Employment Services

The Vendor is required to provide for the provision of central employment functions including assessment, employability plan development, case management, job development and placement, and post-employment services such as employment retention.
- Provide individuals the opportunity to acquire the experience and skills necessary to qualify for employment
- Provide the necessary support services to enable individuals to participate in work activities and accept employment
- Promote the coordination of services at all levels of government to make a variety of services available, especially for individuals at risk of long-term welfare dependency, and to maximize the use of existing resources.
- Employment-focused individualized services that serve clients that are nonexempt and exempt from work activity participation
- Emphasis upon enrollment into countable work activities and entries to employment
- Effective client assessment and engagement strategies (i.e. Formal assessment tools, enhanced case management, motivational interviewing, etc.)
- Development of individualized employability plans that accurately assess client needs and barriers to employment, explore service options, and make sound planning decisions that lead to self-sufficiency and employment
- Emphasis upon income enhancements and work supports that maintain self-sufficiency and employment (i.e. Transitional services, home energy assistance, health insurance, food and nutritional benefits, tax credits, free income tax preparation, etc.)
- Job development and placement strategies that link welfare recipients with employment opportunities in the community (i.e. Partnerships with employers, “sectoral” strategies, transitional and supported employment, green jobs, post-employment case management, job retention and career advancement strategies, etc.)
- Significant administrative capacity including the capability to provide sufficient staffing resources to achieve program outcomes
- Demonstrated successful experience in the provision of employment and training services to the service population
- Successful history of providing community-based services to the target population
- Established linkages to local non-profits, government, educational institutions, employers, and community-based organizations involved in training, education, economic development, welfare, and employment
- Successful experience identifying and addressing barriers to employment
- Successful experience in the implementation of innovative welfare-to-work strategies focused on strategic solutions to temporary assistance employment issues
- Capacity to establish a successful partnership and work in close cooperation with department and other community agencies for the planning and implementation of employment services, and
- Willingness to accept performance-based reimbursement.

- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: August 18, 2025