Advancing Employment through the Point-In-Time Count

NI surveyed communities to assess what information they capture through their Point-In-Time (PIT) counts about the employment interests and activities of people experiencing homelessness. This infographic shares findings along with recommendations for how communities can use the PIT count to advance economic opportunity for homeless jobseekers

Case Study: King County Rapid Re-Housing for Families Pilot

From 2013-15 in King County, Washington, the Rapid Re-Housing for Families pilot evaluated the effectiveness of enhancing rapid re-housing programming with employment navigators. This case study provides an overview of the pilot and its results.

Fostering Success for People Facing Barriers to Employment through SNAP Employment and Training:Promising Employment Program Models, Practices, and Principles for SNAP E&T Participants Facing Barriers to Employment

This brief provides information and resources about best and promising employment program models, practices, and principles for serving people facing significant barriers to employment in order to inform SNAP Employment & Training (E&T) state planning, partnerships, and implementation

Opportunity Youth Employment Program Case Study: Daybreak

This resource is a case study on Daybreak, a program that offers emergency shelter, street outreach, housing, education, mental health, and employment services -- including transitional jobs (TJ) within a social enterprise setting -- to help youth get and stay housed. Daybreak's target population had originally been young teens ages 10 to 18, but because of increasing needs the program now gives more attention to transition-aged youth ages 18 to 24

Employer Engagement: Your Business Benefits When You Hire Our Graduates

A central goal of transitional jobs (TJ) and many subsidized employment programs is to assist participants in securing permanent, unsubsidized jobs following program completion. To cultivate relationships with employers and build a robust network of hiring partners, TJ or subsidized employment program staff may need to show employers how their business will benefit by hiring TJ and subsidized employment program graduates.This resource is an example of the kind of a one-page handout that program providers can develop to give to employers to help make the business case for offering permanent, unsubsidized jobs to TJ and subsidized employment program graduates. This resource is intended for use as a template that program providers can reference in creating their own, program-specific document

Taking Care of Business: Transitional Jobs and Subsidized Employment Programs Benefit the Business Community

This brief draws from employer survey data, program evaluation evidence, and other relevant research to show how businesses benefit through partnerships with transitional jobs (TJ) and subsidized employment programs. The first section describes how businesses benefit by offering time-limited job positions to subsidized workers. The second section describes how businesses benefit by hiring employment program graduates into unsubsidized positions.We encourage employment program providers, administrators, planners, and other workforce development stakeholders to use this brief to formulate effective "business cases" for why employers should offer employment opportunities to subsidized workers or hire program graduates into unsubsidized jobs

Opportunity Youth Employment Program Case Study: Roca

The resource is a case study on Roca, a program that provides employment services, including transitional jobs, to opportunity youth. Roca's target population is high-risk, justice-involved young men ages 17 to 24, who are not in school, are unwilling or unable to engage in traditional social service programming, and are on track to adult incarceration

Webinar slides: Helping Opportunity Youth Succeed in Employment: Principles, Practices, and Innovations

These webinar slides present National Initiatives' report on employment program principles, practices, and innovations for opportunity youth. The slides give an overview of the paper and include presentation slides from two opportunity youth employment programs in the field, Roca, Inc., and Bright Endeavors

Opportunity Youth Employment Program Case Study: Larkin Street

This resource is a case study on Larkin Street, a program that includes housing and medical care along with education, employment, and career services via their Larkin Street Academy. Larkin Street Academy "meets youth where they are" by offering a range of employment services including YouthForce, a job readiness class, the Institute for Hire Learning (IHL), and Wire Up

Employment Strategies for Young Families Experiencing Homelessness: FACT Summit Presentation

Presented at Heartland Alliance's Partnering for Impact: The Family Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) Summit on Family Homelessness, these slides offer best and promising practices, principles, and employment program models for helping young families and youth experiencing or at-risk of homelessness find and keep jobs. The slides also highlight the employment strengths and needs of families experiencing or at-risk of homelessenss