Implementing Effective Subsidized Employment Programs for TANF Participants

In partnership with the American Public Human Services Association/National Association of State TANF Administrators (NASTA), the Welfare Peer TA Network designed a Roundtable session at the NASTA Annual Meeting in Charleston, South Carolina on September 13, 2010. This Roundtable was designed to engage State TANF Directors in dialogue and information exchange around their subsidized employment programs and their plans for continuing this work after funding was scheduled to cease on September 30, 2010 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The Roundtable brought together a panel of researchers and practitioner experts from across the country to discuss their subsidized employment program1 impacts and outcomes. Speakers included Dr. LaDonna Pavetti, Director of the Welfare Reform and Income Support Division, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Ms. Linda Martin, Director, Division of Family Assistance, South Carolina Department of Social Services; Mr. Trent Rhorer, Executive Director, San Francisco Human Services Agency; and Mr. Robert Krebs, Executive Officer, Iowa Department of Human Services.