Social Services Department

Transition-To-Work Program

The program is designed to assist low- income clients to move towards a higher level of long term economic self-sufficiency. Self-sufficiency is defined as the amount of income necessary for a family to meet its basic needs.

The service is specifically targeted to assist heads of households, over age 18, who are seeking to move from welfare to work or seeking to move from low wage work to self-sufficiency income, and require case management services to accomplish this goal.

A Case Manager is assigned to work with each participant for a 12 month period to assist in developing self-sufficiency goals and to work with clients to accomplish those goals through a combination of case management, referrals and limited financial assistance. Case Managers work with clients to identify and overcome obstacles to securing employment and self-sufficiency. These may include family issues, health issues and housing issues. All participants are required to make a commitment to participate in active job search for the duration of the program, and to meet with their case manager on a monthly basis.

Financial assistance may be provided to cover such items as vocational training expenses, carfare for interviews, exam fees, licensing fees, uniform expenses and/or other emergency expenses to facilitate the client’s progress towards self-sufficiency. We also provide employment search assistance utilizing free resume writing software, free use of computer / internet / telephone / fax and copying to conduct job searches.