Empowering Adults to Thrive at Work: Personal Success Skills for 21st Century Jobs: A Report on Promising Research and Practice

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In addition to academic, technical, and professional skills, today’s workers also need a set of personal success skills. Personal success skills are skills that allow adults to deal with challenges, relationships, and transitions involved in the workplace. This report from SRI Education and the Joyce Foundation highlights the need for unemployed and underemployed adults to hone these skills in order to build a sustainable career.
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2016-02-29T19:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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https://www.sri.com/sites/default/files/publications/joyceempoweringadultstothr…
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2016-03-01

Financial incentives and sanctions: Can they improve employment outcomes for low-income adults?

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Many programs attempting to improve employment outcomes for low-income adults use financial incentives or sanctions to motivate participants to obtain and/or retain a job. This brief describes the employment and earnings impacts of 12 interventions, identified by the Employment Strategies for Low-Income Adults Evidence Review, that used financial incentives or sanctions as a primary strategy. It also highlights four promising interventions and their impacts in more detail. (author abstract)

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2015-12-31T19:00:00
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/financial-incentives-sanctions-can-they-im…
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2016-01-01

Income and Poverty in the United States: 2015

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In this publication, the U.S. Census Bureau presents data on income and poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2016 and earlier Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements (CPS ASEC). Authors note that in 2015, the median household income was $56,516, which signified the first annual increase of this measure since 2007. Additionally, the official poverty rate was 13.5 percent, which shows a decrease of 1.2 percentage points from 2014. The data is categorized by demographics such as race, ethnicity, and region.
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2016-08-31T20:00:00
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https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2016/demo/p60-25…
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2016-09-01
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Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors: Fifteenth Report to Congress

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The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare annual reports to Congress on indicators and predictors of welfare dependence. The 2016 report on Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors, from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), provides indicators and risk factors through 2013 for most indicators, reflecting changes that have taken place since the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in August 1996.
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2016-08-21T20:00:00
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https://aspe.hhs.gov/pdf-report/welfare-indicators-and-risk-factors-fifteenth-r…
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2016-08-22
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Poverty After Welfare Reform

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Twenty years after the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996, the Manhattan Institute has published this report examining poverty trends over the past two decades. The report focuses primarily on child poverty, deep poverty, and extreme poverty rates.
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2016-07-31T20:00:00
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http://www.manhattan-institute.org/sites/default/files/R-SW-0816.pdf
Publication Date
2016-08-01

Supervisor Coaching Training Resources

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In 2016, Utah Department of Workforce Services launched the “Family Employment Program (FEP) Refocus Academy” to train FEP case workers on Utah’s new family-focused case management model. The trainings were reinforced with coaching from FEP supervisors. These resources are from the coaching training that the supervisors received.

  • Course 1: definition of coaching; elements of effective coaching; reasons behind coaching.
  • Course 2: effective communications; how supervisors can develop effective working relationships with and motivate their teams; how to conduct effective coaching sessions.
  • Course 3: practice coaching principles.
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2016-01-31T19:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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2016-02-01
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Coaching Course 1 Handouts 1.75 MB
Coaching Course 2 Handouts 1.06 MB
Coaching Course 3 Handouts 1.16 MB
Course 1 Presentation 2 MB
Course 2 Presentation 1.09 MB
Course 3 Presentation 1.43 MB

OFA Issue Brief: TANF and Work-Study

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This newly released issue brief from the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) provides information and examples of how TANF agencies can support postsecondary completion for TANF recipients through work-study programs. Through these programs, TANF recipients may gain vital financial support while working toward credentials, as well as obtain relevant work experience that can improve their chances of finding a job that provides economic stability.
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2016-09-21T20:00:00
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/node/53680
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2016-09-22
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Improving the efficiency of delivering work supports for low-income families: Findings from the Work Support Strategies evaluation

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This video from the 2016 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) describes the Work Support Strategies (WSS) initiative and reviews outcomes and implementation experiences from the multistate evaluation. WSS is designed to streamline the delivery of work supports to eligible families.

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2016-06-02T20:00:00
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http://www.recsconference.net/2016videos.htm
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2016-06-03

Utah Family Employment Program Agreement of Mutual Responsibility

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The Utah Family Employment Program Agreement of Mutual Responsibility establishes terms of partnership between the TANF customer and Department of Workforce Services (DWS) employment counselor to ensure that the customer understands what is required to participate in the Family Employment Program. It is presented here in both English and Spanish.
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2016-08-31T20:00:00
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2016-09-01
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Family Employment Program Agreement of Mutual Responsibility 87.6 KB

Case Management I Training Resources

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In 2016, Utah Department of Workforce Services launched the “Family Employment Program (FEP) Refocus Academy” to train FEP case workers on Utah’s new family-focused case management model. The Academy consists of seven training modules plus follow-up activities. The Case Management I Training module addressed Motivational Interviewing, assessment, and engaging with TANF participants. The resources include: Motivational Interviewing I Skills, Sample Questions to Elicit Responses from Customers, Assessment in Action, Family Employment Program: Agreement of Mutual Responsibility (in English and Spanish), Talking Points on the Utah DWS Substance Abuse Determination Process, and a Coaching Guide on Identifying Case Management Skills and Strategies to Use When Working with Customers who Demonstrate Difficult Behavior.
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2016-08-31T20:00:00
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2016-09-01
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Assessment in Action 117.59 KB
Coaching Guide Identifying Case Management Skills and Strategies 145.88 KB
Family Employment Program Agreement of Mutual Responsibility 87.6 KB
Motivational Interviewing Skills 397.18 KB
Sample Questions to Elicit Responses from Customers 157.3 KB
Substance Abuse Determination Process 223.39 KB