New England 800 Project Evaluation

This project will conduct an evaluation of a demonstration welfare-to-work project in Waldoboro, Maine. The three-year project, implemented by Coastal Enterprises, intends to demonstrate that providing expansion capital to a private company in the information technology sector and training and support services to TANF recipients can result in gainful employment for the TANF recipients.

Funding Agencies:  Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals Program (JOLt) within the Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, through Coastal Enterprises, Inc.

For more information, please contact Charles E. Morris (Charlie.Morris@umit.maine.edu)

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