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Implementing the SNAP E&T Pilots: Challenges Encountered and Lessons Learned. Brief
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Rowe, Gretchen – Mathematica, 2021
In 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded pilot grants to 10 States--California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington--to test innovative strategies for providing employment and training services through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Program Implementation, Pilot Projects, Job Training
Provision of Support Services to Reduce Barriers in the 10 SNAP E&T Pilots. Brief
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Rowe, Gretchen – Mathematica, 2021
In 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded pilot grants to 10 States--California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington--to test innovative strategies for providing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T). As part of the pilots, all grantees…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Job Training, Employment Services, Welfare Services
For Former Foster Kids, Campus Is Their "Home for the Holidays"
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Troop, Don – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
Western Michigan University is building an innovative program to make welcome those students who were raised in foster care and to help them earn their diplomas without having to shoplift or trespass over the holidays. Many of the students have comfortable apartments on the campus, and a hall was kept open over the holiday break for dorm residents…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Foster Care, Welfare Services, Welfare Recipients
Transitional Jobs: Background, Program Models, and Evaluation Evidence
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Bloom, Dan – MDRC, 2010
The budget for the U.S. Department of Labor for Fiscal Year 2010 includes a total of $45 million to support and study transitional jobs. This paper describes the origins of the transitional jobs models that are operating today, reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of this approach and other subsidized employment models, and offers some…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Welfare Services, Supported Employment, Employment Programs
Nutrition Education Needs Pantry Clients
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Wood, Dolores K.; Shultz, Jill Armstrong; Edlefsen, Miriam; Butkus, Sue N. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2007
Two food pantries were surveyed for nutrition education (NE) interests and experiences. One site provided nutrition education classes; the comparison site was utilized to assess client interest in class topics. "Fixing low cost meals," "fixing quick and easy recipes," and "stretching food and food dollars" were topics…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Nutrition, Food, Cooking Instruction
Moving beyond the GED: "Low-Skilled Adult Transition to Occupational Pathways at Community Colleges Leading to Family-Supporting Careers". Research Synthesis
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Park, Rosemarie J.; Ernst, Stacy; Kim, Eunyoung – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2007
This review of research is part of a larger project which identified exemplary community college programs that employ innovative curriculum and instructional practices in order to help low-skilled adults attain a family sustainable wage. The project goal was to identify best practices that are replicable at other community colleges. These programs…
Descriptors: Credentials, Wages, Community Colleges, Adult Basic Education