1013-1        OJT PURPOSE, OUTCOMES AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES

1013-1 A.    Purpose

On the Job Training is designed to create job opportunities for Temporary Assistance clients where there is the potential for the client to move beyond public assistance and achieve self- sufficiency.

OJT On the Job Training reimburses employers to hire and train Temporary Assistance clients for permanent employment.  The OJT On the Job Training payment reimburses the employer for the costs associated with training a new employee. OJT provides an individualized training opportunity designed to meet the employer’s specifications.  The participant gains the skills, knowledge and abilities essential to perform the specific job and becomes a permanent, unsubsidized, paid employee after satisfactorily completing the training.

1013-1 B.     Outcome

• Upon successful completion of an OJT On the Job Training training program the client will become a full-time employee in a job for which they have been trained.

• Ideally, OJT On the Job Training clients will be employed at wages that will enable the attainment of self- sufficiency and  close their ATAP Alaska Temporary Assistance Program case.

1013-1 C.     Performance Measures

Service providers will develop Program Performance Measures based upon their individual community and expected program design, and as approved by DPA.

Statewide performance measures applied to all OJT On the Job Trainings include:

• Number of TA Temporary Assistance clients placed in an OJT On the Job Training position.

• Percent of OJT On the Job Training contracts that end in a positive closure.

• Number of TA Temporary Assistance placements that result in unsubsidized employment.

• Number of OJT On the Job Training clients whose TA case closes with earnings.