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Transitional Jobs A Proven & Practical Subsidized Employment Program for TANF Recipients with Serious Barriers to Employment. www.transitionaljobs.net. TANF Emergency Fund: Subsidized Employment.

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  1. Transitional Jobs A Proven & Practical Subsidized Employment Program for TANF Recipients with Serious Barriers to Employment www.transitionaljobs.net

  2. TANF Emergency Fund: Subsidized Employment • States can receive additional funds through the TANF Emergency Fund for increased expenditures in basic assistance, short-term non-recurrent benefits, and subsidized employment. Up to 80% of increased expenditures in these categories are covered. • Subsidized Employment = payments to employers or third parties to help cover costs of employee wages, benefits, supervision, and training. • HHS urges jurisdictions to include all expenditures related to operating a subsidized employment program including overseeing the program, developing work sites, and providing training to participants when applying for funding. (No. TANF-ACF-PA-2009-01, April 3, 2009)

  3. Transitional Jobs Program Research-Informed Philosophy • Everyone Can Work provided they have the opportunities and supports to be successful. • People who perform work in a real work environment should receive a real paycheck. • Wage-Paid Work with Supports is the most effective way to help people with significant barriers to employment transition to work and be successful.

  4. Transitional Jobs Target Populations: People Facing Severe Employment Barriers • Little or no work history • Low literacy • Lack of a H.S. diploma or GED • Language/cultural barriers to work • Criminal record • Substance abuse • Mental health barriers • Domestic violence • Lack of adequate or no housing • No or unreliabletransportation • Child care issues Transitional Jobs benefit people with serious challenges to getting and keeping a job and those who have failed in other job search or employment models. Groups that face these or other barriers to employment are a good fit for Transitional Jobs programs:

  5. Transitional Jobs: Definition Transitional Jobs (TJ) is a workforce strategy designed to transition people with barriers to employment into work using time-limited, subsidized, wage-paying jobs that combine real work, skill development, and supportive services, to transition participants successfully into the labor market.

  6. TJ Definition: “Time-limited, Wage-paying Jobs” • Subsidized jobs in a non-profit,for profit, and/orgovernmentsetting • Time-limited. The TJ typically lasts 3-9 months depending upon the population & participant needs • Wage-paid, at local or federal minimum wage and sometimes higher

  7. TJ Definition: “Skill Development” • TJ programs offer the opportunity to learn and re-learn behaviors of work • Soft-skill development • Access to industry specific training, bridge programs, and educational opportunities

  8. TJ Definition:“Supportive Services” • TJ programs have a strong employment case management structure and wrap-around support with linkages to the following: TransportationChild Care Clothing Housing Substance AbuseMental Health Probation/Parole Requirements

  9. TJ Definition: “Transition participants successfully into the labor market” • Transition TJ participants into the competitive market as TJ ends • Ongoing retention support • Linkages to education & training

  10. TJ Research Outcomes: TJ participants are more likely to be employed and stay employed following TJ. • An extensive review of TJ program data found high post-Transitional Jobs employment rates for six Transitional Jobs programs—between 81 and 94%. • 72% of WA State Community Jobs participants found gainful employment after TJ. • 92% of Transitional Work Corporation (TWC) participants in Philadelphia found gainful employment. • On average a TJ participants show a 20% higher rate of employment and 17% increase in job retention as compared to those not in TJ.

  11. TJ Research Outcomes: TJ participants show increased wages and less reliance on public benefits over time. • Evaluations of Washington State’s TJ program showed that the average income of post-TJ workers increased 60% during first two years in the workforce and is 148% higher than pre-TJ income. • MDRC’s evaluation of TWC finds that participation in TJ is associated with increased employment and earnings, reduced TANF receipt and lower TANF payments among long-term TANF recipients. After 1½ years TJ participants experienced statistically significant increases in earnings as well as statistically significant decreases in both receipt of TANF and TANF payment amounts.

  12. TJ Research Outcomes: TJ is a cost effective way to help those with employment barriers enter and succeed in work. • A 2008 return on investment analysis estimated that the cost savings for New York in serving longtime public assistance recipients through TJ equaled over $43 million over 3 years after subtracting the state’s initial funding investment in Transitional Jobs programs for public assistance recipients. • Early findings ofMDRC’s evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities TJ program for parolees in NYC indicate that TJ participants were significantly less likely than the control group to be convicted of a crime, to be admitted to prison for a new crime conviction, and to be incarcerated again for any reason during the first two years of the study.

  13. Washington State: The Oldest & Largest TJ Program Serving TANF Recipients • Developed in 1997. Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED) is the lead administering agency working with the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) • Program began with 5 pilot sites in rural and urban areas. Today contracts through an RFP process with 17 sites, with 19 sub-contractors, mostly nonprofit organizations. Approximately 3,000 people served each year. • Contractors manage the program in their area, establishing work sites and ensuring intensive supervision, training, and support services. • Financial management for the program is handled by the contractors under the terms of their contracts. Contractors also establish mechanisms for payroll administration. • Contractors are reimbursed directly by CTED for expenses.

  14. Scale of Transitional Jobs in the U.S. • TJ programs in over 30 states • Over 4000 constituents across the U.S. operating programs, advocating for programs, and funding programs

  15. National Transitional Jobs Network (NTJN) Role & Services The NTJN exists to influence audiences to ensure that policies account for the hard-to-employ, that the public understands the need to invest in these services, that programs are able to effectively serve as many individuals as possible, and that best practices and technical assistance are widely shared and implemented throughout the network. • Technical Assistance • State and Federal Advocacy • Monthly Newsletters • National Conference

  16. To receive assistance developing a program in your county: Melissa Young myoung@heartlandalliance.org 773.336.6086

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