This is a guide for employment and training agencies based on findings of the Job Training for the Homeless Demonstration Program. Much of the material presented is of interest to a wide variety of public and private organizations providing services to families and people who are homeless. The major objectives of this guide are to enhance agencies’ knowledge about people who are homeless; to provide guidance on the types of people who are homeless and most (and least) likely to benefit from employment and training services; to identify the full range of services likely to be needed by people who are homeless to be successful in completing training and securing and retaining employment, and how these services can be provided directly by employment and training agencies or arranged through linkages with public or private service providers; to identify the specific planning and implementation steps needed by employment and training agencies to establish an effective service delivery system for recruiting and serving people who are homeless; and to provide examples of successful strategies used by employment and training agencies, and homeless-serving agencies, in assisting people who are homeless to reenter the workforce.
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