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 Transitional Jobs
Even in a strong economy, some individuals have difficulty finding employment: residents moving from welfare to work, high school dropouts, homeless individuals, or ex-offenders re-entering the community. Communities that help hard-to-employ residents overcome barriers to work reap benefits in terms of increased family economic security, higher tax revenue, reduced dependence on emergency services, and lower rates of crime and incarceration.
City leaders can promote self-sufficiency by providing time-limited, publicly-funded, wage-based transitional jobs in public, nonprofit or (in some cases) for-profit settings, as well as varying levels of training and support, to help those with barriers to employment develop the skills and experience needed to attain and sustain unsubsidized jobs. This model provides an alternative for those unable to meet the "work first" requirements of state welfare programs, and allows participants to provide services that benefit the community, pay into Social Security, and qualify for the EITC.
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Contact Heidi Goldberg, Senior Program Associate, at 202-626-3069 or goldberg@nlc.org.
The Institute's work on family economic success is supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Ford Foundation.
The 2002-2004 Transitional Jobs Project was funded by the Joyce Foundation and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The 2005-2006 Transitional Jobs Project is funded through grants to the National Transitional Jobs Network by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Rockefeller Foundation.
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