STATE OF NEW JERSEY



|Name of Initiative: Displaced Homemaker Program |

|Target Population: A Displaced Homemaker is defined as an individual who have lost their primary source of income through the death, disablement, abuse or divorce of a spouse and must upgrade their skills for transition into the paid labor market. |

|Mission: To help participants gain marketable skills and economic self-sufficiency through enrollment in higher wage vocational programs, or services that increase access to careers with wages that can sustain an individual or family (depending on the |

|client’s situation). |

|RESOURCES |ACTIVITIES |SHORT TERM OUTCOMES |LONG TERM |

| |OUTPUTS | |OUTCOMES |

|Legislation: |A minimum of 90 new displaced homemakers served at each DH program/year. |90% of participants will be referred to off-site services relevant to |50% of participants will be connected to off-site services relevant to|

|Displaced Homemaker State |Intake & Eligibility Screening: An intake and orientation will be provided by a staff |their initial concerns |their initial concerns |

|Legislation |member and will include an individual case management session that determines | | |

|P.L. 1979, c. 125. |eligibility. |70% of participants who scored 7 or less on the initial Employment Hope |50% of participants will complete at least one goal on their goal plan|

| |Referrals will be made to participants who are not eligible for program services |Scale will increase their scores at post-test. 90% of participants who | |

|Funding: |Comprehensive Assessment to include: |score an 8 or above will either increase or stay the same at post-test. |75% of participants who begin an education program during enrollment |

|•         Divorce Filing |Explanation of intake/assessment process and criteria for enrollment to services. This | |will complete the program |

|Fees State Legislation |will include baseline employment hope scale and self-sufficiency matrix. | | |

|P.L. 1993, c. 188. |Frequency and duration of case management sessions to be administered based on | |50% of participants will be employed at program completion |

|•         State |participant needs. | | |

|Appropriation and Divorce |How the participant’s progress will be measured and shared with participant. | |30% of participants who were unemployed at intake will be employed at |

|Filing Fees. |Goal setting based on information gathered (interview and assessment tools). The focus | |program completion |

| |of the long-term goal should be economic self-sufficiency; the objectives should be | | |

|Staffing State: |small steps which lead toward that goal. | |25% of participants who were employed at intake increase their annual |

|•         1 DOW FTE DH | | |salary by program completion |

|Programs Staff, ideally |Case Management: Ongoing supportive counseling for participants related to employment, | | |

|minimum of three full time|education and training to include: | |70% of participants who scored 4 or less on the initial |

|employees. |Re-assessment of the Self Sufficiency Matrix and Hope Scale, in addition to the | |Self-Sufficiency Matrix will increase their score at post-test. |

|•         DCF Office of |assessment via any other education and vocation assessments, as appropriate. | | |

|Contract Administration |An interim follow-up date at the time of goal setting based on the participant needs. | | |

|and Business Offices |The date should occur after the participant receives some services and could be expected| | |

| |to achieve some short-term outcomes. | | |

|Displaced Homemaker |Sessions will include a discussion of all other services available on and off-site. This| | |

|Programs: |includes referrals, support services, and follow-up services. | | |

|•         16 Programs in | | | |

|15 counties. | | | |

|. | | | |

|•         All located with|4.       Job counseling, job training and job placements: to include at minimum | | |

|on-site computer lab with |Free Internet access. Ideally, the computer lab should exist on the premises. Where | | |

|Internet Access. |this is not possible partnerships with other community providers are strongly | | |

|•         Supportive |encouraged. | | |

|counseling approach |Computer literacy training classes includes topics such as basic computer literacy, | | |

|program services. |Internet, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, etc. | | |

| |Job Readiness Training: One structured job readiness series, 24 hours each series, on | | |

|Partnerships: |topics related to employment. | | |

|State and Local Resource |Supportive counseling for employment/career to include: career assessment & | | |

|Partners: DV Programs; |information, job development plan, resume preparation, interviewing skills, internships,| | |

|Department of Labor; |job search, and employment referrals. | | |

|Family Success Centers; |Assessment tools utilized include: interest/ability testing; access to the Dictionary | | |

|County Colleges |of Occupational Titles; Occupational Outlook Handbook; Guide to Top Labor In-Demand | | |

| |Occupations in NJ; Myers Briggs, Strong Inventory, and/or Harrington O’Shea, etc. | | |

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| |Health education and counseling services. | | |

| |Workshops and trainings to include such topics as self-development, empowerment, self- | | |

| |esteem as well as alcohol and substance use. | | |

| |Provide referrals to mental health facilities/programs, domestic violence shelters, | | |

| |clinics, Planned Parenthood and with finding programs in the community that may also | | |

| |assist with health issues and other types of counseling. | | |

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| |Financial management services: | | |

| |Workshops, mini-series or training which provide information and assistance with respect| | |

| |to credit, housing, financial life skills and all other financial matters that may be | | |

| |identified as participant needs. | | |

| |Partnerships or collaborations with local banking and financial services for workshops | | |

| |and information | | |

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| |Education Services: | | |

| |Minimum 6 workshops annually on the following topics: | | |

| |1 on “in demand” careers from the Statewide Demand Occupations listed by the Dept. of | | |

| |Labor and Workforce Development | | |

| |Other topics that will contribute to success in the workplace | | |

| |Provide assistance to enter educational programs or technical schools | | |

| |Provide short term stackable education/training certificates | | |

| |Establish partnerships and funding grants to assist with funding these certificates | | |

| |Remove barriers to completion by providing funding for incidentals, transportation and | | |

| |childcare | | |

| |Remedial education, (such as ESL, Literacy, GED) on-site or refer to other community | | |

| |partners | | |

| |Generate Individualized Plan with step-by-step outline of courses needed, application | | |

| |and funding for participants entering a vocational education program/educational | | |

| |institute | | |

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| |Legal Counseling and referral services: | | |

| |Provide workshops and referrals to legal clinics, seminars | | |

| |Work in collaboration with community partners suck as attorneys and local courts to | | |

| |provide information sessions and consultations | | |

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| |Outreach and Information: | | |

| |Establish collaborations and partnerships to provide access to a comprehensive referral | | |

| |system | | |

| |Provide appropriate referrals to services based on participant’s needs | | |

|Assumption 1: Programs can provide all contracted needed services for participant to reach self-sufficiency. All programs, and DOW, have appropriate full-time staff to fulfill needs of participants. |

|Assumption 2: Programs are accessible to all participants in the county including participants with disabilities and those hard to reach participants, such as those in marginalized and unserved populations. |

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