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  • Family Economic Self-Sufficiency
  • Elder Economic Security Initiative
  • Promising Practices in Workforce Development
    • Executive Summary
    • Project Background
    • Seven Promising Practices
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  • Washington Area Women in the Trades

News Spotlight

  • Press Release: Key to Women's Self-Sufficiency
  • Press Release: DCWA HPV Vaccine Forum
  • Press Release: DCWA-DASH Housing Forum
  • Press Release: Measuring Poverty
  • Press Statement: Supporting Energy Worker Training
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Seven Areas of Promising Practice

The case studies are organized into seven areas of promising practice.

1. Choosing a High Definition of Self-Sufficiency

2. Counseling Customers About Income Goals, Career Paths and Work Supports

3. Employing Sector Strategies

4. Negotiating On the Job Training Contracts and Customized Training Services

5. Increasing Access to Work Supports

6. Assessing Outcomes through Data Collection and Establishing Benchmarking Goals

7. Responding to the Demographics of a Community



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