2 Nuts and Bolts state and local TANF program directors and their partners to help them strengthen their TANF programs so that they are more effective in improving the economic and social well-being of needy children and their families. In particular, it will focus on integrating client assessment and case management, redesigning client flows or integrating education, training, and employment with a goal of providing entry into the highest-paying and often non-traditional occupations for women and their families. HHS will also disseminate lessons learned from the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) program and Responsible Fatherhood program with the broader TANF community through webinars, regional meetings and a National TANF Summit. Guidance to Help Youth with Disabilities Transfer into the Labor Market. In 2015, ED will issue a Transition Guidance Package. The guidance will encourage collaboration and cooperation among agencies connecting with youth during transition periods including schools, state educational agencies, VR agencies, and adult services. It will also explain how this collaboration can be used to improve the extent to which students with disabilities, including those with the most significant disabilities, receive education and skills demanded by employers and necessary to achieve jobs and careers in today’s economy. Disseminating Job-Driven Best Practices to Tribal leaders and Grantees Serving Native Americans. DOI will use annual reports submitted from tribes participating in employment and training programs to select examples of successful programs and then will disseminate those program models to all tribes so that they have the opportunity to implement those that may help them meet their goals. HHS, which operates the Tribal TANF and Native Employment Works program, will also be hosting a series of technical assistance events focused on helping its grantees implement job-driven practices like job creation through career pathways. HHS has also been assisting tribes operating TANF to implement job-driven strategies and will hold roundtable discussions in August on economic development and subsidized employment. Connecting Individuals with Disabilities to Employers and Job Driven Community-based Training Opportunities. In 2015, ED will update its guidance to vocational rehabilitation agencies serving individuals with disabilities. Guidance will highlight promising examples of strong employer engagement and community-based training that provide individuals with disabilities, including those with the most significant disabilities, with the skills demanded by employers and needed to obtain jobs available in today's economy. Guidance on Eligibility of Immigrants for Services. Later this fall the DOL Civil Rights Division will release citizenship guidance to the workforce system outlining the various immigrant groups eligible to receive workforce services, as well as rules against discrimination of these groups. DOL is also planning to release updated data on hired farm workers – many of whom are immigrants from Mexico and Central America – to develop a better understanding of the labor pool available to U.S. agricultural employers. 2.2 FOSTER INNOVATION TO IMPROVE JOB TRAINING As we spread effective practices, we also need to use our federal programs to start experimenting with new approaches to job training. As a separate report on the evidence for job-driven training documents, there is a need to develop our knowledge base about what works. Major priorities include a focus on two populations where research has failed to produce evidence on effective job 48