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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

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The Welfare Peer Technical Assistance (TA) Network, funded by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), coordinated this meeting involving select…

Report

This MDRC report describes the results of the Los Angeles program’s notable transformation from an earlier one focused heavily on remedial education into one that stresses rapid job placement and indicates that the changes have largely paid off.…

Peer TA Products (miscellaneous)

The Welfare Peer Technical Assistance (TA) Network sponsored a two-day site visit to Wisconsin in coordination with the Kenosha County Department of Human Services and the Racine County Department of Human Services. The purpose of the visit was to…

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Are any States or organizations using the Department of Labor's Welfare to Work (WtW) funding to enroll eligible participants as AmeriCorps members? If so, does AmeriCorps placement count as a WtW placement or as a training program?

Question / Response(s)

What can be done to accelerate job seeking and retention for the population who are rapidly approaching the time limit but appear to have no interest in going to work? What communication tools have proved useful in getting the information about benefit exhaustion across? What messages have worked and how and by whom were they delivered?

Report

This teleconference was coordinated by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) as part of its Family Independence Forum series available to ACF Regional offices and State social service offices. The purpose of the Employment Retention and…

Report

A National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) publication entitled "Broke But Not Deadbeat: Reconnecting Low-Income Fathers and Children" addresses the circumstances faced by low-income fathers who are not able to meet their required child…

Report

The enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act in 1996 signaled a dramatic shift in the nation’s approach to providing assistance to those among the country’s neediest populations. The concept of welfare in the United…

Report

The PESD evaluation had three main objectives: (1) to better understand and characterize the experiences of individuals after they become employed and to examine the factors contributing to job loss or job stability, (2) to examine the…

Report

The Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network coordinated this presentation as part of the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) Region VI Head Start Mid-Winter Leadership Conference in collaboration with the Region VI office. The…

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