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U.S. Office of Personnel Management
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Q. How are you going to count these hires?
A. Agencies will report to the Office of Personnel Management monthly based on each new hire's self-designation.
Q. Can we count anyone in addition to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients?
A. For the purpose of responding to this directive, the only new hires that we will count are adults or teen heads of households receiving assistance under: the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), or Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program administered by an eligible Indian tribe.
Q. Agencies are required to report on a monthly basis the progress of this program. Will the Office of Personnel Management assist in providing a tracking mechanism?
A. The Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget are working on the issue of tracking, and will provide agencies with information as soon it is available.
Q. Can we encourage our contractors to hire welfare recipients?
A. Yes. The National Performance Review (NPR) has arranged for a small working group to begin discussing ways in which the President's welfare to work initiative can be furthered through government contracting. Agencies are encouraged to submit the numbers of welfare recipients hired by contractors as well as by direct hire. These two numbers will be kept separately for the purposes of responding to this directive.
Q. Will there be standard language for all government contracts provided?
A. The entire issue of requirements, incentives, or other approaches to government contractors is being developed and guidance will be forthcoming in the next two weeks.
Q. Can agencies who have legislative authority to have volunteers as part of their workforce count those volunteers under this initiative?
A. No. Agencies may not include volunteers when counting the number of hires under the Welfare to Work program.
Q. Will employees hired by Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities (NAFI's) be counted under the Welfare to Work program?
A. Yes. It has been determined that NAFI employment may be reported as part of the Welfare to Work program.
Updated 1 May 1997