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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.

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The Essex County Division of Training and Employment in New Jersey was interested in learning strategies that would help assist TANF Work Eligible recipients to achieve marketable skills that will move them to self-sufficiency and remove them…

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The American economy is facing a growing skills gap, with many adults lacking the training or education necessary for jobs that pay a middle-class wage. Helping adults earn the credentials and training they need to get and succeed in family-…

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Mathematica released a report on the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), the nation's largest source of training and employment services, in which they conducted a study of States' and local areas' use of eight WIA policy waivers. This final report…

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From the Center for Law and Social Policy, this resource provides an overview of the need for adult education, as nearly 30 million adults in the U.S. have below a high school education. The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (Title II of…

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Mathematica released a report evaluating the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). This study analyzed quantitative and qualitative data to learn about local-project performance, program outcomes, and participants' views of this…

Webinar / Webcast

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…

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The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) recently released "The World at Work: Jobs, Pay and Skill for 3.5 Billion People." This report analyzes the dramatic shifts in the global labor markets that have occurred over the last several decades, causing…

Newsletter / E-Mail Alert

The U.S. Department of Labor awarded $12 million in grants to nine organizations to provide employment services to previously incarcerated female adults and youth. The funds will be used by grantees to provide job training to lead to credentials…

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the Association of Village Council Presidents is seeking insights and recommendations from rural TANF and Tribal TANF programs that effectively provide literacy skills training or comprehensive educational opportunities for individuals through distance learning activities. What computer platforms are you utilizing to provide the distance learning activities? What have been some of the challenges (and solutions) that you have been confronted with? What have been the results on your program and on your participants?

Newsletter / E-Mail Alert

This is the monthly newsletter, which is authored by the Division of Youth Services (DYS), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA). It includes headlines of news from the Department of Labor; funding…

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