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1、WELFARETOWORK:ISITWORKING?TheFailureofCurrentWelfare-To-WorkStrategiesToMoveTheHardestToEmployIntoJobsACASEFORPUBLICJOBCREATIONByAndrewStettner,GeorgetownUniversityGraduatePublicPolicyInstitute/CommunityVoicesHeardMadepossiblebytheTheFrenchAmericanCharitabl
2、eTrustTheNewYorkFoundationTheNorthStarFoundationCVHCommunityVoicesHeard173E.116thStreet,NewYork,NY10029tel:212-860-6001fax:212-996-948136WELFARETOWORK:ISITWORKING?TheFailureofCurrentWelfare-To-WorkStrategiesToMoveTheHardestToEmployIntoJobsACASEFORPUBLICJOBC
3、REATIONExecutiveSummaryDescription:InMayof1997,CommunityVoicesHeard,amembershiporganizationofpeopleonwelfare,developedaproactiveprogramproposal–theCommunityVoicesHeardCommunityJobsProgram–asourresponsetoworkrequirementssetforthbyfederalandstatewelfarereform
4、.CVH’sproposal,developedbyourmembersandbasedonsimilarprogramproposalsinPennsylvania,VermontandMilwaukee,becamethemodelforNewYorkCityandNewYorkStatelegislation.Thislegislationseekstocreatetemporarywage-payingjobsforpeopleonwelfare,combinedwithcomprehensiveed
5、ucationandtrainingprograms.Thistwo-prongedapproachprovidestheworkexperienceandskillsnecessarytocompeteinthelabormarket.CVHdevelopedthe“jobssurvey”tomakeacaseforwhyapubliclyfundedtemporaryjobsprogramisneededtomovepeopleintowork.Inthesummerof1998,CVHsurveyed4
6、83peopleonwelfareatworkfareworksites,welfarecentersandsocialserviceagenciesinNorthernManhattanandacrossthecity.ThesurveyincludesquestionsabouttheWorkExperienceProgram(WEP),jobtraining,barrierstoemployment,andpastworkexperience.InDecember1998,weinterviewed72
7、oftheoriginalparticipantstomeasuretheimpactofwelfare-to-workprogramsontheirlives.NewYorkCityhasjustbeguntospendits$88milliondollarwelfare-to-workblockgrantfromtheU.S.DepartmentofLaboron21,000currentwelfareparticipantswhohavebeenexemptedfromworkfareinthepast
8、.Thecityisplanningtoputover60%oftheseindividualsintothecity'sWorkExperienceProgram.ThisreportconcludesthatexpandingtheWorkExperienceProgramwilladverselyaffectpeoplecurrentlyonwelfare.Contrarytocommonmi
