The United States General Accounting Office reviewed prime sponsor use of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) funds for activities related to membership organizations. Data was gathered by mailed questionnaires to 474 prime sponsors (89 percent response rate), site visits to national membership organizations, attendance at conferences…

American Indian organizations in Chicago grew both in size and number during the 1970s. The lasting impact of War on Poverty programs and the passing of the Indian Education Act of 1972 and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 served as significant factors for the development of these organizations. Alternative American Indian…

During 1977-78, a series of Office of Career Education "mini-conferences" was held, each conference devoted to attacking the concept of collaboration in career education from a different perspective. The notes from this set of mini-conferences form the body of this document. (A companion document, CE 020 111, describes the follow-up…

Outlines NAACP activities in regard to (1) facilitating a relationship between Black colleges and the National Alliance of Businessmen in order to increase the number of Blacks hired by medium and large businesses, and (2) the organization's efforts to increase private sector employment of Black youth through CETA (particularly Title VII)…

This article provides an overview of various aspects of vocational education: federal legislation and funding, administrative structure, finance, planning approach, programmatic delivery system, and coordination provisions. (CT)

A training course to introduce students to the problems and accounting methods for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs should consider four major areas. Within these areas certain objectives should be met: (1) to acquire background knowledge on manpower programs and typical fund accounting procedures, (2) to understand the…

The proceedings of the joint meeting of the National and State Advisory Councils on Vocational Education, held in November, 1974, are presented. The agenda of the two-day meeting is followed by the texts of speeches presented at the meeting: (1) Overview Statement: Issues Facing the National and State Advisory Councils, by Paul Kerr; (2) Advisory…

A description of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) precedes an examination of the CETA network. The three fold purpose of CETA is (1) to establish a flexible and decentralized system of federal, state, and local programs; (2) provide job-training and employment opportunities for the economically disadvantaged who are unemployed,…

The Private Sector Initiative Program (PSIP), Title VII of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), is planned to put employment and training back in private business through grants to employers for on-the-job training programs, with private industry councils as links between business and industry and the federal government. (MF)

The Suffolk County Coordinated Manpower Program in New York is a pilot project whose purpose is to eliminate duplication in employer contacts and services delivered. Agencies at the Federal, State, and local levels work together for a common goal. Definitive results await data analysis, but developments are encouraging. (Author/AJ)

A field study examined the Public Service Employment (PSE) Program's intergovernmental effects. Addressed during the study were such questions as whether the program creates jobs in local government, whether local governments give preference to disadvantaged persons, and what kinds of services are provided. To collect these data, a network of…

This monograph is one of 12 that address various topics in the area of CETA/education linkages. They were designed to provide those individuals interested in the development and implementation of CETA/education linkages with information that will serve to enhance the quality of existing programs and facilitate the efficient and effective…

The proceedings of the tenth joint meeting of the State and National Advisory Councils on Vocational Education, held in May, 1974, is presented. The agenda and highlights of the meeting are provided. The major part of the document consists of the texts of speeches presented during the meeting. Kenneth Hoyt discussed the relationship between career…

This resource guide is designed to assist educational institutions and agencies to expand and increase the effectiveness of their vocational guidance and counseling programs for adults. It includes a relevant combination of articles, books, research reports, audivisoual materials, organizations, and directory lists. The references were compiled…

Describes the College for Human Services which trains a new kind of social worker, human service professionals who already know firsthand the problems of those they are trying to help. Students must qualify for federal funding and perform on the job as well as in the classroom to stay. (MF)