In this article we present some results from a study made in 2012 about use of a public employment measure in Quebec centered on education. We analysed characteristics and tendencies of 48 000 social assistance recipients who participated in the Manpower measure (MFOR) between 2005 and 2011. The results showed that more than 3 social assistance recipients on 4 were involved in high school education programs and French as a second language and that only 52 % of participations were completed on total. Moreover, the drop out rate is even higher for those involved in secondary learning where 71, 5 % of participations were not completed among social assistance participants. Those results show the significance of consultation between the ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (MESS) and its partners from education network in order to improve public employment policy in Québec, especially those delivered to social assistance recipients.