Work Ready Program
Description
The Work Ready Program is a six-month program designed to assist individuals moving from welfare to work. It focuses on those with less than a ninth-grade education and teaches the skills necessary in finding and keeping a job.
The population served includes adults receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and persons who are eligible for Food Stamps only. This population requires assistance with job readiness skills, developing resumes and determining career goals, finding jobs, speaking and writing English, making child care arrangements, and solving transportation problems, possibly including learning how to drive.
Participants in the Work Ready Program receive intensive case management, employability skills training, job placement, and support once employment is secured. Topics covered in the employability classes include: completing job applications, identifying employment opportunities, identifying barriers to employment, overcoming employment barriers, supervised job search, basic computer keyboarding, practicing job interviews, and developing long-term career plans.
A new component of SWP in 2003-2004 is the Extended Service period. This enables the newly employed to continue to benefit from the services of SWP beyond the standard six-month program period. During this time the client working at least 20 hours per week can receive intensive case management, job coaching, mentoring, and employer intervention as needed for a long as 90 days.
Annual Plan
View the 2008-2009 Annual Plan in Adobe Acrobat format.
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