STEPS: Moving from Welfare to Work.

Autor/inn/en	Vail, Ann; Cummings, Merrilyn; Kratzer, Connie; Galindo, Vickie
Titel	STEPS: Moving from Welfare to Work.
Quelle	(2002), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adjustment (to Environment); Adult Education; Client Characteristics (Human Services); Community Resources; Consumer Education; Daily Living Skills; Dropouts; Employment Potential; Experiential Learning; Extension Education; Family Life; Family Life Education; Family Programs; Hispanic Americans; Job Search Methods; Money Management; Nutrition Instruction; Outcomes of Education; Parent Education; Prevocational Education; Program Content; Program Development; Program Effectiveness; Skill Development; Social Services; Social Support Groups; Sustainable Development; Universities; Welfare Recipients; Welfare Reform; Work Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Konsumerziehung; Alltagsfertigkeit; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Erweitertes Bildungsangebot; Family education; Education within the family; Familienerziehung; Family program; Familienprogramm; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Arbeitsplatzsuchtheorie; Nutrition education; Ernährungserziehung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Enterprise education; Vorberufliche Bildung; Programmgestaltung; Programmplanung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; University; Universität; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Arbeitsmilieu
Abstract	Cooperative extension service faculty at New Mexico State University started the Steps to Employment and Personal Success (STEPS) program to help Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) clients qualify for and maintain full-time employment and strengthen their families for long-term success. Clients are referred to STEPS by New Mexico Works. Approximately 65% of STEPS' clients are Hispanic, and 41% lack a high school diploma or its equivalent. STEPS' goals include improving participants' awareness and knowledge of requirements of the evolving workplace and helping them develop and/or improve their job search skills. Participants also receive training in family management skills, including setting financial goals, budgeting, cutting costs, using credit wisely, reducing debt, and saving and investing. To strengthen families, STEPS includes nutrition education and parenting classes. Through the program, participants also develop a network of social support that links families to community resources. STEPS features a rolling admittance policy and provides several experiential learning activities, including family outings for participants' children and field trips to the local community college. Classes meet 7 hours per day. Since July 1, 2001, 323 TANF recipients have been referred to STEPS. Many former STEPS participants credit the program with giving them direction in their lives, and 24% of them have subsequently enrolled in some type of further education. (MN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC