Chaired by the Chancellor and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the event examined the experience of business in successfully recruiting, retaining, and promoting people on welfare into work in the United States and recommended ways in which that experience might enhance future employer involvement in the New Deal. The foundation of the PIP's success is Wildcat's exemplary relationship with Salomon Smith Barney that since 1995 has resulted in career opportunities for the economically disadvantaged, long-term unemployed.
Training is tailored to the industries and the companies involved.
Starting with one company, Salomon Smith Barney, the list of industry partners has grown to twelve, and includes corporations such as McCann-Erickson, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, and Citibank. In February 2000 Wildcat entered into a Technical Assistance agreement with the New Deal Task Force.