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Download full textMaine State Dept. of Labor, Augusta. – 1999
This handbook is designed to help Maine's citizens and business persons understand why work force development is important in Maine and how Maine's new work force development system will be organized to enable the state to implement the Workforce Investment Act. The following are among the topics discussed throughout the handbook: (1) the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Counseling Services
Ott, Joyce A. – 2001
This document introduces community leaders and practitioners to innovative approaches to improving workforce literacy by building accessible lifelong learning systems to prepare adults with the array of skills needed to prosper in the new economy. The introduction defines literacy and workforce literacy and outlines the challenges that education,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
WIA Youth Policy Councils: Key to the Future for a Generation of Challenge. Policy Issues Monograph.
Callahan, Jim; Pines, Marion – 1999
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 mandates the creation of youth councils to bring together the major resource and delivery systems that have youth as a major "customer." These systems include the following sectors: education; public housing; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families agencies; WIA partners; the justice system; and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies, At Risk Persons
