Employment/Self-Sufficiency Services

Work PAYS:

This program assists low-income individuals get back in the work force by removing barriers that affect their ability to secure  and maintain employment; lack of job search and interviewing skills, lack of current resume and interviewing clothing, lack of transportation, and other personal issues and  concerns.

The Work PAYS program participants receive:

• Help with the identification of strengths and skills to create an Individual Employment Plan;
• Connections to important services such as locating affordable housing and obtaining food and clothing, including professional attire;
• Employment readiness training;
• Job search assistance;
• Interview coaching.

Ticket to Work

The Ticket to Work Program provides most people receiving Social Security benefits (beneficiaries) more choices for receiving employment services. Under this program, the Social Security Administration (SSA) issues tickets to eligible beneficiaries who, in turn, may choose to assign those tickets to an Employment Network (EN) of their choice to obtain employment services, vocational rehabilitation services, or other support services necessary to achieve a vocational (work) goal. The EN, if they accept the ticket, will coordinate and provide appropriate services to help the beneficiary find and maintain employment.

Click here to see the Ticket to Work Federal Regulations

Click here to see the NEW Ticket to Work Regulations

Work Experience Program (WEP)

In October of 1997 the State of Ohio adopted the Welfare Reform Act. This act requires that all persons who receive benefits (cash, food, stamps, medical) will work in exchange for these benefits. WEP job sites receive volunteer hours in return for training participants a skill and evaluating their performance in order to move them from welfare roles to paid employment.

As a WEP site, participants are assigned to CAP to become familiar with workplace expectations and to learn appropriate work behaviors, attitudes and teamwork skills necessary to compete in the local job market.  The Work Experience Program is a  “mentoring partnership “ designed to help participants learn more about what employers expect from employees in an actual work setting, obtain job skills for future job placement, and assist participants in receiving supervisor recommendations and performance appraisal. Program participants have the option to receive case management and support services such as transportation, clothing, money management, etc. 

For more information please contact:  jerryc@cap-dayton.org

Community Action Partnership
Montgomery County
719 S. Main Street
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 341-5000