Title What works in work-first welfare : designing and managing employment programs in New York City / Andrew R. Feldman

Published Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 183 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction : TANF and other U.S. employment and training programs ; The need for better welfare-to-work practices -- Welfare to work in New York City : Key features ; What employment programs do: an overview -- pt. 1. Shared strategic elements among work-first employment programs : Creating a spirit of partnership ; Getting participants job ready ; Making good job matches ; Promoting employment retention -- pt. 2. Differences in organizational practices among work-first employment programs : Different practices among programs ; Different practices among program types -- pt. 3. Explaining performance differences among work-first employment programs : What works within work-first? -- Nonprofits and for-profits: a closer look ; The role of management and leadership ; Why programs choose suboptimal practices -- Appendices : A. Methodology ; B. Using guided job search ; C. Chapter 9 regression results Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Manpower policy -- New York (State) -- New York Public welfare -- New York (State) -- New York Employees -- Recruiting -- New York (State) -- New York Leadership -- New York (State) -- New York Personnel management -- New York (State) -- New York Local officials and employees. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness. Employees -- Recruiting Leadership Local officials and employees Manpower policy Personnel management Public welfare Social policy SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) -- Social policy Subject New York (State) -- New York Form Electronic book ISBN 9781441694591 1441694595 0880994010 9780880994019

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