The Fort Worth Workforce Demonstration Project: Conceptual Design

The project was a two-year, community-based workforce demonstration project financed by a combination of federal, state and local funds to develop and implement:

• a market-driven approach to providing workforce services that contributes to sustained economic growth for the local community and provides access to quality jobs paying a living wage for the population served;
• an enhanced set of workforce services that leads to significantly better jobs and earnings for the targeted population than is possible under current workforce service strategies; and
• an integrated approach to providing participant services based on a one-stop model that offers easy access, maximum flexibility and services tailored to the needs of those seeking assistance.