steps Program

Report

This final report focuses on Future Steps. In this report, the authors (1) chronicle the design and operation of Future Steps, assessing program participation, service delivery, and costs; (2) examine 30-month impacts on employment, earnings,…

Improving Work Supports: Closing the Financial Gap for Low-Wage Workers and their Families

Research-To-Practice Brief

This paper is from the Economic Policy Institute and provides an overview of why work supports are needed to sustain working families in the United States. Work support benefits can help low-wage workers close the gap between earnings and…

Employment Retention and Advancement Project: Results from the Post-Assistance Self-Sufficiency (PASS) program in Riverside, California

Report

Although much is known about how to help welfare recipients find jobs, little is…

Work-Plus: Boosting the Bottom Line for Low-Wage Working Parents

Research-To-Practice Brief

This research brief discusses the importance of work supports for low-wage earners to maintain and advance in the job market. The National Assembly's Family Strengthening Policy Center outlines the work-plus approach to support workers in the…

The Employment Retention and Advancement Project: Results from the Texas ERA Project

Report

This resource provides results from a 2-year follow-up of a Texas job retention and advancement program for TANF recipients. Implemented in Corpus Christi, Houston, and Fort Worth, this study found that while pre-employment services were…

The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Texas ERA site

Report

Although much is known about how to help welfare recipients find jobs, little is…

Stability and Change in Child Care and Employment Evidence from Three States

Report

With the inception of welfare reform in 1996, the goal was to move recipients off welfare and into work. While many States have adopted supports for recipients moving to work, many former recipients have difficulty maintaining stable employment.…

The Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project: Early results from four sites

Report

Millions of welfare recipients have entered the labor force in the past decade, but…

Promoting employment retention among TANF recipients: Lessons from the GAPS initiative

Report

Interest among policymakers and program operators in services designed to promote…

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