In 1992, the Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce in Oklahoma established a welfare-to-work program called Industrial Exchange, Inc. (IndEx). IndEx provides welfare recipients with a combination of education activities and work experience. By contracting with local companies to perform light manufacturing and packaging work at a central site, IndEx offers welfare recipients meaningful work experience while reducing labor costs for companies and keeping jobs in the region. Participants remain in IndEx for approximately 6 months, spending 4 hours each day in education activities and 4 hours on the shop floor. IndEx participants maintain their welfare eligibility and work for benefits only. In 1992-1994, IndEx concentrated on its production and education roles. In 1994-96, IndEx began expanding into a new role as job developer and recruiter. IndEx initiated the following new components in 1996-97: 30- and 60-day outplacement training programs for IndEx participants who had obtained their General Educational Development certificate; postplacement services to help participants adjust to being in the work force and improve their job retention rate; and an out-of-school youth component. Since 1992, IndEx has received several small and large grants from public and private sources and has increased its staff from 3 to 15. (MN)