Welfare-to-Work
Articles
"Welfare to Work: Building a Better Path to Private Employment Opportunities"
by Kenneth Deavers and Anita U. Hattiangadi. Journal of Labor Research,
Spring 1998, p. 205.
–Looks at the economic environment facing welfare-to-work efforts,
the job market and characteristics of the welfare population.
"How to Get Started: A Five-Step Process for Hiring People Off Welfare."
Industry Week, March 16, 1998, p. 29.
–Gives five recommendations from the National Alliance of Business
and the Welfare to Work Partnership alerting companies to the incentives
for hiring welfare recipients.
"The Road to Retention" by Lyn Hogan and Marco Argentieri. The Welfare
to Work Partnership, 1998.
–Provides recent examples of businesses that have hired and retained
employees who recently left welfare. Describes why their programs were
successful.
"SBA to Help Small Firms Hire Welfare Recipients" by David Warner.
Nation’s Business, October 1997, p. 8.
–Reprints an interview with Aida Alvarez, SBA’s Administrator,
in which she discusses how the SBA will encourage businesses to hire welfare
recipients with its 100 regional district offices and more than 950 Small
Business Development Centers.
"Working out of Poverty: Employment Retention and Career Advancement
for Welfare Recipients." National Governors Association, July 1998.
–Examines what states are doing and makes recommendations using best
practices on how states could help welfare recipients stay employed.
Books and Pamphlets
Hogan, Lyn A., Blueprint for Business. Welfare to Work Partnership,
1998. (888) USA-JOB1.
–Provides step-by-step advice on how to hire and retain former welfare
recipients. Contains helpful case studies and tax credit information.
Levin-Waldman, and Oren M., A New Path from Welfare to Work: The New
Welfare and the Potential for Workforce Development. Jerome Levy Economics
Institute, 1997.
–Provides an economic perspective on workforce development in the
new era of welfare to work.
Welfare to Work Tool Kit. U.S. Small Business Administration,
1999.
–Gives a general overview of resources available to small businesses
for welfare to work as well as steps to get started in finding and employing
a welfare-to-work hire.
Workforce Development Program Resource Directory. Small Business
Administration, The Welfare to Work Partnership and U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
1998.
–Contains a complete guide to local SBA offices, chambers of commerce,
and welfare-to-work intermediaries around the country.
Internet
Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and
Human Services
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/welfare
–Discusses transportation funds, regulations and statistics. Linked
to state social service pages.
Employment and Training Administration
http://wtw.doleta.gov
–Has a directory of services including question-and-answer fact sheets,
legislation and regulations, and a guide to small business tax credit
information.
U.S. Small Business Administration Welfare to Work Home Page
http://www.sba.gov/w2w
–Provides a one-stop Web site for small businesses interested in
welfare to work and SBA’s outreach efforts.
Welfare Information Network (WIN)
http://www.welfareinfo.org
–Provides policy analysis and technical assistance to implement welfare
reforms.
The Welfare to Work Partnership Home Page
http://www.welfaretowork.org
–Gives a general overview of the Partnership and national efforts
to promote private sector involvement in welfare to work.
Organizations
The Welfare to Work Partnership
1250 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 610, Washington, D.C. 20036-2603.
(800) USA-JOB1.
http://welfaretowork.org
info@welfaretowork.org
–This nonpartisan, nationwide organization is designed to encourage
and assist private sector business in hiring people on public assistance.