Welfare to work programs help the unemployed and the underemployed to prepare for the job market and to succeed in the job market. Organizations such as Get Out and Stay Out (GOSO) help young prison inmates with individual job and educational counseling, and it maintains a job bank of openings from employers willing to hire former inmates. Another organization, the Greater Chicago Food Depository, offers chef training classes to about 1,000 students who also learn life skills such as punctuality, responsibility, teamwork and commitment.
1. Describe the benefits of welfare to work programs such as those described in this vignette.