The national Jobs-Plus demonstration represents an ambitious attempt to transform low-work, high-welfare public
housing developments into high-work, low-welfare communities. Relying on three program components - employment-related
activities and services, enhanced financial incentives to work, and community-based support for work - the program
aims to create steady employment for a substantial majority of all working-age, nondisabled development residents.
This report documents the nature and extent of program implementation in the seven cities initially included in the
Jobs-Plus demonstration. It provides a "snapshot" of each site, detailing infrastructure (including staffing and
facilities), program flow (including outreach, enrollment, orientation, assessment, job-related activities, and
education-or-training-related initiatives), financial incentives for work, and community supports for work. It also
raises three main questions for future implementation research: (1) How do sites implement and integrate financial
incentives and community support for work? (2) How do residents respond to what Jobs-Plus offers? (3) What are the
most feasible implementation strategies and the best practices?
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