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Source: The Lima News, OhioSept.存倉 21--LIMA -- Cash is good. Unrestricted cash, even better, and these days, the rarest of rare in government.Allen County Job and Family Services and the local Workforce Investment Board is trying something with their pot of money coming from the state: paying people who stay in their jobs.In July, the state began its Ohio Works Incentive Program for counties and workforce boards that signed up for the program. The state is providing up to $150,000 to workforce investment regions to get the program running, and also then providing cash incentives to county Job and Family Services agencies that move people from cash assistance to unsubsidized employment and keep them there, at 90- and 180-day milestones.Allen County decided to take a portion of the cash incentive it will receive and provide it to the person staying employed, said Marilyn Horstman, director of social services for Allen County JFS. The worker will receive $100 at 90 days of employment and $500 at 180 days of employment."We wanted to pass along some of the incentive to the recipient," Horstman said. "We're hoping those folks are going to be successful, and that this could be an additional incentive."Allen County JFS, the Workforce Investment Board and the Accent One-Stop job training program are also boosting their training and education efforts, as well as connections with employers, Horstman said.Accent will contract with Coleman Behavioral Health and Lima Allen Council on Community Affairs for three-week, four-hours-a-day screening, assessment and training. The program will include training from updating resumes and cover letters to things such as working in a team, technical and interview skills, conflict resolution and stress management.Accent is also increasing its connections with local employers and "paving ground" for potential employees with significant barriers, including felony convictions, Horstman said."We're tryin迷你倉 to explain that these people have been through significant training and hoping that employers will give them a shot," Horstman said. "We've always had a job readiness component, but not of this depth and not this extensive."The state's goal with the program is to reduce people's dependency on the Ohio Works First program, what many people know as cash assistance or welfare, and move people to employment.The cash is not restricted because the state is hoping this pilot program in Ohio's 30 Workforce Investment regions results in different approaches, to see what works and develop best practices. The state is also providing incentives to regions to work with cash assistance recipients who face significant barriers to employment.In 2009, the federal government notified the state it failed to meet work participation rates. As a result, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services developed a corrective action plan, which has helped move more people into work. Those remaining in the program need more intensive intervention, state officials believe, and so JFS created this new program to engage with the workforce investment community to expand job placement and retention.The payment schedule for counties follows two tracks, for people receiving cash assistance, and for those no longer receiving cash assistance because earned income means they're no longer eligible.Counties will receive $1,000 for each cash assistance recipient placed in unsubsidized employment, or $1,500 for placement in a job that takes the person off cash assistance. Counties will receive $1,500 for each recipient still employed at 90 days, or $2,000 for someone no longer on cash assistance. Counties will receive another $1,000 for anyone still employed after 180 days.The pilot program will run through June 2015.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Lima News (Lima, Ohio) Visit The Lima News (Lima, Ohio) at .limaohio.com Distributed by MCT Information Services自存倉