The Jobs Initiative
was an eight-year, $30 million effort to help 18- to 35-year-old, inner-city
residents obtain family-supporting jobs, funded by the Annie E. Casey
Foundation. JFF provided assistance to the foundation and to the initiative’s
sites to help them achieve systemic reforms that improve job opportunities for
low-income people in their regions.
Nationally, the Jobs
Initiative placed more than 12,000 low-income people in jobs, catalyzed numerous
innovations in the field, and was responsible for significant systems reforms
in a number of its sites. For more information and access to the many Jobs
Initiative publications, please go to aecf.org.
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Engaging Employers to Benefit Low-Income Job Seekers: Lessons from the Jobs Initiative 
