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Program Design Manual: Employment Retention and Advancement Project

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TITLE PAGE

I. INTRODUCTION

II. SELECT PROGRAM GOALS

A. INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WEEKS EMPLOYED
B. INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED PER WEEK
C. INCREASE THE STARTING HOURLY WAGE
D. INCREASE THE HOURLY WAGE OVER TIME
E. REDUCE JOB LOSS WITHIN THE FIRST FOUR OR SIX MONTHS
F. REDUCE THE TIME UNEMPLOYED BETWEEN JOBS
G. INCREASE EMPLOYMENT IN JOBS WITH FRINGE BENEFITS
H. INCREASE EMPLOYMENT IN JOBS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ADVANCEMENT

III. DEFINE THE TARGET POPULATION

A. THOSE RECEIVING TANF PRE-EMPLOYMENT
B. THOSE RECEIVING TANF POST-EMPLOYMENT
C. THOSE WHO LEAVE TANF FOR EMPLOYMENT
D. THOSE IN JOBS WITH LOW STARTING WAGES
E. CLIENTS WHO LOSE THEIR JOBS QUICKLY
F. CLIENTS WITH PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS

IV. IDENTIFY THE FOCUS OF THE INTERVENTION

A. EMPLOYMENT ISSUES

    1. Limited hard skills.
    2. Limited soft skills
    3. Employer or labor market issues

B. PERSONAL AND FAMILY BARRIERS

    1. Personal barriers
    2. Life skills issues.

C. WORK SUPPORTS

    1. Child care.
    2. Transportation
    3. Health insurance.
    4. Financial incentive

V. DESCRIBE SPECIFIC PROGRAM STRATEGIES

A. DESIGN ISSUES
B. IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES

    1. Who will deliver services?
    2. Where will services be delivered?
    3. How will members of the target group be recruited for the study?
    4. Timing of services

C. EXAMPLES OF PROGRAM STRATEGIES

    1. Strategies to address employment issues
    2. Strategies to address personal and family barriers
    3. Strategies to address the need for work supports

VI. EVALUATION ISSUES

A. DETERMINING CONTROL GROUP SERVICES
B. SIZE OF THE RESEARCH SAMPLE
C. POINT OF RANDOM ASSIGNMENT
D. MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF RANDOM ASSIGNMENT

VII. EXAMPLES



 

 

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