Among the enterprises now in operation are home child care cooperatives, a small photography and printing business, and a community laundromat. Child care, after-school care, transportation assistance, and health care programs are designed specifically for newly employed women. Some programs offer child care services which can be paid for on a sliding scale. Child care programs in certain locations serve the many women who work night shifts, particularly in 24-hour catalog sales jobs. Mentoring programs offer community, encouragement, and emotional support to women confronted by the major changes in the welfare system.
Mentors provide assistance in locating jobs, child care, and transportation.
Some mentoring programs are run by a coalition of churches, which strengthens community among the women by offering them opportunities for regular worship together. Community outreach and organizing programs inform welfare recipients of the services that are available to them, such as transportation and child care subsidies. Some projects have played a pivotal role by informing former recipients of their continued eligibility for food stamps and Medicaid. Advocacy and monitoring programs have tracked the relationship between reduced welfare rolls and increased homelessness and burden on emergency food services. Monitoring programs collect stories of people's experiences on public assistance and identify repeated problems for advocacy efforts.