ARCHS' Successful Work Incentives for TANF Community Partnership

is moving people from welfare to work and positively impacting the

state's economy during tough times.

Christian Hospital (above) is one of ARCHS' Employer Partners

Since 2008, ARCHS' Community Work Support Grant from the

Missouri Dept. of Social Services has achieved the following results:

• 494 people placed in subsidized transitional jobs
• 94 people placed in full time, unsubsidized jobs (adding $11,000 a year to their incomes).
• 80+ employers providing more than $2 million worth of on the job training

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Employers: Need a Hand? No Payroll or Benefit Costs…

ARCHS in collaboration with the State of Missouri offers an innovative “Subsidized Wages”

program for the St. Louis region.  This proven program allows employers to hire, train, and

provide hands-on work experience using transitional jobs.

Transitional jobs are time-limited “subsidized” wage based employment opportunities

that combine work experience, skill development and support services for persons in

need of employment. There is NO direct cost to the company for wages. Employers provide

the work place and training. ARCHS' partners handle the rest.

What are Transitional Jobs?

Benefits to Employers:

• NO direct costs for wages and NO liability for benefits, taxes, etc.
• Eligibility for Work Opportunity Tax Credits (WOTC)
• Eligibility for Welfare to Work Tax Credits
• Train Potential New Employees for Longer Term Placement
• Provide the Region with a Better Prepared Workforce

Employers Working With ARCHS:

• All About Love and Care Home Health
• Annie Malone Children and Family Services
• Avon & More Specialty Store
• Baby Steps Academy
• Beginnings Future Daycare
• Blue Nile Cafe
• Bissingers Handcrafted Chocolate
• BJC Christian Hospital
• Broadway Sporting Center
• Bright Beginnings Daycare
• Budget Rent A Car
• Cargo Bay Office Leasing
• Carr Lane Manufacturing
• CBN Beauty Supply
• Center Stage In Home Care
• Child Quest Learning Center
• City of St. Louis Parks Department
• City of St. Louis Forestry Department
• CoCo Kidz Day Care
• CONS Moving and Storage
• Creative Kidz Childcare
• Cuddles Day Care
• CW Insurance Agency
• Drury Plaza Hotels
• Essential Home Therapy
• G. Mason's Hair Galliere
• Goody Goody Diner
• GUIDES Family Life Center
• Grace Hill Neighborhood Health Clinics
• Grace Hill Settlement House
• Grand Slam Storage Facility
• Health Care Career Builder's Institute
• Holiday Inn Express
• Helping Offenders Maintain Stability (HOMS)
• It Takes a Village
• Jancita Fiona's Hair Salon
• Johnson Computer Technologies
• JM 3 DJ Productions
• Juntos Development Center
• Kydz La Casa Learning Center
• K Bakes
• Like Our Own Childcare
• Lutheran Family and Children's Services
• Luvenia's New Breed Hair Salon
• Marriott Hotels (St. Louis Area)
• MERS Goodwill Retail Stores
• Mills Properties, Inc.
• Missouri Home Therapy
• Missouri History Museum
• More Than Candy Convenience Store
• Nazareth Temple Daycare
• Near Southside Employment Coalition
• New Day Adult Care
• New Day Realty
• Portfolio Gallery and Education Center
• Provident Care
• Quality Screw Machine Products
• Residence Inn, St. Louis-Downtown
• Melvin J. Smith Law Firm
• St. Louis Area Food Bank
• Scholars Academy
• Strawberry School
• Sugar and Spice Daycare
• Sunnen Products
• Suzzetta's Salon
• Shira Truitt Law Firm
• The Barber Joint
• The Best Steak House
• The Green Center
• Williams In Home Health Care
• Yummie's Restaurant
• YWCA

ARCHS’ Welfare to Work Community Partners:

• ARCHS (Managing Partner and Fiscal Agent)
• Better Family Life
• GUIDES Family Life Center
• Hope House
• Humanitri
• Missouri MERS Goodwill
• Provident, Inc.
• St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment (SLATE)
• St. Louis County Division of Workforce Development
• The Women’s Safe House

History:

Update: ARCHS' Welfare to Work Partnership has been re-awarded funding to continue its partnership for FY 2009-10.

August 2007: ARCHS) was awarded a $1.169 million grant from the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) to assist Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) recipients who have been sanctioned for not adhering to benefit requirements. DSS awarded eight “Community Work Support” grants statewide totaling $3.3 million.

The grant will fund ARCHS’ Successful Work Incentives for TANF (SWIFT) Community Partnership. ARCHS uses a transitional jobs model to help St. Louis City and County TANF recipients remove the barriers (including unemployment) that have led to their benefits being sanctioned by the state. ARCHS partners create action plans and then track the progress of the recipient in their progress towards job training and placement.

ARCHS' case management focuses on job/ life skills training, housing and transportation assistance, child care referrals, health care access and financial literacy. Special services related to mental illness, substance abuse and domestic violence are also be available.

Created in 1997, TANF is the successor to the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, providing cash assistance to indigent American families with dependent children through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. There is a maximum of 60 months of benefits within one's lifetime (some states instituted shorter periods) and there is a component requiring clients to attempt to find employment.

For more information contact: Kevin Dallas

ARCHS in Action (Welfare to Work) Photo Gallery:

Bissinger's Handcrafted Chocolate  - Customer Service, Production

BJC Christian Hospital - Patient Support

Portfolio Art Gallery - Administrative Support

Marriott Hotels - Housekeeping

CW Insurance Agency - Administrative Support

Marriott Hotels - Housekeeping