Research Report Coordination and Integration of Welfare and Workforce Development Systems (Full Report)
Nancy M. Pindus, Robin Koralek, Karin Martinson, John Trutko
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The policy context for both welfare programs and employment and training programs operated by the workforce development system has changed dramatically in the past few years. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 requires welfare agencies to focus more than in the past on moving welfare recipients into employment. PRWORA provides funding to welfare agencies in the form of a block grant, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), to support efforts to achieve this objective. The need to move more TANF clients into work activities and jobs means that TANF agencies need to expand or develop structural and organizational arrangements that make this possible, including coordinating with the workforce development system.
Research Areas Education Social safety net Workforce
Tags Workforce development Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Welfare and safety net programs