New Initiative Memo 1/08: TAFDC Vocational Specialists in TAOs (Phase One)

To help applicants and recipients who have identified a medical disability or a learning disability overcome these barriers to employment, DTA will bring vocational specialists to all TAOs on an incremental basis. The vocational specialist will meet with work program required applicants and clients to assess their service needs, barriers to employment and provide coordination to community support services.   The following TAOs will be the first group to receive the vocational specialist: Brockton, Dudley Square, Fall River, Holyoke, Lawrence, Lowell, Malden, New Bedford, North Shore, Revere and Springfield State.   TAO Staff will be notified as each phase of this new initiative begins.