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Virginia's Welfare-to-Work Programs Show Results
posted 6:56 am Thu July 03, 2008 - RICHMOND, Va.
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Virginia helps more welfare recipients get jobs than any other state in the nation.
Governor Tim Kaine announced Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has once again ranked Virginia Number One for job entry rates for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, recipients for federal fiscal years 2005 and 2006.
Virginia had the second highest rate when it came to job retention for each of those years.
It is the third consecutive year that Virginia has received such a ranking.
TANF recipients receive job training and education through the Virginia Initiative for Employment not Welfare, or VIEW, program.
One program that started in 2007 trains welfare recipients to become certified nursing assistants.
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