A Guide to Low-Cost Curricula and Resources for Marriage and Relationship, Fatherhood and Parenting, and Financial Education

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The Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative released a guide that includes an alphabetized list of resources for practitioners to use in topics related to marriage and relationships, fatherhood and parenting, and financial education.

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2009-06-30T20:00:00
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Region
City/County
URL
https://hmrf.acf.hhs.gov/HMRFTA_Grantee_Portal/?linkServID=73367B88-D5D9-124F-0…
Publication Date
2009-07-01

Paycheck Plus: A New Antipoverty Strategy for Single Adults

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MDRC released a brief that outlines a project effort that is testing Paycheck Plus, an enhanced Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for single, low-income adults with no dependent children in New York City. According to the authors, most EITC benefits go towards families with children, so this initiative focuses efforts on this sub-group. The project just enrolled over 6,000 individuals and will now monitor these individuals for the next several years to assess the effectiveness of the Paycheck Plus supplement on economic well-being, work, and other outcomes.

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2014-04-30T20:00:00
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City/County
URL
http://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/PaycheckPlus.pdf
Publication Date
2014-05-01

Aspirations to Achievement: Men of Color and Community Colleges

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The Center for Community College Student Engagement released a report that explores college graduation achievement gaps by race and ethnicity. According to the authors, Black and Latino male students enroll in community colleges with higher aspirations than their White male counterparts; however, men of color complete community college degrees at a much lower rate than their white male counterparts. The report maintains that these disparities are embedded in the structure of existing programs, and community colleges should actively address this inequity by reimagining their programs.

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2014-03-31T20:00:00
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City/County
URL
http://www.ccsse.org/docs/MOC_Special_Report.pdf
Publication Date
2014-04-01

The Cost of Free Assistance: Studying Nonuse of Food Assistance in San Francisco

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The Institute for Research on Poverty released a discussion paper exploring the reasoning behind why some low-income Americans do not capitalize on nongovernmental free food assistance programs in their communities. The study focused on data collected from 63 in-depth interviews with low-income residents from San Francisco who did not use this available assistance. Overall, the report indicated that respondents did not feel that the free food assistance outweighed the psychological costs involved with accepting assistance. Such psychological costs include moral objections with accepting food from others and the emotional toll of accepting assistance.

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2013-01-31T19:00:00
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City/County
URL
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/dps/pdfs/dp140813.pdf
Publication Date
2013-02-01

The 2013 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) To Congress

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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released a report that outlines the key findings of the 2013 Point-In-Time (PIT) and Housing Inventory (HIC) counts conducted in January 2013. Specifically, this report provides 2013 national, state, and CoC-level PIT and HIC estimates of homelessness, as well as estimates of chronically homeless persons, homeless veterans, and homeless children and youth.

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2012-12-31T19:00:00
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City/County
Publication Date
2013-01-01
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2013 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) To Congress 3.23 MB

Registered Apprenticeship-College Consortium (RACC)

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In partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Labor launched the Registered Apprenticeship-College Consortium, an initiative that will allow graduates of Registered Apprenticeship programs to turn their years of rigorous on-the-job and classroom training into college credits toward an associate or bachelor degree. Currently, the Registered Apprenticeship system includes a network of more than 19,000 programs nationwide, offering nearly 1,000 different career opportunities.

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2014-03-31T20:00:00
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City/County
URL
http://www.doleta.gov/oa/racc.cfm
Publication Date
2014-04-01

Letter on Supporting The Summer Food Service Program

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA) released a letter that discusses the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Summer Food Service Program, a program that ensures that children have access to meals when school is not in session.

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2014-04-30T20:00:00
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Region
City/County
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/resource/letter-on-supporting-the-summer-food-servic…
Publication Date
2014-05-01
Innovative Programs

RecycleForce, Inc.

Mission/Goal of Program

RecycleForce, Inc. is a social enterprise in Indianapolis that provides workforce training to formerly incarcerated individuals in the recycling industry. Specifically, the program aims to help formerly incarcerated individuals learn skills and behaviors that will ultimately result in permanent jobs, and to help participants reintegrate into the community through connections to children, families, mentors, and positive peer groups.  

RecycleForce, Inc. is a social enterprise in Indianapolis that provides workforce training to formerly incarcerated individuals in the recycling industry. Specifically, the program aims to help formerly incarcerated individuals learn skills and behaviors that will ultimately result in permanent jobs, and to help participants reintegrate into the community through connections to children, families, mentors, and positive peer groups. 

As a social enterprise, RecycleForce, Inc. has three interconnected goals: (1) to help formerly incarcerated men and women successfully reenter society by providing paid employment and training along with social services; (2) to keep as much material out of landfills as possible; and (3) to fund its operations as much as possible from the sale of recycled materials. RecycleForce, Inc. was one of three Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration (ETJD) grantees testing a modified transitional jobs program model, wherein participants were placed into fully subsidized, temporary positions at RecycleForce while receiving various forms of social and economic support and assistance in obtaining unsubsidized employment.

Programs/Services Offered

RecycleForce, Inc. helps ex-offenders transition back into the community through job training and important practical support, such as housing and legal assistance. Through the process of de-manufacturing computers, then packing and shipping the resulting e-waste, participants learn to use a variety of tool pack/weigh materials, solve problems, load and unload trucks and pallets, as well as how to safely operate machinery such as forklifts and balers. Every program participant receives a job and a paycheck – real money for real work – and the dignity that goes along with employment. Employment is coupled with a suite of wraparound services and support (such as driver license re-instatement, bus passes, housing assistance, budgeting/financial literacy, and access to various educational opportunities) and trainings that lead to workplace certifications that are transferrable to a variety of industries.

Start Date
Sunday, January 1, 2006
Type of Agency/Organization
Community-based organization
City
Indianapolis
State
Indiana
Geographic Reach
Onesite
Clientele/Population Served
Ex-offenders
Topics/Subtopics
Employment
URL
https://recycleforce.org/

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Keystone Education Yields Success (KEYS) Program

Mission/Goal of Program

The Keystone Education Yields Success (KEYS) program is operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW). The KEYS Program assists low-income individuals in earning a career-specific, credit-bearing certificate or an associate's degree to enable them to secure jobs that provide family-sustaining wages with benefits and greater opportunities for advancement.

Programs/Services Offered

This program is designed to provide an opportunity and the corresponding support for Pennsylvania's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to pursue a degree or credit or noncredit-bearing certificate at a Community College in Pennsylvania. Working in partnership with Pennsylvania's Commission for Community Colleges, KEYS was developed in response to growing research that demonstrates that TANF participants, who earn a certificate or degree, are better able to get jobs with family-sustaining wages, benefits, and opportunities for advancement.

Services offered include academic services, financial services (e.g., tax assistance, financial literacy), referrals to supportive services, coaching/counseling/mentoring, financial/material supports (eg. scholarships, emergency funds, computers).

A limited number of individuals enrolled in the SNAP program (20 percent of KEYS slots) and all TANF participants planning or currently attending one of Pennsylvania's 14 community colleges are eligible to participate in the KEYS program. Participants are provided with a KEYS student facilitator who assists with course scheduling and career guidance. Special allowances for supportive services are also available to support students' participation in KEYS. DPW's Special Allowances for Supportive Services can pay student registration fees for education and training programs and provide students with transportation and childcare assistance, books, and clothing.

KEYS participants have 30 months to complete their studies, though a range of shorter-term options, including one-year certificate programs, is also available. DPW has instituted a system for documenting and verifying KEYS students' work participation hours. Each student is provided with a schedule that includes classes, independent and supervised study hours, and all other countable activities. KEYS facilitators document and verify KEYS students' activities. This system of verification has increased the number of reported work participation hours.

The KEYS program reports that participants have shared that facilitators are the most crucial aspect of the program. Facilitators help in identifying careers with available jobs and assist in designing a course schedule that prepares students for these positions. Facilitators assist with financial aid applications, transportation and childcare arrangements, and maintain an open line of communication with DPW public assistance staff to ensure KEYS students are meeting requirements and receiving needed support services.

Start Date
Saturday, January 1, 2005
Type of Agency/Organization
County/Local TANF Agency
Geographic Area
Rural
Suburban
Urban
City
Harrisburg
State
Pennsylvania
Geographic Reach
Onesite
Clientele/Population Served
Participants enrolled in Pennsylvania's TANF and SNAP programs who are interested in obtaining a postsecondary certificate or associate's degree. KEYS currently serves approximately 1,100 TANF and SNAP participants.
Topics/Subtopics
Employment
Employment Advancement
Education and Training
Supportive Services
Post-employment Supports
URL
https://www.myccp.online/division-access-and-community-engagement-dace/keystone…

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Village Vans

Mission/Goal of Program

Village Vans was created to provide safe, free, door-to-door transportation to work support related locations, and they offer free customized job skills training.  Vans are driven by eligible volunteer job seekers receiving current work experience, job search coaching, and skill building instruction. Ninety-three percent of fully participating volunteers have found good jobs while in the program.

Programs/Services Offered

Village Vans was created to provide safe, free, door-to-door transportation to work support related locations, and they offer free customized job skills training. 

Village Vans provides free transportation for work-related activities to low-income job seekers in Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater's greater urban areas in Washington, State. They also provide free transportation to:

  • Your new job
  • Job interviews
  • Job training sites
  • WorkSource Center
  • DSHS
  • Childcare Centers

The Driver Training and Job Skills Program is a free, professional training program designed to help build a career, not just a job.  In addition to on-the-job driving experience, the program includes professional training.

  • Communication skills
  • Computer skills
  • Resume writing
  • Interview techniques
  • Professional ethics
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Organizational skills
Start Date
Friday, February 1, 2002
Type of Agency/Organization
Other Public Agency
City
Olympia
State
Washington
Geographic Reach
Multisite
Clientele/Population Served
Low-income job seekers or workers
Topics/Subtopics
Transportation
URL
https://www.intercitytransit.com/villagevans

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