MTC ABAG Library

Welfare to Work

MTC is working toward providing access to transportation for persons moving from welfare to work. Use the library resources below and visit MTC's Lifeline Transportation Program page.

- Articles
- Books
- MTC Plans
- Online Resources

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Articles

Cars, buses, and jobs : welfare participants and employment access in Los Angeles

/ Evelyn Blumenberg and Paul Ong. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2001.
VF Welfare to work

The connection between public transit and employment : the cases of Portland and Atlanta

In: APA Journal, pp. 284-296, Summer 1999.
VF Welfare to work

Developing transportation alternatives for welfare recipients moving to work

In: APA Journal, pp. 306-318, Summer 2000.
VF Welfare to Work

How welfare recipients travel on public transit, and their accessibility to employment outside large urban centers

/ Evelyn Blumenberg and Kimiko Shiki.
VF Welfare to work

Travel patterns among welfare recipients

/ Paul Ong and Douglas Houston. Berkeley, CA : University of California Transportation Center, 2002.
VF Welfare to work   Available online

Books

Guidebook for developing welfare-to-work transportation services

/ Multisystems, Inc. ... [et al.] Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2000.
HV715 .T779 no.64

Helping ourselves : how to design and implement transportation solutions in low-income communities

/ prepared by Mary K. Walther. Berkeley, CA : Transportation Choices Forum, 1999.
HV715 .C21 1999

Improving CalWORKs program effectiveness : changing the employment services budget process

/ prepared by Todd Bland and Yvonne Choong. Sacramento, Calif. : Legislative Analyst's Office, 2001.
JK2403 .C2,L34 02/14/01

Job access planning : challenges and approaches : final report

/ prepared by Mark E. Ryan and Jodi Ruehle. Washington, D.C.? : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration, 2001.
HE308 .U8,A32 2001f

The transition from welfare-to-work : policies to stimulate employment and reduce welfare dependency

/ Rober Cervero, et. al. Berkeley : University of California Transportation Center, [2001].
HE305 .C2892 no.527

Transportation affordability for low-income populations : a review of the research literature, ongoing research projects, and San Francisco Bay Area transportation assistance programs

/ Lynn Scholl. San Francisco : Public Policy Institute of California, 2002
HE193 .C2,P8 2002   Available online

Transportation as a stimulus to welfare-to-work : evidence from the San Francisco Bay Area

/ Robert Cervero, Juan Onesimo Sandoval and John Landis. Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2000.
HE11 .T778 2000 no. 1245

MTC Plans

Alameda County welfare-to-work transportation planning project : memorandum #1

/ Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Oakland, CA : The Commission, 1999.
HV715 .C25,A4 1999m no.1

Alameda County welfare-to-work transportation planning project : summary document

/ Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Oakland, CA : The Commission, 1999.
HV715 .C25,A4 1999s

Contra Costa County welfare-to-work transportation action plan

/ prepared by Contra Costa Transportation Alliance ; Crain & Associates. Martinez, CA : Contra Costa Transportation Alliance, 1999.
HV715 .C25,C62 1999

Napa County welfare-to-work transportation planning project

/ prepared by Crain & Associates, in association with JKaplan & Associates. Oakland, CA : Metropolitan Transportation Commission, 1999.
HV715 .C25,N3 1999

Regional welfare-to-work transportation plan

/ prepared by Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. et al. Oakland, CA : Metropolitan Transportation Commission, 2001.
HV715 .C251 2001f

San Francisco welfare-to-work transportation plan

/ prepared by Nelson\Nygaard. Oakland, CA : Metropolitan Transportation Commission, 2000.
HV715 .C25,S3 2000p

San Mateo County welfare to work transportation planning project : final report

/ prepared by Crain & Associates, Inc. Oakland, CA : Metropolitan Transportation Commission, 2001.
HV715 .C25,S4 2001

Santa Clara County welfare-to-work transportation planning : summary document

/ prepared by Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. in association with Rides for Bay Area Commuters, Inc. Oakland, CA : Metropolitan Transportation Commission, 1998.
HV715 .C25,S53 1998

Sonoma County welfare to work transportation planning project : final report

/ prepared by Crain & Associates, Inc. Oakland, CA : Metropolitan Transportation Commission, 2000.
HV715 .C25,S7 2000f

Online Resources

MTC's Lifeline Transportation Program

This page provides an overview and regional updates of MTC's efforts to ensure that lack of transportation is not a barrier for welfare recipients attempting to enter or return to the workforce.

The Information Station

This web site by the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) is devoted to the issue of employment transportation. Links to other sites and contacts are available.

Welfare Information Network (WIN)

This online clearinghouse provides information about implementing welfare-to-work programs. Links can be found to welfare legislation, policy analysis, and technical assistance sites. The WIN website is updated weekly.

Welfare-to-Work Partnership

This site seeks to assist employers in integrating former welfare recipients into their workplace, with online resources, best practice materials, research reports and conferences.

APTA's Welfare to Work Initiative

Links to online documents published by the American Public Transportation Association and pertaining to its Welfare-to-Work Initiative.

County Plans from the California Department of Social Services

Links to all Welfare-to-Work Plans for the various counties in California.

U.S. Department of Labor. Employment and Training Division

The Department of Labor's Welfare-to-Work Internet Home Page has local and regional contacts, laws and regulations, reports, news clippings, links to important resources, and an "Ideas that Work" page.