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Anderson, Bernard E. – 1976
The Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) is the nation's major community-based organization providing manpower development services to the disadvantaged. Chapter 1 of this report introduces the topic and outlines the major issues to be considered. Chapter 2 describes the nature of the urban job crisis and the social and economic conditions…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Civil Rights, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Herrnstadt, Irwin L.; And Others – 1977
A case study of the introduction of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) in Boston was conducted (1) to chronicle and analyze the changes in employment and training planning and programs as the federal policy changes from a centralized and categorical policy to a decentralized and decategorized one, (2) to examine the impact of…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, City Government
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences. – 1978
This volume contains nine case studies describing the initial two-year experiences of local governments in implementing the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA). (An earlier volume published eight similar area studies on the transition from federally centralized to decentralized manpower programs.) Written by resident field…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Control, Community Cooperation, Community Organizations
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Lydecker, Toni H.
This guide for community-based organizations (CBOs) touches on some of the many opportunities for worthwhile collaboration between CBOs and the schools. It suggests several strategies CBOs can use to (1) increase the access of disadvantaged youth and adults to vocational programs and (2) coordinate their own employment and training efforts with…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Involvement
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Barocci, Thomas A.; Myers, Charles A. – 1977
A study regarding the implementation of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) in four eastern Massachusetts prime sponsor areas (Cambridge, Lowell, New Bedford, and the Balance of State) was done to (1) examine the impact of the decisions made during the implementation of CETA on manpower services and institutions, program…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Agency Cooperation, City Government, Community Change
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Ripley, Randall B. – 1977
This last of a series of reports on the implementation of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) in Ohio, from the inception of the program in 1974 through mid-1976, compares 16 of the 17 prime sponsors in the State. The monograph describes and explains patterns of influence over decisionmaking about CETA at the local level, a…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Organizations, Decision Making, Delivery Systems