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Project Reach Out [PDF] |
This guide is designed to help other One-Stop Career Centers integrate FBCO networks into the design of their service delivery. |
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Collaborating with Faith- and Community-Based Organizations: Lessons Learned from 12 Workforce Investment Boards [PDF] |
This report describes three different models implemented by the Workforce Investment Boards for integrating Faith-Based and Community Organizations into the workforce investment system, each of which represents a different combination of possible FBCO roles. Information on the employment outcomes of project participants and resources leveraged from the community by the FBCOs is also given. |
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Renewing Communities, Restoring Hope, and Transforming Lives [PDF] |
This document tells the story of how the Faith-Based and Community Initiative at the U.S. Department of Labor has made a real difference in the lives of more than 150,000 jobseekers, workers, families, vulnerable youth, and communities. |
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Prisoner Reentry and the Workforce System [PDF] |
This document is a brief summary of the need, response, and resources available to FBCOs involved in prisoner reentry. |
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Equal Opportunity, Religious Liberty, and the Workforce System [PDF] |
This is resource explains what community and faith-based organizations, and workforce system leaders must know about the U.S. Department of Labor’s Equal Treatment and Religion-Related regulations. |
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SHARE Network: Sharing How Access to Resources Empowers [PDF] |
This is an overview of SHARE Network and how states have implemented both “Access Points” and Web-based Resource Directory projects to expand access to workforce development services. |
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U.S. Department of Labor: Compassion at Work Highlights [PDF] |
This provides an overview of the results of the programs the Department of Labor has developed to help Americans overcome barriers to employment, find jobs, and stay employed through the unique work of local faith-based and community organizations. |
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Cost of Turnover Worksheet [PDF] |
The cost-of-turnover worksheet is also a helpful tool for faith-based and community organizations as they help businesses understand how turnover can affect organization's bottom line. Nonprofit organizations can help meet the workforce needs of business as the process of recruiting, screening and placing applicants can often be expensive and tedious. |
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Bridging the Gap [PDF] |
This document provides information on two promising practices from Dept. of Labor grantees. United Way of Brevard, Florida worked with local faith-based and community organizations and the Brevard Workforce Board to create "Mini Career Centers" in impoverished neighborhoods. Job Service North Dakota created Project SHARE (Sharing How Awareness of Resources Empowers) that effectively created 400 new partnerships between the One-Stop Career Centers and North Dakota faith-based and community organizations. |
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Compassion at Work: The Faith-Based and Community Initiative at the Department of Labor [PDF] |
This booklet is a glossy report, filled with pictures of success stories and telling the story of how the Department of Labor implemented President Bush's Faith-Based and Community Initiative and recounts a few of the success stories of people's lives. |
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Compassion Work: Promising Practices from the U.S. Department of Labor Grantees [PDF] |
A glossy picture filled publication describing model partnerships derived from the excellent work of the Department of Labor's grantees during years 2002-2004. |
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Employment Assistance is One-Stop Away [PDF] |
This booklet is a guide for community and faith-based organizations to learn how to partner with their local One-Stop Career Center System. Additionally, it provides information about grant programs and opportunities at the Department of Labor. |
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White House Guidance for Faith- Based and Community Organizations on Partnering with the Federal Government |
This document contains valuable information on frequently asked questions about the federal grant system, do's and don'ts for faith-based organizations, and more. |
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Partnering with Faith-Based and Community Organizations: A Guide for State and Local Officials Administering Federal Block and Formula Grant Funds [PDF] |
This guidebook, produced by the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, is designed to provide practical information for State and local officials, as well as tribes and tribal-serving organizations, on developing and enhancing effective partnerships with faith-based and community organizations. |
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Developing Quality Grant Proposals |
This publication acts as a guide to helps organizations successfully write grant applications. |
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Intermediaries and Faith Based and Community Organizations Working Together [PDF] |
This new publication discusses how intermediaries can help faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) more effectively provide services to communities. Workforce intermediaries play an important role in connecting businesses to jobseekers and incumbent workers. Intermediaries are also able to help FBCOs develop deeper connections with area businesses. This report highlights the key characteristics and effective features of intermediary organizations, as well as strategies intermediaries use to connect FBCOs with businesses. The publication gives a broad overview on different types of intermediaries and how they can help, as well as specific examples of successful partnerships with FBCOs. |
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