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Williams, Patti – 1987
The Indian River Community College (Florida) program prepares people who qualify as displaced homemakers and single parents to enter or reenter the work force and vocational training. The program is designed to meet the needs of the target population by offering pre-employment information and skills, guidance, community referral, and vocational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Displaced Homemakers, Employment Potential
Gaudy, Teresita E. – 1987
A program was designed at Miami-Dade Community College (South Campus) to meet the educational needs and interests of single parents/displaced homemakers by providing recruitment, counseling, financial aid referrals, job placement referrals, and career selection assistance. Nontraditional vocational and occupational programs were emphasized. During…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Attitude Change, Career Education
Download full textWomen's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1985
Based on the experiences of the Women's Bureau projects, this program guide is intended to help community-based organizations develop and implement an entrepreneurship training program for their clients. The program, as described in this document, is aimed at helping homemakers and other women to explore entrepreneurship as a career option and to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration, Business Education, Curriculum Development
Palo Alto Coll., San Antonio, TX. – 1988
The PAC-WISE program provided 150 hours of skills training in office occupations to single parents and homemakers with a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate. Recruitment was effected mainly through GED classes and a flyer in the lobby of the administration building. Selection was based on need according to a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Guidance, Displaced Homemakers, Job Placement
Jackson County Adult Education Center, Marianna, FL. – 1987
The goal of the single parent/homemaker project was to integrate participants into society as competent members of a comfortable and self-supporting family unit. The targeted population consisted largely of younger single parents and/or homemakers (primarily female) who lacked education and skills to function effectively as contributing citizens.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Education
Elgin Community Coll., IL. – 1987
This guide is intended for use in conducting a 2-week, 30-hour career awareness and job readiness workshop for limited-English proficient, Spanish-speaking displaced homemakers and single parents. The workshop includes bilingual instructional materials dealing with the following topics: identifying interests and skills, setting goals,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education, Career Awareness, Community Colleges
