NIGP 95260: Job Search Workshop

NIGP 95260 Job Search Workshop is an Item code under which state and local governments procure employment-readiness training, job placement assistance, and transition-to-work services for individuals with disabilities, welfare-to-work populations, justice-system reentrants, and neighborhood residents seeking career pathways. Recent solicitations show a shift from standalone job-search workshops toward integrated employment services bundled with skills training, employer engagement, subsidized work experience, and supported employment that emphasize competitive, integrated employment outcomes over temporary placements. Issuing bodies range across state vocational rehabilitation divisions, county social services departments, municipal economic development entities, and criminal justice agencies. The Texas Workforce Commission dominates recent activity, conducting statewide open-enrollment opportunities for Project SEARCH and Employment Services providers; Solano County (California) and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice have solicited reentry and subsidized employment partners; the City of Santa Monica, Atlanta Beltline Inc., and the City of San Antonio represent municipal and nonprofit issuing bodies seeking community-focused job-development and employer-connection programming.

Texas leads recent geographic activity, with the TWC Vocational Rehabilitation Division conducting open enrollments statewide across all 254 counties (applications due February 9, 2027 for Project SEARCH providers and February 8, 2027 for Employment Services providers), the TDCJ requesting reentry-services information for Austin and San Antonio, and Solano County (California) maintaining an ongoing open and continuous RFI for welfare-to-work subsidized employment through May 19, 2027. The City of Santa Monica is soliciting nonprofit proposals through its Human Services Grants Program for four-year community-need-responsive programs with ten-page Program Plans and outcome-based performance indicators (due December 14, 2026, RFP); Atlanta Beltline Inc. solicited proposals to design and deliver the Beltline Business Talent Access Program connecting neighborhood residents with employer partners (due July 24, 2026, RFP). Texas TDCJ RFIs for reentry services in Austin (due August 4, 2026) and San Antonio (due August 18, 2026) seek vocational training, job readiness, and case management capabilities. Compensation structures vary: Texas TWC Employment Services use outcome-based fees ($288–$1,440 for assessment, $9–$46 hourly for readiness services, $919–$3,675 per placement and retention benchmark); Texas TWC Project SEARCH uses fixed fees ($613 Asset Discovery, up to $1,684 per rotation for Skills Training, $919–$1,225 for Job Placement benchmarks); Solano County reimburses subsidized wages on a tiered sliding scale (100 percent for three months, declining to 25 percent by month six with extension options).