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Recommendations
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North Dakota Training, Education, Employment, and Management (TEEM): Final Report (05/01/00)
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We recommend that DHS ensures that TEEM managers are knowledgeable about and inform recipients about their post-TEEM eligibility for various social programs, including the Earned Income Tax Credit.
We recommend that DHS develop a plan for ongoing staff development, and provide further training on case management to TEEM managers in all counties.
There is overlap in case management responsibilities between the JOBS provider and TEEM manager. We recommend DHS shorten the time between TEEM intake and assessment, consider ways to link JOBS and TEEM assessments, and improve information-sharing between the two programs.
The assessment should be more flexible to accommodate clients' individual needs, strengths, and interests. A more flexible screening tool would be most useful for re-assessment purposes.
JOBS activities should be expanded to include job retention services.
DHS should make an effort to involve employers in welfare to work efforts.
DHS should provide information to the counties regarding state time limit policy guidelines in an appropriate time frame.
DHS should work with Tribal leaders to help Native American TEEM recipients meet their self-sufficiency goals.
DHS should ensure that TEEM clients, TEEM managers, and JOBS coordinators are all aware of clients' time left on aid.
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