Strategies

Support acquisition of job-specific skills through education, certification programs, or on-the-job training, often with personal development resources and other supports

Provide at-risk expectant parents and families with young children with information, support, and training regarding child health, development, and care from prenatal stages through early childhood via trained home visitors

Use broad media-based efforts to educate large groups of current and potential tobacco users about the dangers of tobacco use

Establish time-limited, subsidized, paid jobs to help individuals with barriers to employment transition to unsubsidized employment