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Direct linkPrins, Esther; Clymer, Carol – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2018
Many adult education providers are developing career pathways (CP) programs, which are viewed as an important workforce development and poverty alleviation strategy in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, by state and local governments, and by private funders. Based on a three-year researcher-practitioner partnership, this paper uses…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Career Development, Academic Support Services, Federal Legislation
Download full textBloom, Dan – MDRC, 2010
The budget for the U.S. Department of Labor for Fiscal Year 2010 includes a total of $45 million to support and study transitional jobs. This paper describes the origins of the transitional jobs models that are operating today, reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of this approach and other subsidized employment models, and offers some…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Welfare Services, Supported Employment, Employment Programs
Moore, Richard W.; Rossy, Gerard; Roberts, William; Chapman, Kenneth; Sanchez, Urte; Hanley, Chris – Online Submission, 2010
This study is a formative evaluation of the OneStop Career Center Integrated Service Delivery (ISD) Model within the California Workforce System. The study was sponsored by the California Workforce Investment Board. The study completed four in-depth case studies of California OneStops to describe how they implemented the ISD model which brings…
Descriptors: Job Applicants, Summative Evaluation, State Programs, Organizational Culture
Salzman, Jeffrey; Dickinson, Katherine P.; Fedrau, Ruth; Lazarin, Melissa – 1999
To assess the current connections between the Unemployment Insurance (UI) and One-Stop (OS) systems, case studies were conducted of eight states and eight local areas. Findings indicated the major factor that influenced UI's role in the OS design was whether the state took initial claims by telephone or in-person; UI played differing roles in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Kogan, Deborah; Koller, Vinz; Kozumplik, Richalene; Lawrence, Mary Ann – 1999
This document is part of a five-module training package to help employment and training service providers comply with the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 and develop a one-stop training and employment services system. It consists of the participant workbook, trainer manual, and activity worksheets for a module on designing a system for the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavioral Objectives, Brainstorming, Career Centers
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
Harris, Linda; Tsoi-A-Fatt, Rhonda – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2007
This paper presents Center for Law and Social Policy's (CLASP's) recommendations on how No Child Left Behind (NCLB) could better address the workforce challenges faced by this country. CLASP is a nonprofit organization engaged in research, analysis, technical assistance, and advocacy on a range of issues affecting low-income families. The…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Educational Change, Education Work Relationship, High Schools
Fagnoni, Cynthia M. – 2000
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) focuses on integrating and streamlining services, requiring that most employment and training services, including those provided under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, be provided through the One-Stop Center System. States are implementing WIA, but not all will have all steps…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
Kogan, Deborah; Koller, Vinz; Kozumplik, Richalene; Lawrence, Mary Ann – 1999
This document is part of a five-module training package to help employment and training service providers comply with the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 and develop a one-stop training and employment services system. It contains the participant workbook, trainer manual, and activity worksheets for a module on collecting and using customer…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavioral Objectives, Career Centers, Classroom Techniques
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2000
In July 2000, the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 officially replaced the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). WIA requires individual assessment of skill levels and service needs and development of an individual service strategy for each youth participant. WIA requires all youth programs to make 10 program elements available to all…
Descriptors: Accountability, Admission Criteria, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
Maine 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
Sheared, Vanessa – 2001
A study focused on the effect of welfare reform legislation on literacy or social service providers and families participating in the programs. Program staff and participants in Wisconsin and California were surveyed and interviewed to determine how welfare reform impacted what they do programmatically or personally. Findings indicated receipt of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Income, Family Literacy
D'Amico, Ronald; Kogan, Deborah; Kreutzer, Suzanne; Wiegand, Andrew; Baker, Alberta; Carrick, Gardner; McCarthy, Carole – 2001
Early state and local progress toward implementation of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) was reviewed. Data were collected through visits to selected sites in Florida, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, and Vermont and a 90-item Workforce System Information and Evaluation (WSIE) data collection form. The following aspects of WIA…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Budgeting
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1998
This document provides an overview of the Workforce Investment Act, which provides the framework for a national work force preparation and employment system designed to meet simultaneously the needs of the nation's businesses and of job seekers wishing to further their careers. The document begins with a brief summary of the act's five titles,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees
Callahan, Jim; McLaughlin, Brenda – 2002
This guide presents information and materials to help youth programs manage program intake, design an individual service strategy (ISS) as mandated in the Workforce Investment Act, and manage case files. The materials are based on information obtained from staff working in seven successful youth workforce investment programs in Maryland,…
Descriptors: Case Records, Case Studies, Caseworker Approach, Counseling Techniques
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