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Key to Domains:

• Adult Employment – Poor or no work history, no employment opportunities, other employment factors • Finances – Severe debt problems, poor or no budgeting skills, bankruptcy, other • Transportation – No driver’s license or permit, no transportation, unreliable transportation, suspended license, owes fines, needs CRASH, needs car repairs, other • Emotional Health – Alcohol abuse, drug abuse, mental health issues, other • Health and Safety – Physical health issues, lack of medical providers, needs dental work, other • Education – No diploma or GED, doesn’t speak English, difficulty learning, lacks essential skills, learning disability, other • Shelter – Homeless/living in shelter, dangerous/inadequate housing, lack of affordable housing, owes back rent, other • Child Development – Children who have serious developmental delays, serious behavioral problems, no child care available, disabled child, child has IEP, other • Legal – Legal or court proceedings, legal court proceedings: divorce, history of criminal activity, other • Work Habits – Lacks hard skills, lacks soft skills, other • Community Relations – Poor relationships with neighbors, isolated from community/services, other • Family Interactions – Efforts being sabotaged, multiple agency involvement, family make-up frequently changing, frequent family conflicts, domestic violence, needed in home, other • Food and Clothing – Inadequate clothing, inadequate nutrition, other

To help with these employment barriers, Reach Up provides incentives and support services designed to help families reach their employment goals. Support services improve the participant’s prospects for employment and job retention. The need for support services is determined during assessment, reassessment, and during the creation and modification of the Family Development Plan. Reach Up provides a wide range of support services including payment for child care and transportation. Case managers also use the “Your Money, Your Goals” toolkit to integrate financial capability into the program and address financial barriers. While transportation remains a significant barrier to employment for Vermont Reach Up participants, the transportation barrier has steadily decreased over the last 9 years from a high of 42% to the current 32%.

53% 44% 32% 24% 22% 22% 18% 15% 15% 14% 10% 9% 3% 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 Number of Participants with Barriers Types of Barriers Reach Up Participants with Barriers