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  • Resources include Peer TA and other OFA technical assistance event reports and materials and resources from stakeholders with research on the TANF program and low-income families. We also include research from the Self Sufficiency Research Clearinghouse.
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  • Innovative Programs refer to creative methods of administering the TANF program, imaginative ways that services are provided, or new means of helping TANF participants with multiple barriers.  The topic area includes Innovative Programs that have been submitted by other States.

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Strategies for Practitioners Serving Youth and Young Adults Remotely

Webinar / Webcast

The Urban Institute hosted a virtual webinar on March 31, 2021 which covered findings from a new resource guide for practitioners highlighting how youth-serving organizations adapted their programs to engage youth virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Presenters from Jewish Vocational Service, i.c.stars, Baltimore’s Promise, and the Urban Institute illustrated strategies that the organizations used to provide education and training, employment, career readiness, and mental health services remotely to youth and young adults ages 16 to 24.
March, 2021

Request for Information on Innovative Programs to Reconnect Youth to Education and Employment and Promote Self-Sufficiency

Policy Announcement / Memoranda

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to gather information on programs providing services to help youth ages 16 to 24 progress on education and employment pathways. This project focuses on young people who are out of work and/or out of school, especially those from lower income families and communities. The information gathered will be included in a public compendium highlighting selected programs. Note: Not all submissions will be included in the compendium.

Submitted programs must:
September, 2020

Building a More Inclusive Talent Marketplace: Increasing Opportunity through Community and Business-Led Initiatives

Report

Opportunity populations—such as youth between the ages of 17-24 who are not in school or out of work, formerly incarcerated persons, members of indigenous communities, refugee populations, homeless persons, and people with disabilities—all face various challenges and barriers to upward mobility. This U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation report offers guidance to stakeholders as they work with and help opportunity populations understand new technologies and navigate today’s job market.
September, 2020

ACF Family Room Blog: Success Sequence = Optimal Health for Youth

Stakeholder Resource
This blogpost illustrates some of the programs at the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) in the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) which are designed to reduce youth homelessness, domestic violence, and adolescent pregnancy.
August, 2020

High School Career Pathways Offer a Promising Approach for Economic Recovery from COVID-19

Report
Low-income young workers in service-sector jobs have felt first-hand the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. This report explores how 10 states participating in the New Skills for Youth Initiative addressed designing and implementing pathways for high school students. It reflects findings from interviews with educators, business leaders, student advisors, community partners, and other key stakeholders which took place from June 2017 to June 2020.
July, 2020

The Newly Virtual Workplace: Employers and Trainers Adapt

Stakeholder Resource
This blogpost highlights discussions with representatives of 13 schools, districts, and program intermediaries that provide work-based learning opportunities. Representatives discuss the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on onsite opportunities, such as apprenticeships, internships, career mentoring, and job shadowing. Opportunities and adaptions for virtual workplace learning created as a result of the pandemic and the potential for long-term benefits to participants are also discussed.
July, 2020

Program Management Strategies from Youth CareerConnect

Stakeholder Resource
The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration has compiled a list of resources from the 24 Youth CareerConnect grantees on program management strategies. These resources cover case management as well as monitoring and participant files, sustainability of Youth CareerConnect partnerships, and other relevant guidance for programs addressing the needs of youth. Also included are data and general information about the Youth CareerConnect program, engagement strategies, and career and education strategies.
June, 2020

Our Journey Together: Summer Employment Webcast Mini-Series

Stakeholder Resource
The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration’s Division of Youth Services has produced a set of three webcasts to support the planning and implementation of WIOA youth programs. Webcast topics include: Employer Engagement; Partner Engagement (to include other non-employer stakeholders who offer supportive services and training to youth participants); and the Recruitment and Retention of Out-of-School Youth.
June, 2020

WIOA Youth Program COVID-19 Session

Webinar / Webcast
The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) will host a webinar on May 4, 2020 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET to discuss how to manage WIOA youth programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presenters from the ETA will answer participant questions and share resources and best practices.
May, 2020

Prospective Applicant Webcast for the Young Adult Reentry Partnership FOA

Webinar / Webcast
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has developed this webcast to address questions for prospective applicants for the Young Adult Reentry Partnership Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). The webcast covers application submission requirements; applicant and participant eligibility; required partnerships, grant activities, and components; priority consideration; and the evaluation of Reentry Employment Opportunities projects. Grant applications are due on April 20, 2020.
March, 2020

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