This article, from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, reviews three successful programs from the Jobs Initiative. The Jobs Initiative was developed 9 years ago to help low-income workers maintain employment and advance in the workplace. This piece outlines the strengths from 3 successful programs that help promote job retention.

This resource provides results from a 2-year follow-up of a Texas job retention and advancement program for TANF recipients. Implemented in Corpus Christi, Houston, and Fort Worth, this study found that while pre-employment services were important, post-employment services made key impacts for increasing job retention and advancement among TANF recipients.

This teleconference was coordinated by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) as part of its Family Independence Forum series available to ACF Regional offices and State social service offices. The purpose of the Employment Retention and Advancement Program Design Manual is to help States design strategies for improving job retention and advancement among TANF recipients. States now have an opportunity to have their strategies evaluated as part of a national evaluation funded by the ACF Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE). The Employment Retention and Advancement Project will be conducted by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) to determine the effectiveness and cost-benefits of programs designed to help current or former TANF recipients or other low income families retain and advance in employment. OPRE has issued a grant announcement for State TANF agencies to participate in the evaluation.