Specialized Information and Referral

The agency provides employment services for individuals in Los Angeles County. Services include specialized information and referral for employment issues and job development for TANF recipients. Services are restricted to homeless and low-income individuals who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) through the L A County DPSS or are enrolled in the agency's Children and Families First Program. There are no geographic restrictions.

Job development services include job readiness, job placement, on-the-job training, vendor voucher training, vocational training, and/or work experience. Services also may include basic education skills; child care subsidies; ESL; mentoring, in either job skills or life skills; substance abuse services; support services; and transportation assistance.

Opportunities for community service may be available for people who are unable to find work experience through the normal welfare-to-work channels. Agencies that provide Individual Development Accounts set up a monetary plan to save a portion of the person's work income to be used for a large expenditure such as a rental deposit, tuition payment, business capital or other goal necessary for self-sufficiency.