Innovative Programs
Started in 2005, Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative (CPI) is a partnership between community colleges, workforce development agencies, employers, social service providers, driven by two-state agencies, Arkansas Department of Higher Education and Department of Workforce Services. Arkansas CPI is aimed at providing marketable educational credentials to low-income individuals for immediate entry into a high demand occupation or higher education.
August, 2022
Innovative Programs
In September 1998, the Pulaski County DHS offices entered into on-the-job training (OJT) agreements with three Little Rock hotels to provide intensive training and job coaching services to Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA) recipients who are referred to the project. (TEA is Arkansas’ TANF program.) Under the OJT agreements, the hotels contract with a training provider who works on an individualized basis with the recipient during the actual job training phase, and then also serves as a mentor or job coach for up to six months.
August, 2022
Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to help states create career pathways systems that integrate and expand partnerships between state human service agencies and community and technical college systems and institutions so that more people have the opportunity to train for a quality career. The toolkit includes recommendations for how SNAP E&T and TANF can support high-quality career pathways system development and partnerships with community colleges. It also illustrates model career pathways frameworks from Arkansas and Oregon.
January, 2022
Field Connections / Contact Information
November, 2021
Field Connections / Contact Information
November, 2021
Field Connections / Contact Information
November, 2021
Research-To-Practice Brief
Home visiting programs have been shown to support healthy child development, increase family economic independence and positive parenting practices, and decrease child maltreatment. This research-to-practice brief examines the evidence of impact of the SafeCare® model, a home visiting program implemented by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) and the Arkansas Department of Human Services (ADHS).
September, 2021
Stakeholder Resource
In observance of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, September 19-25, this compendium highlights nine practices that represent holistic approaches to delivering adult education programs. These programs represent approaches for modeling effective integrated education and training (IET) programs—transitioning adult learners from adult basic education to postsecondary education or training, and increasing access to adult education services. The practices are drawn from programs in Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas.
September, 2021
Research-To-Practice Brief
This issue brief analyzes characteristics of the early care and education (ECE) workforce in Arkansas and identifies research on the correlation between high-quality ECE and child development, as well as ECE providers’ emotional well-being. The brief focuses on variance of the ECE workforce by region or in terms of rural versus urban relative to teachers’ and caregivers’ self-reports of well-being, economic pressures, and education levels. Also highlighted are the factors that stakeholders identify as contributing to the variation of these characteristics across the state.
June, 2020
Research-To-Practice Brief
This research-to-practice brief identifies programmatic solutions to support reentry for young adults who have been involved in the juvenile justice or criminal justice system as they navigate employment and education pathways. The brief summarizes best practices from nine communities under the three-year U.S. Department of Labor-funded Compass Rose Collaborative (CRC). CRC communities are: Southeast Arkansas; Los Angeles, California; Denver, Colorado; Hartford, Connecticut; Louisville, Kentucky; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; St. Louis, Missouri; and Albany, New York.
February, 2020