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Meeting the Need for Child Care: Problems and Progress. Hearing before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session.

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Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1987

A hearing was held to identify problems and assess progress in the provision of affordable, high quality child care. Testimony concerned: (1) problems working parents have had in providing care for their young children; (2) day care initiatives and needs in California; (3) ways in which San Mateo County used its housing and community development…

Descriptors: Blacks, Day Care, Educational Quality, Employer Supported Day Care

GAIN: Program Strategies, Participation Patterns, and First-Year Impacts in Six Counties. California's Greater Avenues for Independence Program.

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Riccio, James; Friedlander, Daniel – 1992

The first findings of an evaluation of California's welfare-to-work program, Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN), related to its impact on employment, earnings, and welfare payments. The impact results came from a study of applicants for and recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in six counties and were limited to the…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns

Career Academy Programs in California: Outcomes and Implementation. CPRC Report.

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Maxwell, Nan L.; Rubin, Victor – 2001

The outcomes and implementation of career academy programs in California were examined in a study of one school district's efforts to implement a uniform career academy model in 1990-1996. A cohort of approximately 10,000 students who were sophomores in the district's comprehensive high schools between 1990 and 1993 were followed through high…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Career Academies, Career Education

GAIN: Benefits, Costs, and Three-Year Impacts of a Welfare-to-Work Program. California's Greater Avenues for Independence Program.

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Riccio, James; And Others – 1994

The cost-effectiveness and 3-year impacts of California's Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) program, which is a statewide initiative aimed at increasing the employment and self-sufficiency of recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), were evaluated by studying follow-up data for 33,000 people from 6 counties who entered…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, County Programs