,Federal Funding Sources for Public Job Creation Initiatives

Federal Funding Sources for Public Job Creation Initiatives


 

Publication Date: December 1999

Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy

Author(s): Steve Savner; Clifford M. Johnson

Research Area: Labor; Social conditions

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Describes three major federal programs that can provide a financing base for public job creation initiatives serving hard-to-employ welfare recipients and non-custodial parents: the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, the Welfare-to-Work (WtW) program, and the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). The paper also identifies several other federal programs that can be used to support some components of a public job creation initiative, with particular emphasis on federal housing and transportation programs.