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.

The Employment Opportunity Pilot Project (EOPP) was instituted to determine whether a program that provided job-search assistance and subsidized employment and training could succeed in increasing the employment and, hence, reducing the welfare dependence of adults in low-income families with...

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...