Welfare to Work: AFDC Training Program Spends Billions, but Not Well
Focused on Employment (Testimony, 01/10/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-51).

GAO concludes that although billions have been spent on it, the Jobs
Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program has not
transformed Aid for Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) into a
transitional cash assistance program focused on employment. Few are
served in JOBS and some of those most at risk of long welfare stays,
such as teen parents, have not been reached. In addition, the JOBS
program is not well focused on the ultimate goal of employment. First,
the number of JOBS participants who have landed jobs is unknown. Second,
federal performance standards generally reward states financially for
placing AFDC recipients in education and training, but not for finding
them jobs. Third, the programs in most communities are not fully using
the tools available to find and create jobs for their welfare
recipients.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-HEHS-95-51
     TITLE:  Welfare to Work: AFDC Training Program Spends Billions, but 
             Not Well Focused on Employment
      DATE:  01/10/95
   SUBJECT:  Welfare services
             Aid for training or employment
             Aid to families with dependent children
             Welfare recipients
             Employment or training programs
             Full employment policies
             Disadvantaged persons
             State-administered programs
             Income maintenance programs
             Public assistance programs
IDENTIFIER:  AFDC
             Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program
             JOBS Program
             
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