6th Annual National Transitional Jobs Conference. Strengthe

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• 6th Annual National Transitional Jobs Conference
• Strengthening Communities
• Building the Workforce of the Future
• Transitional Jobs Work
• BREAKOUT SESSION
• What is Transitional Jobs?
• An Employment Strategy for Multiple Populations

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Presenters

• Nancy Meeden, Legal Services Manager, Georgia
  Department of Labor, Atlanta, GA
• Julie Kerksick, Executive Director, New Hope
  Project, Milwaukee, WS
• Jim Klasen, Transitional Jobs Program Consultant,
  Philadelphia, PA
• Jennifer Davis, Goodwill Industries
  International, Rockville, MD (facilitator)

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What is Transitional Jobs (TJ)?

• Intensive workforce program model for individuals
  with significant employment barriers
• Core elements
• Time-limited paid employment
• non-profit, public, and private workplaces
• 5.15 - 8 per hour
• 20 - 35 hours per week
• 3 - 12 months in duration

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What is TJ?

• Core elements (continued)
• Intensive case management
• Education (ABE/GED/ESL) and training in soft and
  hard skills
• Managed transitions to unsubsidized employment

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Who Benefits from TJ?

• Individuals who are unable to successfully obtain
  or retain employment due to multiple employment
  barriers
• All population groups, including
• People with criminal records
• Youth
• People on welfare
• Immigrants and refugees
• Older workers
• Homeless individuals
• People with disabilities

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Why Should You Adopt TJ?

• Expands your workforce development program
  options
• Builds your capacity to meet the needs of
  everyone who comes to you for services
• Improves the likelihood of success for the
  hardest to employ individuals (50-70 obtain
  unsubsidized employment)
• Increases your ability to refer qualified
  candidates to your local employers

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How are TJ Programs Funded?

• Dozens of programs in 30 states have developed
  funding resources
• Private foundations
• Local, State and Federal Agencies
• Corrections
• Human and social services
• Labor
• Housing
• Community economic development
• Refugee resettlement

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For More Information and Technical Assistance

• National Transitional Jobs Network
• c/o Heartland Alliance
• 4411 N. Ravenswood, 2nd Floor
• Chicago, IL  60640-5802
• [phone]
• ntjn_at_heartlandalliance.org
• www.transitionaljobs.net   
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