New Strategies To Promote Stable Employment and Career Progression: An Introduction to the Employment Retention and Advancement Project.

Autor/inn/en	Bloom, Dan; Anderson, Jacquelyn; Wavelet, Melissa; Gardiner, Karen N.; Fishman, Michael E.
Institution	Manpower Demonstration Research Corp., New York, NY.; Lewin Group, Inc., Washington, DC.
Titel	New Strategies To Promote Stable Employment and Career Progression: An Introduction to the Employment Retention and Advancement Project.
Quelle	(2002), (97 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Career Development; Career Ladders; Case Studies; Caseworker Approach; Client Characteristics (Human Services); Counseling Services; Delivery Systems; Demonstration Programs; Education Work Relationship; Employed Parents; Evaluation Methods; Family Programs; Job Placement; Labor Market; Labor Turnover; Low Income; Low Income Groups; Program Content; Program Descriptions; Program Development; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Promotion (Occupational); Social Services; State Regulation; Strategic Planning; Welfare Recipients; Welfare Reform; Working Poor; California; Florida; Illinois; Minnesota; New York; Oregon; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufsentwicklung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Auslieferung; Family program; Familienprogramm; Employment service; Employment services; Arbeitsvermittlung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Niedriglohn; Programmgestaltung; Programmplanung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Aufstiegsberuf; Berufsförderung; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Staatliche Lenkung; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Kalifornien
Abstract	The Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project was undertaken to identify effective strategies for helping low-income parents work more steadily and advance in the labor market. The 15 ERA demonstration projects that were operating in nine states (California, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, South Carolina; Tennessee, and Texas) as of fall 2001 were evaluated by using a random assignment procedure that was tailored to each individual project. Several projects targeted "hard to employ" groups, whereas others focused on low-income working parents and helping participants advance to higher-paying jobs. In most ERA projects, case management was not seen as the main service strategy but as the starting point to deliver other services or activities, such as education and training, financial incentives, career planning, rehabilitation services, and job search assistance. Sites were responding to the challenges of encouraging and maintaining low-wage working parents' participation in the workforce with aggressive outreach, tailored services, financial incentives, and advancement strategies that do not rely on traditional classroom-based education and training. The following items are appended: descriptions of the ERA programs; a discussion of the project evaluation procedure; and key welfare rules in the ERA states. (Contains 14 tables and 29 references.) (MN)
Anmerkungen	Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, 16 East 34 Street, New York, New York 10016. Tel: 212-532-3200; Web site: http://www.mdrc.org. For full text: http://www.mdrc.org/Reports2002/era_conferencerpt/era_2000_2001.p df.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC