Next-Generation CBE: Designing Competency-Based Education for Underprepared College Learners

Record Description
This report from Jobs for the Future provides an overview of the Competency-Based Education (CBE) landscape, and examines academic and personal barriers that underprepared adult learners face and how adapted CBE programs can help students overcome them. The report reviews key issues in designing effective CBE programs and recommends potential CBE program design elements.
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2016-07-24T20:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
URL
http://www.jff.org/sites/default/files/publications/materials/CBE-paper-072516…
Publication Date
2016-07-25

Assessing the Evidence Base: Strategies That Support Employment for Low-Income Adults

Record Description
The Employment Strategies for Low-Income Adults Evidence Review examined studies of employment and training interventions for low-income adults. The study review intends to provide a systematic assessment of the research evidence for the effectiveness of programs designed to improve the employment-related outcomes of low-income adults. This brief from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation presents an overview of the Employment Strategies for Low-Income Adults Evidence Review approach, describes the studies, and presents results from the review.
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2016-08-16T20:00:00
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City/County
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/assessing-evidence-base-strategies-support…
Publication Date
2016-08-17

Webinar Materials Available: The Value of Apprenticeship Data

Record Description
The National Skills Coalition and the Workforce Data Quality Campaign hosted this webinar on May 26, 2016. It provided an overview of apprenticeships in the United States and the current state of apprenticeship data. The webinar also showcased how North Carolina is using this information to advance its research, and empower its workers and employers.
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2016-05-26T08:00:00
Source
OFA Initiatives
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City/County
URL
http://www.workforcedqc.org/resources-events/events/webinar-value-apprenticeshi…
Publication Date
2016-05-26

Justice Department Announces Resources to Reform Practices

Record Description
On March 14, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a Dear Colleague letter to state and local courts to announce new resources. The purpose of the resources is to assist state and local efforts to reform practices for assessment of ability to pay as part of enforcement efforts to collect fees, fines, and child support. The resources can support the ongoing work of judges, courts, policymakers, program administrators, and other stakeholders in ensuring justice for all individuals, regardless of financial circumstances.
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2016-03-20T20:00:00
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City/County
URL
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/resource/justice-department-announces-resources-to-r…
Publication Date
2016-03-21

Turner v. Rogers Guidance

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This Action Transmittal, providing guidance on Turner v. Rogers, was disseminated by the Office of Child Support Enforcement to state agencies administering Child Support Enforcement Plans under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and other interested individuals. The Transmittal provides an overview of Turner v. Rogers, state contempt practices, distinguishing between civil and criminal contempt, using civil contempt in child support cases in which ability to pay is at issue, and using civil contempt in child support cases in which ability to comply is at issue.

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2012-06-17T20:00:00
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Region
City/County
URL
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/resource/turner-v-rogers-guidance
Publication Date
2012-06-18

Webinar: Successful Collaborations between Child Support and TANF Programs

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Child Support and TANF programs work with many of the same clients and others, including noncustodial parents, who face similar and overlapping needs. Such needs may include increasing employment skills; removing barriers to employment; and addressing non-compliance with, or ability to pay, child support orders. There are a variety of ways these programs can work together to best support the families they serve. In this webinar, state programs shared processes for establishing and maintaining effective collaborations with key partners, enhanced services to incentivize participation and completion, recruitment and retention strategies, and other lessons learned. The webinar was held on August 23, 2016, from 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET.
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2016-08-23T09:00:00
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Region
City/County
URL
View Webinar
Publication Date
2016-08-15
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Innovative Programs

Cookie Cart

Mission/Goal of Program

Cookie Cart provides teens 15 to 18 years old with lasting and meaningful work, life and leadership skills through hands on experience and training in urban nonprofit bakeries. The first storefront was started on Emerson Avenue, and then in 1996 Cookie Cart settled into its current location on West Broadway Avenue, right in the heart of North Minneapolis. In 2018, Cookie Cart opened a second bakery and training facility on Saint Paul’s East Side on the historic Payne Avenue.

Programs/Services Offered

Cookie Cart youth employees have the chance to learn “real world” work skills by actively participating in the daily production and sales of cookies in a nonprofit bakery. Mistakes are treated as learning opportunities, and all lessons are given in the context of how to meet expectations at traditional jobs. In addition, the youth employees attend workshops that focus on interpersonal communication, critical thinking and future goal orientation. They include: 

  • Foundations which is the understanding and developing of successful work skills such as work rules, safety, peer communication, managing schedules;
  • Leadership training on directing peer teams, training new youth employees, dealing with conflict; 
  • Bright Futures concentrating on preparing for the transition to the next job by preparing resumes, practicing interviewing, and applying for a job; and 
  • Financial Literacy workshops that cover the essential building blocks of personal finance.
Start Date
Friday, January 1, 1988
Type of Agency/Organization
Nonprofit Organization
City
Minneapolis
State
Minnesota
Geographic Reach
Multisite
Clientele/Population Served
15- to 18-year-olds from low-income communities of color
Topics/Subtopics
Education and Training
On the Job Training
URL
https://cookiecart.org/

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Family Routes Initiative

Improving Business Processes for Delivering Work Supports for Low-Income Families: Findings from the Work Support Strategies Evaluation

Record Description
This report by the Urban Institute describes findings of the Work Support Strategies (WSS) initiative, which helps states improve their service delivery, run programs more effectively, and modernize. Through technical assistance, grants, and peer learning, WSS aids state programs in Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and South Carolina. This report discusses business process redesign efforts undertaken by these states and the outcomes of these efforts.
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2016-02-29T19:00:00
Source
OFA Initiatives
SFS Category
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City/County
URL
http://www.urban.org/research/publication/improving-business-processes-deliveri…
Publication Date
2016-03-01

Webinar Materials Available: WIOA State Plans: Realizing Innovation and Opportunity

Record Description
This webinar from July 7, 2016, hosted by the National Skills Coalition, highlighted key points from a selection of state plans. It was intended to help a broad set of stakeholders reflect on their state plan’s strategies and critical implementation issues, as well as think about potential improvements and next steps.
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2016-07-07T08:00:00
Source
OFA Initiatives
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City/County
URL
http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/resources/multimedia/video/webinar-wioa-…
Publication Date
2016-07-07

Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Technical Assistance Request: Mobility Mentoring Essentials Training

Record Description

Kentucky has been providing education-focused and work participation-driven case management to the TANF population since 1998. The TA Requestor, Ms. Shauna King-Simms, Director of Transitional Education Programs at the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) heard a description of Crittenton Women’s Union’s (CWU’s) Mobility Mentoring® Model and was interested in integrating components of it into Kentucky’s program. Kentucky conducts similar case management activities with its Ready to Work and Work and Learn programs, but was interested in enhancing the current practices using this model. CWU is an economic mobility organization and the largest provider of transitional housing for homeless families in the greater Boston area. The organization provides job readiness training, parenting programs, and adult education. Almost 1,300 individuals are served each year. Ninety-two percent have a high school education or less. CWU’s clients are largely TANF participants with average earnings of $730 per month per family and the population is racially diverse. Their Mobility Mentoring® Model is the long-term developmental partnership between trained staff and program participants through which participants acquire the resources, knowledge, and skills necessary to attain and preserve economic independence.

The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services requested TA to support the integration of components of CWU’s Mobility Mentoring® Model for case management. The OFA PeerTA team agreed to support this request and created a TA plan with the following objectives:

  • Collaborate with CWU to provide Kentucky with a tailored, two-day training on CWU’s Mobility Mentoring® Model for their Ready to Work staff at the KCTCS system office in Versailles, Kentucky. The training was prepared to accommodate approximately 45 Kentucky Ready to Work staff and three staff from the Department for Community Based Services (a Kentucky TANF agency), with a maximum of 50 participants in total.
  • Support an outcomes-focused training that encourages implementation and sustainability of what is learned, so Kentucky can integrate the core concepts learned into their program(s) at a statewide level.
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2015-05-31T20:00:00
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Region
City/County
Publication Date
2015-06-01
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