This report describes the Jobs-Plus approach, an attempt to transform low-work, high-welfare public housing developments into high-work, low-welfare communities. It highlights the rationale of the approach, the way the demonstration has been set up to test the approach in the field, and what has been accomplished so far by the seven cities chosen to design and implement Jobs-Plus at the local level. Chapter 1 provides the context by discussing the problem of concentrated joblessness in inner cities and public housing and the growing policy interest in creating a better mix of income groups within public housing by increasing residents' employment. Chapter 2 discusses the three components of Jobs-Plus (employment-related activities and support services, financial incentives to work, and community support for work) and why they were considered important to achieving the program's goals. Chapter 3 describes the characteristics of the housing developments where Jobs-Plus is operating and how and why the cities they are in were selected for the demonstration. Chapters 4-5 discuss the sites' early practices and experiences, first in building the local partnerships that were to design and operate Jobs-Plus and then in crafting the program's three main components to fit local conditions. Interspersed throughout chapter 5 are profiles of each site's emerging Jobs-Plus program. Chapter 5 ends with a note on the next steps in the study. Appendixes summarize the overall research plan for evaluating Jobs-Plus. Contain 47 references. (YLB)