Articles for the Topic "Employment"

Accessing Mainstream Employment and Income Support Programs

2008-11-17T11:00:07

This guidebook is geared to frontline providers and their supervisors, in both homeless services agencies and workforce settings, who are working with homeless individuals or may be called on to serve them. These providers and dedicated persons include the following: case managers and other direct service staff in homeless services agencies; One-Stop Career Center and vocational rehabilitation employment counselors, case managers, and job developers; managers and supervisors in workforce and homeless assistance programs; and Continuum of Care (CoC) coordinators. The material in this guidebook provides fundamental information, with resources for more in-depth exploration of topics discussed. Specific examples of successful strategies based on interviews with homeless assistance and workforce providers around the country will help you think about how to implement some of these approaches in your own programs.

Accessing Mainstream Employment and Income Support Programs Guidebook

2009-02-13T11:45:29

The ability to support one’s self is tantamount to adult autonomy in American society. People who are homeless and jobless are marginalized and isolated both by their homelessness and by their lack of employment. Most homeless people are willing to work and able to do so with appropriate supports, but having a low-wage, entry-level job or a stipend job in a treatment setting is not enough to help someone escape homelessness and poverty. Homeless individuals—including adults with mental illnesses and/or substance use disorders, families, and youth—need real jobs in mainstream settings at real, living wages. In addition to earned income, many homeless individuals will require some type of income supports (e.g., disability benefits, health care) and support services (e.g., transportation, childcare) that make work possible. (Authors)

Annotated Bibliography on Employment and Homelessness

2007-11-08T09:25:45

The Chronic Homeless Employment Technical Assistance Center (CHETA), a joint venture of the Corporation for Supportive Housing and Advocates for Human Potential, has compiled 131 journal articles and reports regarding employment and homelessness into one accessible annotated bibliography. This publication was developed to inform program planners and grant writers of research on various practices and models used to address these issues simultaneously. Many of the articles included in this publication are freely available on the web. (CHETA)

Central City Concern: Employment Outcomes

2010-05-06T08:49:12

In an effort to continuously evaluate the efficacy of programming within this organization, Central City Concern (CCC) will often request independent evaluations. The findings of this evaluation are very encouraging. Homeless individuals with addictions and criminal histories can work! Of the 319 men and women enrolled into this program, 227 were successfully assisted in finding competitive employment across 12 different business sectors. These results occurred in the worst economy on record since the Great Depression. (authors)

Coordinating Community Plans Guidebook

2009-02-13T11:24:26

Homelessness and joblessness are inextricably linked. Stated simply, being homeless makes it difficult to find a job and not having a job makes it difficult to find and maintain a home. This chapter provides an overview of the nexus between homelessness and joblessness, with a particular focus on individual and systemic barriers that make it difficult for homeless people to find and keep a job. The chapter also introduces the importance of addressing the twin challenges of homelessness and joblessness through a collaborative community planning process that involves both the homeless assistance and workforce development systems. (Authors)

Documenting Employment Results Teleconference

2009-02-13T12:01:08

The focus of this audio lecture is on what works in employment services. It examines what is known about successful employment programs and discuss how these results are quantified and replicated. It does not focus on the specific steps necessary to help a person who is homeless become job ready. For more information on that topic you can go to HUD’s Homelessness Resource Exchange at www.hudhre.info. (Authors)

Documenting Results: What Works in Employment Services for Homeless Persons

2008-11-17T10:54:10

The slides and notes from this one-and-a-half hour national teleconference are intended for coordinators, supervisors, and directors of employment programs in the homeless assistance and workforce systems, as well as fund development specialists. They can also be used by case managers and employment specialists to gain a better understanding of employment practices and indicators of success. (Authors)

Employment and Income Supports for Homeless People

2008-05-28T09:54:37

In this paper, the authors synthesize the findings of recent studies examining the role of mainstream programs such as Social Security Administration (SSA) disability programs, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Workforce Investment Act (WIA) initiatives in enhancing employment and incomes for people who have experienced homelessness. They also describe the design and outcomes of targeted programs designed specifically to address employment and income support for people who are homeless. While some rigorous evaluations have been done on mainstream programs, the effects of the interventions on the subpopulation that has been homeless are often not addressed. Few rigorous studies have been done on targeted programs. The authors draw several conclusions from the available evidence and outline future research directions to fill important gaps in the research literature. (Authors)

Ending Chronic Homelessness Through Employment & Housing - A Leadership Dialogue

2008-11-17T10:37:05

On January 25, 2006, a unigue gathering of government officials and practitioners met to discuss their experiences in joining employment services with housing and other supportive services for people who are chronically homeless. The meeting’s purpose was to start a national dialogue about policy and practice challenges that inhibit access to employment and training services by homeless job seekers. We approached this conversation with the common ground that all Americans, even those who are chronically homeless, have a right to participate in the labor market and benefit from public mainstream workforce programs. The resulting dialogue, its key themes, and suggested next steps are captured in this report. (Authors)

Financing Employment Services for Homeless People Training Materials

2009-02-13T12:04:43

Increasingly, homeless assistance providers need to find creative ways to finance employment services for homeless people and other disadvantaged jobseekers. This PowerPoint slide presentation, with detailed notes, provides in-depth information about the types of Federal, State, local, and private funding available for employment and training services. Program examples are included to illustrate innovative ways to finance these services. A set of accompanying handouts provides additional information on specific topics or programs. (Authors)

Handbooks: Education, Training and Employment (International)

2009-04-08T02:25:50

This new section of the Homeless Link website is dedicated to education, training and employment services for homeless and socially excluded people. It features good practice guidance and considerations for a wide range of services and activities, from engagement and stabilization activities, to volunteering, placements, self-employment and social enterprise. It is designed for homelessness service workers and managers to find resources to support and complement their work, including innovative ideas and tried and tested schemes. (Authors)

HRC Webcast Resources: Employment as a Pathway Out of Homelessness

2009-01-20T06:05:45

This webcast on February 4, 2009, kicked off the Homelessness Resource Center's 2009 FREE webcast series. John Rio of Advocates for Human Potential provided a one-hour webcast about vocational interventions for people who are homeless.

Keeping Up the Good Work: A Practitioner's Guidebook for Building a Job Retention Culture for People who Experience Homelessness

2008-11-17T10:50:14

Keeping Up the Good Work is a response to the gap in resources for homeless assistance, supportive housing and workforce development practitioners to help tenants of supportive housing, shelter residents and homeless people keep their jobs. It is about how practitioners can help job seekers and workers maintain an attachment to the labor force.

Recognizing Work as a Priority in Preventing or Ending Homelessness

2007-06-24T02:34:56

The literature speaks to the importance of employment in the lives of homeless individuals and shows how they can be assisted in job seeking (Long & Amendolia, 2003; Marrone, 2005; Quimby, Drake, & Becker, 2001; Rio, Russell, Dudasik, & Gravino, 1999; Rog & Holupka, 1998; Shaheen, Williams, & Dennis, 2003; Trutko, Barnow, Beck, Min, & Isbell, 1998). Some reports suggest it may be effective and worthwhile to offer employment at the earliest stages of engagement to help people who are homeless develop trust, motivation, and hope (Cook et al., 2001; Min, Wong, & Rothbard, 2004). Practitioners have historically focused on providing people with access to safe and affordable housing and supportive services, usually addressing employment later in the continuum. This practice-oriented report from the field proposes that employment should be offered as early as possible and maintains that facilitating employment is an unrecognized and underutilized practice for preventing and ending homelessness. The paper provides principles, practices, and strategies programs can use to make work a priority. (Authors)

Supporting Employment for People who are Homeless: Q&A with John Rio

2009-02-24T12:50:52

Supported employment is a primary strategy to help people move from homelessness to housing. John Rio talks with HRC’s Gloria Dickerson about the challenges and benefits of implementing employment services in homeless assistance programs.

Targeting Employment and Job Retention for Individuals who are Homeless

2008-11-17T10:44:10

This brief summarizes recent research and findings focused on employment and homelessness.

Vocational Outcomes Among Formerly Homeless Persons With Severe Mental Illness in the Access Program

2007-06-20T07:53:50

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the vocational outcomes of 4,778 formerly homeless individuals with severe mental illness who were enrolled in the Access to Community Care and Effective Services and Support (ACCESS) program, a multisite demonstration project designed to provide services to this population.

Work as a Priority: A Resource for Employing People Who Have a Serious Mental Illness and Who Are Homeless

2007-03-28T12:40:17

This guidebook is intended to provide a foundation, both conceptually and in practice, to increase employment among people who are homeless and have serious mental illness. Topics covered in the guidebook include: background information on what we know so far about employment for people who are homeless and have serious mental illnesses; an orientation to the principles of recovery; summaries of various employment models and approaches developed for people with psychiatric disabilities; personal, program, and system-level challenges to employment for people who are homeless with a serious mental illnesses; and examples from throughout the country of programs that have elevated work to a priority in their agencies as well as key factors to consider when developing employment services for people with serious mental illnesses who are homeless. An overview of employment-related services available through the state Vocational Rehabilitation system, and the implications of right to work legislation for employment of people with disabilities is also presented.