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From Getting By to Getting Ahead
Navigating Career Advancement for Low-Wage Workers
2007. Betsy L. Tessler and David Seith.
From just getting by at the end of each month to getting ahead is a hard climb for many low-wage workers. This report, from MDRC’s Work Advancement and Support Center (WASC) demonstration, explores how WASC career coaches help low-wage workers understand the complex interactions between earnings and eligibility for work support programs and guide them to make the best advancement decisions possible.
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All Work Advancement and Support Center Demonstration Publications
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From Getting By to Getting Ahead
Navigating Career Advancement for Low-Wage Workers
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2007. Betsy L. Tessler and David Seith.
This report, from MDRC’s Work Advancement and Support Center (WASC) demonstration, explores how WASC career coaches help low-wage workers understand the complex interactions between earnings and eligibility for work support programs and guide them to make the best advancement decisions possible.
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A Vision for the Future of the Workforce Investment System
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2007. John Wallace.
In a rapidly growing low-wage labor market, the workforce investment system and the Workforce Investment Act should expand their focus to include job retention and advancement services by engaging private employers and to enhance the accessibility of work supports.
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A New Approach to Low-Wage Workers and Employers
Launching the Work Advancement and Support Center Demonstration
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2006. Jacquelyn Anderson, Linda Yuriko Kato, and James A. Riccio, with Susan Blank.
The Work Advancement and Support Center demonstration tests an innovative approach to fostering employment retention, career advancement, and increased take-up of work supports for a broad range of low-earners, including reemployed dislocated workers. This report examines start-up experiences in the first two sites: Dayton, Ohio, and San Diego, California.
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Building Bridges to Self-Sufficiency
Improving Services for Low-Income Working Families
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2004. Jennifer Miller, Frieda Molina.
A collaboration of MDRC and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, this report explores how best to improve job stability and career advancement of low-wage earners and increase their household income.
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Work Support Centers
A Framework
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2002. John W. Wallace.
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Work Support Centers
A Concept Paper
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2001. John W. Wallace.
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