Many employers recognize the importance of making welfare reform work.
These employers, large and small, will do their share to make job opportunities available to people currently on welfare, given a good business climate and adequate workforce preparation. These include various publicly financed and operated programs, those operated by non-governmental charitable organizations, and private temporary employment agencies. There is no central public or private agency or point of contact at the state or local level responsible for job matching, nor even a source of reasonably comprehensive information about what agencies or groups which provide job-matching services or funding. Unfortunately, separate statutory requirements, and the fact that funding for programs comes from a number of different sources, lead to balkanized programs. Employment and training services are spread out among myriad agencies and programs that are poorly coordinated.