October 2000
Annie E. Casey Foundation
This report reviews the disability literature in order to examine the disability community's efforts to help individuals with significant disabilities access and maintain employment; and identify how welfare agencies can learn from and build upon lessons from the disability community. The report highlights strategies for increasing employment among people with disabilities, reviews the use of cash and in-kind supports to increase employment, outlines what is known about transitional services for persons with disabilities, and summarizes the key lessons for the TANF community.
Client Area: Foundations
Expertise Area: Employment, Training, and Workforce Development
March 2000
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Interest in work and self-sufficiency among welfare recipients was heightened among government officials, social service providers, academics, and the general public when Congress enacted the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PWRORA), which changed the focus of the welfare system from income support to work. One agency affected by welfare reform is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The transformation of the welfare system presented HUD with an important opportunity to conduct a preliminary assessment of its programs. As a result, HUD contracted with ICF Consulting and the Lewin Group to review the employment and training components of 13 HUD programs. This study assessed HUD's efforts to help residents transition from welfare to work. The study focuses on the following questions: What are the specific service components of HUD employment and training programs? To what extent are the practices consistent with the research on the effectiveness of those service approaches? What is the nature of the linkages between the HUD programs and the programs being provided through the larger human services and employment and training systems in the community?
Client Area: Federal Government
Expertise Area: Employment, Training, and Workforce Development
February 2000
DHHS, Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
This report contains the proceedings of a meeting held November 18-19, 1999 on the Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Employment Retention and Advancement grant program. Attending the meeting were representatives from the ACF, 12 of the 13 states that received grants for the Employment Retention and Advancement project, The Lewin Group, the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation along with other staff from the Department of Health and Human Services, researchers, and members of the welfare community. The purpose of the meeting was to share information on each state's demonstration plans and to engage in working sessions that would help each state further define these plans.
Client Area: Federal Government
Expertise Area: Employment, Training, and Workforce Development
December 1999
DHHS, Administration for Children and Families
The Program Design Manual is the one of a series of products developed by The Lewin Group, under contract to the Administration for Children and Families, to assist states to design program strategies for promoting the employment retention and advancement of TANF recipients. The manual provides states with a step-by-step process for thinking through goals, target populations, and strategies they might include in their program plans. The manual also provides helpful guidance with regard to issues related to the evaluation of these programs. ACF has a major initiative underway to identify sites for an experimental evaluation of employment retention and advancement programs. States interested in participating in that evaluation will find the manual helpful in thinking through their plans. States who are not interested in the evaluation but are planning initiatives in this area should find the manual helpful in thinking through their design options as well.
Client Area: Federal Government
Expertise Area: Employment, Training, and Workforce Development
September 1999
DHHS, Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
This report contains the proceedings of a meeting held June 3-4, 1999 on the Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Employment Retention and Advancement grant program. Attending the meeting were representatives from the ACF, the 13 states that received grants for the Employment Retention and Advancement project, and The Lewin Group, along with other staff from the Department of Health and Human Services, researchers, and members of the welfare community. The purpose of the meeting was to share information on each state's demonstration plans and to engage in working sessions that would help each state further define these plans.
Client Area: Federal Government
Expertise Area: Employment, Training, and Workforce Development
January 1999
DHHS, Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Interest in job retention and advancement among welfare recipients was heightened among government officials, social service providers, academics, and the general public when Congress enacted Public Law 104-193 on August 22, 1996. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act changed the focus of the welfare system from income support to work. There has been considerable research to date on a number of welfare-related issues including the duration of welfare spells, characteristics that are associated with long spells, and the impacts of demonstration programs that attempt to help women avoid dependency. But despite numerous evaluations, there is limited information available on the effectiveness of programs and services designed to help welfare recipients retain and advance in jobs. To help build knowledge about how best to help welfare recipients sustain employment and advance in the labor market, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) issued planning grants to 13 states. The Employment Retention and Advancement Project is designed to help states implement and refine their employment, retention, and advancement strategies. At the request of ACF, The Lewin Group compiled a summary of the research on the employment patterns of welfare recipients and services that have attempted to help recipients remain in jobs and advance in the labor market.
Client Area: Federal Government
Expertise Area: Employment, Training, and Workforce Development
January 1999
DHHS, Administration for Children and Families
This report contains the proceedings of a meeting held November 12-13, 1998 on the Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Employment Retention and Advancement grant program. Attending the meeting were representatives of the ACF, the 13 states that received grants for the Employment Retention and Advancement project, and The Lewin Group, along with other staff from the Department of Health and Human Services, researchers, and members of the welfare community. The purpose of the meeting was to share information on each state's demonstration plans and the latest research regarding retention and advancement.
Client Area: Federal Government
Expertise Area: Employment, Training, and Workforce Development
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