Abstract
ABSTRACT In this paper, I present a case study of a Micro-Enterprise Training program (MET) that was designed especially for people trying to leave welfare, and to do so by starting their own very small businesses earning at least $7 per hour. Before presenting the case study, I briefly review the literature on welfare reform, wage employment, and micro-enterprise development. Then I discuss the MET program-an innovative response to welfare reform-in its details, capturing the “voices” of the major stakeholders. Finally, I share the barriers and the successes faced by the program as well as the lessons learned, that allow identification of best practices at individual micro-entrepreneur and program levels for running successful micro-enterprise programs. I intend for this paper to teach social work practitioners and students more about micro-enterprise development as a strategy for economic advancement, and encourage more social work involvement in micro-enterprise development programs.
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