Helping Public Housing Residents Find and Keep Jobs: A Guide for Practitioners Based on the Jobs-Plus Demonstration

Contributing Organization(s): MDRC


Author(s)/Creator(s): Susan Blank; Donna Wharton-Fields

Publishing Date: 2008-12-01

Issue Areas: Housing and Homelessness; Employment and Labor; Welfare and Public Assistance

Ownership/Rights Info: Copyright 2008 by MDRC. All rights reserved.

File info: 103 pages; 851.72 KB file size

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This guide contains practical advice on implementing a program model -- known as the Jobs-Plus Community Initiative for Public Housing Families (Jobs-Plus) -- aimed at helping public housing residents find and keep jobs. The most rigorously evaluated employment program initiative ever tried in public housing, Jobs-Plus has shown strong potential for improving the employment outlooks of low-income workers and job-seekers. The guide draws on the experiences of six programs based in housing projects around the country that took part in MDRC's national Jobs-Plus demonstration.

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Intended Audience: Advocates; College/University Professors; Legislators/Legislative Aids; Policy Professionals; Researchers

Type/Format: CaseStudy; Evaluation; Whitepaper

Language code: English

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