WORKING TOWARD JOBS

The Oklahoma

Employment and  Program 
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The Oklahoma 
Employment and  Program 
Training (E&T) 
Richard P. Kusserow 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
OEI-12-89-01327 
MAY 1990
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INTRODUCTION 
PROGRAM PROFILE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . 2

THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . 2

THE OKLAHOMA AFDC PROGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

THE OKLAHOMA AFDC WORK PROGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

General Background. . 

Administrative Issues 
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Participation Issues. . 
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Program Activities 
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Appendix A 
OVERVIEW STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A -
Appendix B

SAMPLE DOCUMENTS 
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This technical report is par of a series of 
profies on the Aid to Famlies with Dependent 
Childrn (AFC) 
work programs parcipating 
project. 
in the  Working Toward JOBS 

Each profie begins with a categorized 
descrption of the subject AFC 
work program, 
which is based on mail guides submitted by the 
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progr. Appendi A includes an overview 
statement wrtten by the program manager. It 
descrbes the program, its goals, philosophy and 
lessons leared. Appendix B is a sample of 
documents used to conduct the program. Each 
progr 
admnistrator was asked to submit 
sample documents which they felt would be 
useful to States and counties developing JOBS 
progrs. 
Data collection for this study was done from 
Apri to September of 1989. The information in 
the overview and technical reports is based on 
pre-JOBS work programs for AFC recipients. 
progrs 
As these  have converted to JOBS, 
rIr 
they may have made some changes - to meet 
JOBS legal and regulatory requirments. 
Where possible, we have noted the changes the 
progr 
administrators anticipated at the time 
of our data collection. 
Oklahoma 
INTRODUCTION  THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
Population: 3,242 000

Major industres: agrculture, oil, tourism

First quarer 1989 unemployment rate: 5.8 percent

Per capita personal income in 1987: $12 558

Percentage of people living below the povert line: 16.

THE OKLAHOMA AFDC PROGRAM 
(F) 
For Fiscal Year  1988:

Total cost: $155,783,022

Federa shar: $90,683,803; State share: $65,099,219

AFC 
cases: 36,509

Client average:

Age: 31.02

Grade last completed: 11.54 
grt: 
Number of childrn in  1.97 
Age of youngest child in 
grt: 6. 
68 percent have a child under the age of 6 
40 percent have a child under the age of 3 
AFC: 
Length of spell on  16 months (estimated) 
Case closures: 28,216 
THE OKLAHOMA AFDC WORK PROGRAM 
General Background 
Oklahoma Employment and Traning (E&T) Program 
Name: 
Januar 1, 1982 
Operating Since: 
The most valuable service we can give to an AFC recipient is to help her 
Philosophy: 
become self-supportng" is the succinct philosophy of E&T. They feel that the 
work world is the best way to lear how to manage in the work world. They 
believe that the best way to lear self suffciency is though entr level 
employment or, if that is not possible, time-limited unpaid community work 
expenence. 
Oklahoma  PROGRAM PROFILE  Program Administrator: 
Paul E. Waler 
Programs Supervisor 
Famy Support Services Division 
Deparent of Human Servics 
O. Box 25352

Oklahoma City, OK 73125

(405) 521-3932 
Administrative Issues 
progr 
Oklahoma s is a state admnistered, centrly run  operated entily by 
Strcture: 
the State Deparent of Human Services (DHS). 
Funding:  Program costs ar: $3,815,721; $1 985,788 Federal share, $1 829,933 State 
share. Related supportve services ar $1,756,531. Total costs ar: $5,572 252. 
There are 91 full-time equivalent employees workig as social workers or job 
Staff: 
developers associated with E&T. Social workers act as case managers in addition 
to determning eligibilty and providing services. Job developers provide 
specialzed trning and employment related services. 
Success Measurements: 
 Oklahoma measurs the success of their progr by trcking the 
number of persons who complete 30 days of full-time unsubsidized employment. 
progr: 
Oklahoma maintais the following records on their work 
Recordkeeping: 
parcipation by component, demogrphics, unsubsidized employment and 
income, and closed cases by distrct offce. 
Servces are generaly provided directly by DHS staf. Oklahoma 
Provision of Services: 

does not have a strongly developed community services system. Hence, the tyes
of services in E&T can best be provided by State employees. 
The E&T has an interagency agreement with the Job Training 
Outside Resources: 

Parership Act (ITPA) Service Delivery Areas (SDAs) and the Cherokee Nation 
of Oklahoma. The ITA SDAs and the Cherokee Nation provide classroom 
trning, on-the-job trning, books and supplies. 
The Oklahoma State Employment Service (OSES) provides varous tests to 
determne skiUlevels and abilties under an interagency agrement with E&T. 
Oklahoma  PROGRAM PROFILE  The AFC clients who need vocational education can be referred to the State 
Deparent of Vocational Education. 
The Federa Offce of Family Assistance perfonned a fIrst and a 
Evaluations: 
third year evaluation of the program. The evaluation found a much greater level 
of services and employment in the Work Incentive (WI) Demonstration program 
WI 
than in the previous  program. The evaluation found that the waiver 
eliminating the age of the youngest child as an exemption criteria, was very 
effective in helping E&T clients. 
Participation Issues

Partcipant Descriptors:  Curnt registration is 28,512. Parcipants are generaly 
between the ages of 21 and 45. Most, 81.45 percent, completed 10th grade or 
above; 54.81 percent completed high school. The average number of children in 
grt 
is 1.97. Sixty-eight percent have a chid under age 6; 40 percent have a 
child under age 3. The average lengt of spell on AFC is estimated to be 14 
months. Oklahoma has a 1115 waiver allowing them to make parcipation 
mandatory regardless of the age of the client s youngest child. 
No tagetig is done. 
Target Groups: 

Mandtory  This is a mandatory progr. Parcipants are expected 
Activities/Sanctions: 
progr 
to be active in the  at al ties. In FY 1988, 62 sanctions were taken 
agaist AFC recipients who did not comply with E&T. 
Volunteers:  Clients ar advised of their exempt status, if applicable, but are encouraged 
to volunteer. In their contacts with exempt clients, Oklahoma social workers 
stress the advantages of the program. 
Employment Placements: 
 In calenda year 1988 E&T made: 3 244 par-time placements 
and 6,964 full-tie placements, that lasted for at least 30 days. Approxiately 
500 of these par- and full-tie placements resulted in a case closure. Of those 
case closurs, 6,878 maintaned their job for 30 days. Approximately 20 percent 
of those who found unsubsidized employment though the work program in FY 
1988 have rejoined AFC. Typical work is in the service sector. 
Program Activities 
Oklahoma believes its community work experience program (CWEP) to be the 
Models: 
most effective component in helping recipients enter unsubsidized employment. 
They named Welcome to Work, an orientation and job readiness session, the most 
cost-effective. 
Oklahoma 
PROGRAM PROFILE  progr 
We also asked each  admnistrator to describe a model practice or 
progr  progr 
site. The E&T  admnistrtor described the Enid State School as 
a goo example of a CWP work site. Parcipants performng CWEP at the Enid 
State School receive training, monitoring, and routie counseling. They also 
receive a short job readiness workshop once a week which focuses on coping 
with change and getting along with others. This workshop was developed by 
local welfare office staff to provide support and give paricipants a chance to vent 
any frstrations.

Sequencing:  All registrants ar assessed and an employabilty plan developed. 
Registrants are then assigned a needs status for employment, training, education 
Durg 
or additional social services.  the year, 20-25 percent wil spend some 
tie in an employment, education or trning component. Additional sequencing 
information is contained in the specific listings in the next section. 
What follows is a listing of E&T components. Cost, 
Program Activities Listing: 

parcipation, and placement figures are for FY 1988. 
Assessment 
Assessment includes completion of pages 1-3 of Form ET- 2 (See copy in 
Activity: 
appendix B) and an interview by the social worker to review and evaluate the 
parcipant s skills, educational achievements, trning, work experience, 
vocational interests and service needs. It may also include formal testing to 
measure literacy skils, vocational skills and interests, work attitudes and 
aptitudes for varous tasks. 
The initial assessment is conducted by DHS staf. Formal evaluations 
How Provided: 

and testing ar provided by vocational technical schools, OSES, community 
colleges, and adult education centers. The initial assessment is a one-on-one, 
face-to-face interview. Formal testing and evaluations are conducted in groups 
and individually, depending on the type of test and the provider. 
Approximately 32 000. 
Participants: 
The assessment document has been expanded from two pages to 
Anticipated Changes: 
four to include additional information about prior employment, traiing, 
education, and individual interests. Social workers have also been encouraged to 
make referrs for formal evaluations. 
Oklahoma  PROGRAM PROFILE  EmployaDilfy Planning 
The development of an employabilty plan includes the identifcation 
Activity:  of a 
specific vocational goal, objectives, and activities necessar to achieve the 
objectives and estimated dates for achievement. The employability plan may 
include assignment to specific components, referrals to other agencies for services 
and activities such as skill training and/or provision of social services. 
Developed jointly by the AFDC recipient and the DHS social worker in 
How Provided: 

one-on-one interviews. 
00; 
Approximately 32  assessments ar completed prior to development of 
Participants: 
the employabilty plan. 
Supportive Services 
The DHS provides the following supportve services: transportation 
Activity: 
alowances, "star-up" payments for parcipants in the CWEP, alowances for 
uniforms and other special clothing, medical examinations when necessar for 
trning or employment, and vendor-purhased child care. 
How Provided: 
 Reimburement of trsporttion expenses, "star-up" payments for 
CW, 
parcipants in  uniform and clothing allowances, and payment of medical 
examnations ar provided by DHS. Vendor-purchased day car is provided 
private and public day car homes and centers who contrct with DHS. 
Trasporttion expenses and CWEP "star-up" payments are provided dictly to 
the parcipant through a claims proessing system. Payment for uniforms and 
special clothing, and medical examations ar made dictly to the vendor. 
Payments for child 'car ar also made diectly to the vendor. 
Approximately 9,200. 
Participants: 
$1,756,000, an average of $190 per parcipant. 
Costs: 
Uniform and clothing allowances have been increased to provide 
Anticipated Changes: 

proper atti for parcipants who need this service. Authorizations for medical 
exams have been expanded to include physicals when necessar for employment. 
Oklahoma  PROGRAM PROFILE  Orientation And Job Readiness Activities / Welcome To Work 
(progr 
Oklahoma has combined orientation  description and activities) with 
Activity: 
our job-readiness workshop to provide a comprehensive overview of services 
available through the program and to provide self-esteem enhancement to 
parcipants in a timely and cost-effective manner. Welcome to Work consists of 
five, four-hour group sessions and, in addition to program information, includes: 
exercises to build self-confidence, employer expectations, interviewing, 
completing job applications, setting goals, and managing home and work. 
The county DHS job developer serves as facilitator for the workshop 
How Provided: 

which is conducted in a roundtable settng. 
Approximately 3,600. Targeted toward recipients who: have little or no 
Partcipants: 
work experience, have been out of the labor maket for at least 6 months, are 
curntly parcipatig in a work experience progr, have low self-esteem, or 
have been termnated from work or trning due to inappropriate behavior. An 
assessment and employabilty plan have been completed for each individual. 
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Costs:  $45, (not including admnistrtion), or $12.50 per parcipant. 
Will be expanded to include additional information on services 
Anticipated Changes: 

progr 
avaiable -though the employment  and additional exercises to increase 
self-esteem and problem-solving skills. 
Basic Education 
Includes instrction in reading, wrting and math from a varety of service 
Activity: 
providers to enable an individual to attan a basic literacy level equivalent to 
grade eight. The DHS provides reimbursement of trsportation expenses, and, 
when needed, vendor-purhased day care. 
Basic education servces are provided on a non-contractual basis by 
How Provided: 

volunteer literacy groups, adult learing centers, (public school system) 
vocational technical schools and community colleges. Service provision depends 
on the provider. Volunteer literacy councils provide one-on-one tutoring, adult 
learing centers and community colleges offer classroom instrction and 
vocational technical schools provide computer-assisted learing. 
AFC 
Partcipants:  Approximately 83.  recipients who have a basic literacy level below 
the eighth grade are recommended for this activity. 
Parcipants wil have had an 
assessment completed and an employabilty plan developed. Many parcipants 
wil have paricipated in orientation and job readiness groups. In most instances, 
Oklahoma  PROGRAM PROFILE  the parcipant would move from basic education to genera education 
development classes in prepartion for the high school equivalency tests. 
Anticipated Changes: 
 Resources for basic education instrction are being expanded 
through coordination and collaboration in keeping with the mandate of JOBS. 
High School Equivalency 
Activity:  High School Equivalency (OED) classes ar offered on a referral basis to all 
AFC 
recipients who do not have a high school diploma. The OED classes offer 
instrction in varous subjects to prepar individuals to take the GED exam. 
Instrction is provided by varous agencies with DHS providing reimbursement 
for ttansporttion expenses and vendor-purhased day car. DHS wil also pay 
the GED test fee. 
The GED classes are provided on an non-contractual basis by adult 
How Provided: 

learing centers (public school system) and community colleges. The majority of 
providers offer instrction in a classroom settig. 
Approximately 615. Recommended for AFC recipients under age 24 
Participants: 
who do not have a high school diploma or its equivalent. All parcipants wil 
have completed an assessment and an employabilty plan. In addition, many 
recipients wil have parcipated in Welcome to Work and some wil have been 
enrolled in basic education. 
$27,718; $45 per parcipant. 
Costs: 
Anticipated Changes: 
 In keeping with the focus of basic skils development, social 
workers have been ttained to encourages all AFC recipients who do not have a 
high school diploma to parcipate in OED classes. All mandatory parcipants 
will also be referred to this activity. The DHS wil pay the OED test fee. 
Post Secondary Education 
Classrom traiing in an institution of higher education which wil assist 
Activity: 
individual in obtaiing employment in a specific occupation. 
Referrs wil be made to existing resources, i.e., community colleges, 
How Provided: 

State colleges and universities and similar institutions on a non-financial, 
non-contractual basis. Classroom settings. 
Participants:  Approximately 2,425. Recommended for recipients who have been unable 
to secure employment due to insuffcient skils and who need a certficate or 
Oklahoma  PROGRAM PROFILE  degree to meet their employment goal. Assessments and employabilty plans wil 
have been completed on all parcipants. In addition, many parcipants wil have 
completed Welcome to Work (orientation and job readiess activities). 
Individuals completing post-secondar education programs wil be assigned to a 
job search activity, i.e., individual job search, strctured job search (direct job 
referrals) or a job search workshop. 
Perfonned at no cost to the AFC work program. 
Costs: 
The AFC recipients who secure financial assistance to attend 
Anticipated Changes: 

college or other post-secondar programs, wil be allowed to continue provided 
they mainta a grade-point of 2.0 and can complete studies within a reasonable
tie. 
Job Skils Training 
tring 
Activity:  Job skills  includes classroom instrction or on-the-job trning to 
enhance a recipient s vocational skills to enable him/er to be competitive in the 
labor market. 
How Provided: 
 Referrals are made to existig sources, i.e. vocational technical schools, 
JtTrAg, c ommunity colleges, etc. on a non-financial, non-contrctual basis. Skils
at vocational techncal schools and community colleges is provided in a 
classroom settig. JTA provides skis tring though on-the-job trning. 
Partcipants:  Approxiately 1 375. Assessment and employabilty plans wil have been 
completed on al parcipants assigned to skills tring. The majority of 
parcipants wil have completed Welcome to Work. The majority of paricipants 
wi be assigned to a job search activity. 
This component is perfonned at no cost to E&T. 
Costs: 
Social workers have been traied to encourage recipients to enhance 
Planned Changes: 
existing skills though enrollment in skils training programs. 
Job Development/Job Placement 
Job development consists of designated county DHS 
Activity:  staf contacting local 
progr 
employers to explain servces avaiable though the work  and the 
ta 
Federa tageted jobs  credit. Job placement consists of parcipant referrals to 
immedately available positions. 
Oklahoma 
PROGRAM PROFILE  The DHS county social workers, counselors from the JTA programs 
How Provided: 

and counselors from the OSES conduct job development and placement activities 
for AFC recipients. Accomplished though one-on-one contacts with employers 
and presentations to community and civic groups and organizations. 
Enhanced involvement in community activities by AFC social 
Anticipated Changes: 

workers. 
Group Job Search

Classroom instrction which is designed to teach individuals techniques to 
Activity: 
enable them to secur employment. The 4 day workshop meets 6 hours per day 
and includes: identication of skis and interests, settig goals, completing job 
applications, developing resumes, interviewing, employer expectations, and 
keeping a job. 
DHS county social workers serve as facilitators for the workshops which 
How Provided: 

are conducted in a classroom settng. 
Approximately 2 00. Recommended for recipients who: have recently 
Partcipants: 
completed an educational or trning progr, have been unable to obtan 
employment though other activities, or need instrction on how to find a job. All 
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recipients 
have had assessments and employabilty plans completed. 
Costs:  $41 00, $20.50 per parcipant. 
Use of a video presentation to make infonnation more consistent. 
Anticipated Changes: 

Individual Job Search 
Activity:  The AFC recipients who are classified as "job-ready  , i.e., ar capable of 
enterig or maintanig employment with minimum supportve services, are 
assigned to self-dicted, individual job search. This is an intensive job seeking 
effort by the parcipant with a requird number of employer contacts established 
jointly between the DHS worker and the individual. 
How Provided: 
 Individual job searh is monitore by the DHS social worker. 
Parcipants are  applying for jobs though one-on-one 
given basic instrction in 
contacts with the DHS social worker. 
Approximately 1,500. Recipients who have been recently employed or 
Participants: 
who have recently completed a trning program, including a job search 
workshop. Assessments and employabilty plans 
wil have been completed for 
Oklahoma 
PROGRAM PROFILE  each parcipant. Some individuals wil have completed Welcome to Work and a 
job search workshop. 
Every paricipant wil be given a job search workbook which 
Anticipated Changes: 

includes basic information in completing job applications, preparng resumes, 
interviewing, proper grooming, and best methods for finding job leads. 
Work Supplementation / Program Connections 
An employment opportnity under which an AFC recipient is placed on 
Activity: 
full-tie employment with DHS reimbursing the employer for wages paid up to 
$250 per month for 6 to 9 months dependig on the starng salar. Parcipants 
AFC  XI 
are sti considered  recipients and contiue to receive title  medical 
services. Employers ar paid from a wage pool which has been crated by 
diversion of the AFC grt. 
How Provided: 
 Placements ar made by the DHS social worker to private employers 
who have agreed to parcipate in the program. Connections contracts are 
developed with private employers by DHS staf. The employers provide training 
and supervision on an one-on-one basis. 
10. Ths component is appropriate for long-term recipients who have been 
Partcipants: 
unable to secure employment though other activities. Assessments and 
employabilty plans wil have been 
completed for al parcipants. Other activities 
would depend on the individual needs of parcipants. Parcipants who 
successfully complete a Connections assignment continue in full-time, 
unsubsidized employment. 
Costs:  $15,00, or $1 500 per parcipant. 
Placements: 8. 
Anticipated Changes:  Intensive effort are curntly being made to market Connections 
to local employers. 
Community Work Experience Program 
Activity:  The CWP is "hands-on" trning in public and private, non-profit 
organizations and agencies which provides parcipants with an opportunity to: 
enhance existing skills and develop new skills, develop appropriate work habits 
and ear a recommendation from an employer, gain confidence by performing in 
an actual job settig, and determine interest and aptitude for varous types of 
work. The CWEP placements are limited to 90 days with a provision for a 30 day 
Oklahoma 
PROGRAM PROFILE  extension when needed. Parcipants are not paid a salar but continue to receive
AFC and are entitled to a $30.00 "sta-up" alowance, transportation expenses 
and vendor-purchased day care when needed. 
How Provided: 
 Referrals are made to public and private, non-profit agencies by the DHS 
social worker. The trning site provides 
instrction and supervision. Referrals 
CWEP traiing sites are made from one-on-one contacts with the paricipants. 
Traning and instrction at the sites is also conducted one-on-one. 
700. Recommended for recipients who have little or no previous work 
Participants: 
experience, have limted skills, do not know what their 
interests or abilties are, 
need to develop self-confidence, and need to develop good work habits. The 
CWP is especially appropriate for young mothers with children. Assessments 
and employabilty plans 
wil have been completed on every parcipant. The 
majority of parcipants wil have completed Welcome to Work. 
$1,216,600, or $450 per person. 
Costs: 
Placements: 1 100. 
Traning sites wil be encouraged and assisted in developing 
Anticipated Chqnges: 

specific objectives for each CWP position to provide more objective evaluation 
of parcipants performance. 
Case Management 
Activity:  A single worker is responsible for determning a client's AFC eligibilty, 
helping their client access needed work program services, and handling referrs 
to outside agencies. 
How Provided: 
 Though meetings between social workers and AFC clients. 
Appropriate for all. 
Participants: 
Oklahoma 
PROGRAM PROFILE  Appendix A 
STATE OF OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 
Employment and Training Program Overview and the 
New Education, Training, and Employment Program 
The Employment and Traig Prgram was implemented in Januar, 1982, with 
one purose: To help applicants and recipients of Aid to Familes with Dependent 
Childrn (AFC) become self-suffcient To accomplish this, DHS combined the 
(W) 
Work Incentive  Demonstration Program, the Community Work 
Progr, 
Experience Program (CWE), the Employment Search  Title IV-
Progr 
Special Needs, the Work Supplementation  (Connections) and a federa 
waiver to fonn one comprehensive program designed to move welfare recipients 
into the work force. The federal waiver allowed DHS to require mothers and 
other cartakers with children under age six to register for and parcipate in 
trng 
employment and  activities. Oklahoma was one of only 
thee States 
which focused on mothers with young chidrn. 
Traig 
The Employment and  (E&T) Prgram was established as a service 
progr based on the belief that every AFC recipient should be given the 
opportnity to become employed. Al AFC social workers were traied to 
discuss employment at every AFC review and to encourge recipients to reach 
their fullest potential by parcipatig in education and/or trning activities. The 
Progr 
DHS credits a porton of its success in the E&T  to the extensive traiing 
which was conducted with AFC sta to view the program as the most important 
servce the Agency could provide to recipients. 
Annual job placement goals also playa significant role in the success of the E&T 
Program. In 1982, the statewide goal was established at 2 997, a 10 percent 
increase over job placements under the Work Incentive (WN) Program; actual 
placements for the year totaed 3,501. The annual statewide goals are 
proportoned among all 79 county offces. 
In addition to the goal of enabling recipients to achieve economic self-suffciency, 
the E&T Prgram strves to dispel the myth that AFC recipients do not want to 
work and to educate the public that welfar clients can work when given 
suffcient servces to help them become employed. Though its varous 
progr 
components and monthly press releases of client success stories, the  has 
enhanced public awarness of the many diculties which recipients must 
Oklahoma  OVERVIEW STATEMENT  A-I  overcome in order to obta and mainta employment and of the excellent 
employees they beome. These efforts and the focus on employment-related 
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activities as a social servce  contiue as DHS implements the provisions of 
the Job Opportnities and  Progr. 
Basic Skils 
Effective July 1, 1989, under the authority of the Family Support Act of 1988, 
DHS expanded its existig progr to include a greater focus on education and 
progr,  Progr.
renamed the  Education, Traning and Employment (ET &E) 
The State has also submitt a request for waiver authority to continue to 
mandate that al AFC parnts parcipate in activities designed to lead to 
employment. Speifcaly, the waiver wil requir parnts with children under age 
one and mothers in their seond and thd tresters of pregnancy (pending health 
considerations) to parcipate in ET &E activities and wi reui 
parnts with 
chidrn under age six to parcipate more than twenty hour per week. DHS 
believes that eliinatig these exemptions wi simpli adminstration and 
improve the qualty of the progr. 
As mandate by the Family Support Act, coordnation with other State and local 
progrs 
designed to help individuals secur employment is, and has been, an 
integr par of the ET &E Prgram. Ths effort includes referrng individuals to 
other organations for servces which ar not avaiable though DHS, conducting
joint grup sessions for mutual clients and implementig special demonstrtion 
projects. 
Cunt  tie 
demonstration projects include: day- general education (GED) 
classes in severa DHS county offces in conjunction with the public school 
system and GED classes in housing projects in Tulsa thugh joint efforts of the 
Deparent of Housing and Utrrbagn D evelopment and Tulsa Public Schools; 
remedal education and ski  for AFC mothers between the ages of 18 to 
21 with the Deparent of Labor, Oklahoma State Employment Servce (OSES) 
and Job Corp Centers in Guthe, Tulsa, Lawtn and Tahequah; testig, 
evaluation and counselig for mutual clients though the Assessment 
Centers. in 
Tulsa and Oklahoma County in cooperation with OSES, vocational-technical 
Trag 
schools and the Job  Parership Act (ITA) progrs; Prject Lift-Off, a 
progr 
to provide basic education, ski traing and job placement with Central 
Oklahoma s ITA; carr exploration and job searh workshops for AFC youth
in conjunction with ITA and Oklahoma City Communty College; literacy 
effort in four counties using AFC repients to tutor other AFC mothers; and
a speial tring and employment project in four counties to recrt and trai 
pennanent employees for a national company in an effort to reuce tuover. 
Progr, 
Under the ET &E  all applicants for and recipients of AFC are required
to parcipate unless 
or neeed in the home to car for 
incapacitated over age 
disabled member of the immedate famly. Approximately 80 percent of the 
Oklahoma  OVERVEW STATEMENT  A -2  State  AFC case load is requird to parcipate in the progr. Pror to July 1 
1989, an average of 3,900 AFC recipients per month were parcipating in a 
progr 
component. 
In addition to assisting recipients in securing education and training opportunities, 
the ET&E Program provides: individual assessments of the potential for 
employment, employabilty planning and employment counseling; Welcome 
Work (orientation/job readiess) groups; job search workshops; "hands-on" work 
experience in an actual job settig (CWEP); and referrals to and assistance in 
obtaining educational services, i.e., OED classes, literacy services, skill training, 
etc. Services which are available to ET &E parcipants include: 
vendor-purchased day car; counselig; child health screnings; family planning; 
reimbursement of trsporttion expenses; clothing and unifonn alowances; 
medcal examinations; payment of GED test fees; and referrs to other agencies 
progr 
for servces not available from DHS. DHS' extensive day care  for 
recipients parcipating in employment-related activities and those securng 
progr. 
employment has been crcial to the success of the 
The ET&E Program operates through the Family Support Services Division of 
the Deparent of Human Services. AFC social workers in each of the 
seventy-nine county offces complete Parcipation Agreements, individual 
assessments, employabilty plans and make appropriate referrals to components. 
Each local offce has designated one or more staf to serve as job developers. 
These social workers are responsible for: contactig employers; establishing
CWP slots and makg placements; conductig Welcome to Work and job 
search group sessions; coordiatig with other education  tring and 
employment programs includig ITA, Displaced Homemakers, vocational 
technical schools, public schools, literacy councils, etc.; and assistig in stafng 
of individual cases. 
progrs ar 
All DHS  State supervsed. Unlike many progrs, however, the 
ET&E Program was designed to be flexible enough to allow each of the county 
progr 
offces to adapt  proedures to meet the needs of their clients. This 
flexibilty has been crucial to the program s success and has given the counties a 
progr. 
sense of "ownership" of the 
DHS, though its E&T Progr, has helped more than 46,000 AFC recipients 
secure full-tie employment resulting in estimated taable earings of over 
$320,00,00. Estiated savings from reuctions and closures of AFC grants
Progr 
total $155,  00. Annual expenditues for the E&T  average $5. 
milion, including child car and administration. 
Oklahoma 
OVERVIEW STATEMENT  A  Progr 
The E&T  has generated wide public support for services designed to 
help individuals attai economic self-suffciency. Employers, including public 
and private, non-profit agencies, have provided extensive 
opportnities for those 
seeking help to improve their status. DHS looks forward to helping others 
become independent and more productive members of society. 
Oklahoma  OVERVIEW STATEMENT  A  Appendix B

Oklahoma  SAMPLE DOCUMENTS  B-1  STATE OF OKLOMA 
HU  Office Use Only
DEPARTM OF  SERVICES  To J. D. Date 
To J. D. Date 
EMPLOYM PROFILE  To J. D. Date 
ASSESSMENT 
Instructions: 
Pages 1-3 are completed by the Registrant. 
I Please provide the information 
asked for beginning on this page, to the best of 
:i  yyoouu rp raobviildiet yw. ilIlf  the question doesn t apply to you put  N/A"  The information
be used to decide which Employment & Training assignments will
! be the 
most valuable to you and to aid in the development of your self-support
plan. 
NAME  CASE NO.  PHONE 
EMPLOYMT HISTORY 
Last employer  Start date  End date 
Job title  Last supervisor I s name 
Job responsibilities

Reason for leaving

Other employer 
Start date  End date 
Job title 
Reason for leaving

Other employer  Start -date 
End date 
Job title 
Reason for leaving

What was the best job you ever had and why?

What skills do you have?

Have you done any volunteer work? 
If so, what?

Has a doctor placed any  limitations  on your  ability  to work? 
Okla. DHS Pilot 2
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ET-2  -----_.
EMPLOYM DESIRE

the types of work you would like to 
do. 
Why? 
I Indicate 
Yes 
Atrhe eysoue  wtiyllpineg st oo gfet  jtoheb str?ai ning and develop the skills necessary to do

YOUR COMMS 
If you were talking to an employer, what would 
you tell him about yourself?

Include why you think he should hire you.

EDUCATION & TRINING 
Check the highest grade  you completed in  school

1-6

12+ 
DOYOUhaVe  a high school diploma?  Yes  Year
Do you have a GED certificate?  Yes  Year 
Name of business or trade school 
From
attended 
Tye of training r ceived 
tificate or License obtained 
Name of cOllege attended 
From 
Major 
Certif icate, 
Degree or License obtained 
Identify any vocational, apprenticeship training,  on-the-job training,

training  or other

received - include dates 
Are you currently taking classes 
What are they?

or courses?

Yes 
Where? 
When do you expect to finish?

Have you participated 
 in  a job club  Have you ever been through vocational/job
or employment-related workahop?  testing?
Yes  Year 
Yes  Year 
Okla. DHS Pilot 2
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ET-2  ------    --  -- 
informtion is to 
TRIN/EDUCATIOH DESIR - The following  help in planning.  When 
need. 
possible. DHS will help you get the training or schooling you 
Are you interested in going to training or to school?  Yes

Check which one:

Reading Skills 
Work Exerience (non -paid)  Vocational Training 
salar) 
On-the-Job Training (paid a  College 
Would you like to finish high school or get your GED?  Yes 
DAY 
How will your children be cared for when you start school or training or begin

working? 
Ages of children needing day care when you are in school. training or working.

TRSPORTATION 
Do you have a car or truck you can  have a driver s license? 
Do you 
use?

Yes  Yes

Yes 
Do you live near a bus line? What is the distance to the bus stop?

I t 
If you begin training or a job, how will you get to and from if you don  have a 
I t 
car or can  take a bus? 
YOUR COMMS 
Is there anyth ng else you would like to tell us about yourself?

Participant Signature  Date 
Okla. DHS Issued 8/1/89  -3- E:T-2  ~~~
COMMUNITY WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAM

Community Work Experience  do you benefit as a CWEP

gThe ra  How 
(CWEP) is designed to improe the  Training facilty

employbilty of 
welfare recipients 
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employment. 
you. 
Community Work Experience Progra 
alow you to observe. first hand. 
pacipants are placed in approed  CWEP 
the work habits of the individual and 
public and non-profit organtions and 
trg. 
gives you the option to hire upon com
agencies. Placements may rage from 
pletion of 
clericalceptionist and occupational 
therapy aide to patrolman-on-foot and  prodes intagible benefits; the 
CWEP 
foo servce.  satisfaction of helping individuals grow 
incre 
Individuas  accordg to  and develop and 
ar placed  their self 
their preous work exriencter. ginte rests  esteem. 
and abilties. The approd  facil li 
ty wi have the opportunity to conduct  trIfg yo,u  would  to prode eWEP
atnr ingter.vew prior to placement in contact your local county offce 
Depaent 
. of the  of Human Servces. 
No saar tisr pgaid  to CWEP pacipats
durg  Pacipats
the 
periodA.  F 
contiu  to reeive their  benefits 
as well as reimburment for trning ex
pense unionns and day car when  cou 
needed.  trg 
the 
The inti  placement is 
months; it may be exended when tr
necess 
Followg completion of 
ing. soial workers from the Deparent 
of Human Services 
asist the individual 
tie 
in findig a ful- job. thus helping 
beme 
her to  economicaly independent.  f#for 
ff bHol'  p.LJNI1Y 
for 
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DHS lain coplice WltI TItle VI and TItle VI or the 196 
Civi Rli/ll. Act and the RcbWtaUon Act or 1973. Copla 
hLavleb bre n dcted CWlitcha tOie UOl.d oma Depaent of
PubUcauolI  FOt .ddluona copla,
cota tie DHS Empl0) Llbt. (40)521-3727.  . '
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CURRENTLY HIRING NEW EMPLOYEES?
ARE  YOU 
Y" ACCESS FREE HIRING SERVICES  Y" REDUCE TRAINING COSTS 
The Oklahoma Deparent of Human Services,  You wil receive, through DHS. reimbursement of up to 
through its E&T CONNECTIONS Progra, can provide  $250 per month of the wages paid to each employee dur
job-ready employees from which you may choose. And  ing the trning period. 
DHS wil share in the cost of trning them.  Surprisingly, there is only a small amount of red tape 
DHS traners wil interview all paricipants prior to  involved. We develop a simple contrct with you. describ
makng job refemls in order to provide you with qualifed.  ing the job to be taught. the length of trning period and 
dependable employees.  details of reimbursement. 
Before our paricipants are referred to employers, they 
must meet importt job-readiness criteria such as:  1/ 
IMPROVE CASH FLOW
. strong motivation to gain economic independence 
and occupational goals;  There are other benefits as well. Substatial income 
. abilty to accept supervision and work as par of  credit for instace. By employintga a n E&T CONNECTDNS. 
a team;  parcipant. you can claim a  credit equal to 40 per
cent of the fit $6.00 in wages paid in the first )'ar
. ability to understad and follow directions and 
(employees must be retaed at least 90 days and work 
communicate well;	
at least 120 hours) under the provisions of the Federa
. demonstrte reliabilty 
and wilingness to lear;  Thgeted Jobs Th Credit. 
. absence of medical problems which would afect  Through E& CONNECTIONS you save twice- as a 
job performance; and 
businesman and as a  E& CONNECTIONS 
taayer. The 
. trsporttion and child care argements.  employee sta payig taes instead of receiving welfare. 
WHAT TO DO NEXT: Call the local DHS County Offce. We ll give you detaled information 
or get right to work helping you fill a specifc job. Or. call the DHS E& Progra at 405/521.3931. 
Ask for the E& CONNECTIONS. 
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Please return this form to: 
Oklahoma Deparent of Human Services 
Family Support Services Division 
1/#! Ec! CONNECTIONS Progra

1Mrt"J/	 Thlephone: 405/521-3931

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