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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.

Essex County, New Jersey Technical Assistance Request

Report

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…

Evaluation of Waivers Granted Under the Workforce Investment Act

Report

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…

Portfolio of research in welfare and family self-sufficiency

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This Portfolio of Research in Welfare and Family Self-Sufficiency describes the major research projects of the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation’s Division of Economic Independence. The Portfolio is divided into four sections – TANF and…

Improving employment and earnings for TANF recipients

Report

Over the past two decades, federal and state policymakers have dramatically reshaped the nation’s system of cash welfare assistance for low-income families. Through national legislation and state-initiated reform and experimentation, policymakers…

Question from PeerTA

Question / Response(s)

The Peer TA Network would like to know how other States are handling drug testing and criminal background check fees for recipients in the Community Work Experience Program (CWEP)?

2011 TANF Priority Update Workshop: Region IV

Report

The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance Region IV convened the 2011 TANF Priority Update Workshop in Atlanta, Georgia on August 17-19, 2011 to discuss the status of TANF programs and foster peer dialogue among…

Question from Turtle Mountain Employment & Training

Question / Response(s)

A representative from Turtle Mountain Employment & Training would like to know if anyone knows of funding opportunities available now or in the near future that would service TANF clients in relation to employment and training opportunities?

Alternative employment strategies for hard-to-employ TANF recipients: Final results from a test of transitional jobs and preemployment services in Philadelphia

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As welfare caseloads have declined over the past decade, policymakers and…

Question from Education Commission of the States

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the Education Commission of the States would like to learn more about examples of cooperative efforts between schools/business/industry to assist youth in becoming job ready? Examples may be job shadowing, mentor programs, internships, summer employment, etc.

Degree Completion Beyond Institutional Borders: Responding to the New Reality of Mobile and Nontraditional Learners

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It is expected that by the year 2018, sixty percent of all American jobs will require at least some college education. It has also been projected that if the current rates of degree completion continue, the American workforce will fall three…

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