Research Report Innovative Employment Approaches and Programs for Low-Income Families
Karin Martinson, Pamela A. Holcomb
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This paper is designed to assist states and localities in identifying innovative strategies to promote stable employment and wage growth among low-income populations. It distills key lessons from the body of research undertaken to date and identifies innovative approaches and programs for improving the employment prospects of low-income families. The paper presents a typology of four relatively broad employment strategies, and within each, a number of innovative approaches and several programs that exemplify each approach. Overall, the paper identifies and profiles 12 innovative approaches and 51 programs for improving the economic success of low-income parents. The paper discusses why the approach is innovative and provides a description of the key components of each.

Research Areas Social safety net Disability equity policy
Tags Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Welfare and safety net programs Public service and subsidized employment programs Disabilities and employment