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Download full textCongress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1994
This document records the oral testimony and written reports of witnesses who testified at a Congressional hearing on moving the United States toward a comprehensive employment training system. Witnesses included members of Congress, state officials, labor representatives, and association officials concerned with employment and training. At the…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Job Training
Walker, Gary; And Others – 1986
This is the third and final report of a 2-year study analyzing implementation of Title II-A of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) of 1982. Title II-A, which accounts for about 50 percent of the funds appropriated under JTPA, provides job training for the economically disadvantaged. The report is based on management information and direct…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Virginia State Council on Vocational Education, Richmond. – 1989
This report presents an overview of the vocational education delivery systems assisted under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act and the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in Virginia. For the Perkins Act, the report reviews the purpose, delivery system, and the implementation of vocational education (enrollments, quality of programs for…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal), Coordination
Berkeley Planning Associates, CA. – 1990
This technical assistance guide was developed to help state policy makers develop performance-standard incentive policies that are effective tools in accomplishing state and federal goals for Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. The guide is organized in three sections. The first section introduces incentive policies as tools to further…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Incentive Grants
Douglass, Rebecca S. – 1990
A national network of six regional curriculum centers and at least 40 state-level curriculum materials centers are designed to identify and provide job training materials. These centers are supported with funds from federal and state legislation for vocational and technical education. The extent to which services of these centers are currently…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Education Service Centers
Gomez, Tom; Niss, David S. – 1992
In 1991-1992, the Montana state legislature's Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Review Committee evaluated implementation of JTPA in Montana. The committee gathered background information on JTPA and state laws and programs implementing the federal programs and heard testimony on the plans and state job training programs. After 3 meetings, the…
Descriptors: Coordination, Educational Legislation, Evaluation Criteria, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1983
This document is a transcript of a Congressional hearing conducted for the purpose of discussing the workings of the new federal Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) as it applies to veterans. Witnesses included various officials of veterans groups, especially Vietnam veterans from Massachusetts, state officials of Massachusetts, a representative…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1984
This document summarizes the preliminary findings of U.S. House of Representatives and research on the workings of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) of 1982 during its first nine months. To prepare this print, the committee conducted Congressional forums and site visits in Seattle, Washington; Cleveland, Ohio; Nashville, Tennessee; and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Dislocated Workers, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Kelso, Carol; And Others – 1985
This guide to the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) was prepared by the Wisconsin League of Women Voters to aid women in that state in gaining the full benefits of the Act's provisions. The guide is organized in eight sections. The first two sections introduce the guide and outline the provisions of the JTPA. The third section explains who runs…
Descriptors: Community Education, Compliance (Legal), Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Maine State Council on Vocational Education, Hallowell. – 1989
This document reports results of a survey of vocational schools and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) agencies in Maine conducted by a mailed questionnaire and site visits. Sixty-eight percent of the vocational schools and 65 percent of the JTPA agencies returned the surveys. The report presents an overview of vocational education and JTPA…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Federal Legislation, Job Training, Outcomes of Education
Toledo Area Private Industry Council, OH. – 1991
The Toledo Area Welfare Coordination Task Force, coordinated by the Private Industry Council and funded by the Job Training Partnership Act, brought together more than 20 community leaders representing private and public organizations that have a role to play in implementing the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program in Lucas and Wood…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Agency Cooperation, Community Programs
Harrison, Bennett; And Others – 1995
Based on interviews with Community Development Corporation (CDC) personnel from many organizations conducted at 10 sites throughout the country, this report presents an overview of CDCs and employment training, supported by detailed case studies. The report is organized in six chapters on the following topics: employment training and the changing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Compliance (Legal), Economic Development
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1990
This report (1) focuses on issues that have caused Hispanics to be underserved by training programs funded under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA); (2) discusses the implications of these issues for the success of the JTPA system in meeting its goal of training economically disadvantaged people; and (3) presents specific recommendations for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Programs, Compliance (Legal), Disadvantaged
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1993
This document records the oral and written testimony of witnesses at a Congressional hearing held in April 1993 to assess the costs and outcomes of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Witnesses included officials from the U.S. Department of Labor, the General Accounting Office, consultants retained to evaluate the program, and several local…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1990
This guide was developed to provide local policymakers and program managers with an approach for using performance standards as a tool for reviewing and improving performance of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs at the local level. The guide is keyed to the Program Year (PY) 1990 U.S. Department of Labor adjustment methodology for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Programs, Compliance (Legal), Employment Programs
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