One of today's most daunting issues involves former AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) recipients. Rather than simply abandoning them, the Nation has switched to a new program designed to prepare former welfare recipients for the world of work. Dubbed Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the program is operated by UPO and other groups in the District of Columbia. UPO, working in partnership with the District of Columbia Department on Human services and ACS State and Local Solutions, is moving ahead to provide TANF recipients with the necessary tools needed in today's workplace. Beryl C. Johnson is Program Director for UPO's TANF Program. 

UPO/TANF Customers visit WUSA-TV 9

Gaining wisdom from individuals in the professional community was the impetus for UPO's TANF program's visit to local CBS affilliate WUSA-TV 9, a leader in Washington, DC television. TANF customers watched in awe, as the the 12 Noon newscast aired live, anchored by veteran reporter
J.C. Hayward, a woman who actually began her professional career with UPO during the agency's formative years.

J.C. Hayward, holding flowers, along with meteorologist and weathercaster Howard Bernstein, flanked by UPO/TANF customers and staffers following Noon newscast. Also present was WUSA's Madeline LaCore, the popular television station's longtime community affairs representative and senior producer.

Click here to watch the TANF program on UPO CITYWIDE,
the United Planning Organization's public access television program.

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UPO/TANF Workshop Topics
UPO TANF served an average of 273 customers during the year. TANF customers go through the following training process: 1. An Intense Orientation Session 2. Futures in Work-Roadway to Employment Workshops 3. Structured Job Searches 4. Independent Job Searches 5. Work Experience/Job Readiness Training 6. Unsubsidized Employment
Josephine Drew, assistant project director with UPO's TANF-Futures In Work Program, standing, discusses workplace solutions with customers.

UPO/TANF Program
2907 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20032
(202) 231-7920