Details findings from a study of a program that provides retention and advancement services to clients who obtain jobs but continue to receive cash assistance. Notes that a major challenge was low participation rates.

Drawing on the industry that designs incentives for private-sector corporations, this paper explores incentives as a potential strategy for promoting job retention and advancement among disadvantaged workers. The paper, which provides a step-by-step process for designing incentive programs to...

Examines six transitional jobs programs to provide insights into the model and its potential for serving hard-to-employ TANF recipients. Notes that these programs, which expand on the "work first" approach by providing a wage, a more flexible environment, and individualized services, can help...

This report provides a foundation for Mathematica’s evaluation by reviewing the literature concerning partnerships between the workforce investment system and FBCOs. The report describes what is already known about the benefits of collaborations, as well as barriers and promotion strategies.

This report provides initial findings from Mathematica’s evaluation, based on information about grantees’ activities collected from interviews with staff at workforce investment boards, intermediaries, One-Stop Career Centers, and FBCOs during the first-quarter of 2005. It...