IMPLEMENTING JOBS - A VIEW FROM THE FRONT-LINE

Front-line workers fulfill a critical role in the implementation of th e Job Opportunity and Basic Skills Training Program (JOBS), a welfare- employment program authorized under the Family Support Act of 1988. Th is study of front-line workers suggests that workers strongly support the JOBS program and its goals. They have reservations abut the effect iveness of the JOBS program, however, and identified two major barrier s to implementation: inadequate funding for education and training ser vices and the lack of available employment opportunities in their loca l communities.