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Independent Contract Work
Programs that provide or assist people in obtaining employment in which they function as independent contractors, consultants, freelance workers or other similar arrangements.
Temporary Employment
Programs that provide or assist people in obtaining employment arrangements that are temporary in nature. Included are temporary help agencies that pay workers to fill temporary positions in other organizations while permanent staff are on vacation or otherwise unavailable and organizations that provide temporary positions for individuals who are chronically unemployed and retain the position on a time-limited basis as a transition to permanent employment.
The above terms and definitions are part of the Taxonomy of Human Services, used here by permission of INFO LINE of Los Angeles.