Can a Participant-Centered Approach to Setting and Pursuing Goals Help Adults with Low Incomes Become Economically Stable?

Summary

Policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and others are interested in the potential of employment coaching to help Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients and other adults with low incomes to become economically secure. Employment coaching is based on the idea that coaches can help people use and strengthen the skills that enable them to stay organized, finish tasks, and control emotions. Improving these skills, which we refer to as self-regulation skills, can in turn help them improve their economic security.