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Patten, Sharon K.; Boom, Mary – 1990
This study identified various direct and indirect strategies for financing supported employment, based on discussions with individuals in Minnesota and across the United States, reviewed supported employment efforts in selected states, conducted a review of literature, and explored related initiatives in other health and human service areas. Key…
Descriptors: Financial Policy, Financial Support, Policy Formation, Program Budgeting
Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board, St. Paul. – 1988
The benefits, costs, and risks of prepaid tuition and state saving incentive plans to help families pay the cost of a postsecondary education are examined. After discussing why plans have been proposed, financing strategies and savings instruments currently available to families are reviewed. Three types of state plans have emerged: prepaid…
Descriptors: Financial Services, Higher Education, Incentives, Parent Financial Contribution
Minnesota Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, St. Paul. – 1989
A survey was conducted of 101 day training and habilitation services in Minnesota serving adults with developmental disabilities. The survey gathered information on age of clients, level of functioning, additional disabilities, place of residence, length of placement, vocational activities, integration, supervision, length of time at the same job…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Developmental Disabilities, Employment
Minnesota Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, St. Paul. – 1988
This paper reports the results of analyzing financial, program, and client data collected from Minnesota's Developmental Achievement Centers (DACs) for 1986. A total of 4,883 adults were receiving services, with the largest group being severely mentally retarded. Persons with additional disabilities numbered 1,263, with severe behavior problems,…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
Minnesota State Dept. of Economic Security, St. Paul. – 1995
This report describes summer youth employment and training programs operated throughout Minnesota via the Service Delivery Area/Private Industry Council network. It provides a statistical profile of the young people served, program costs, and program outcomes. The report begins with statewide outcome information, including a statewide summary of…
Descriptors: Part Time Employment, Program Costs, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness
Minnesota House of Representatives, St. Paul. Research Dept. – 1993
Since the early 1970s, secondary vocational education (SVE) in Minnesota has been funded either by paying districts a flat percentage of eligible costs or by paying a percentage of eligible costs plus paying for certain excess costs. By the mid-1980s, a number of questions and concerns about SVE funding were emerging. Among the specific concerns…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Problems, Financial Support, Funding Formulas
Minnesota Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, St. Paul. – 1989
This paper presents data collected from rehabilitation centers serving individuals with developmental disabilities in Minnesota, called Developmental Achievement Centers (DACs). The data focus on finances, programs, and clients, and are compared with data from previous years. All 97 providers of adult services in Minnesota completed the survey,…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
Stancliffe, Roger J.; Lakin, K. Charlie – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1998
An examination of expenditures, staffing, and outcomes for 116 adults with severe mental retardation who moved from state institutions in Minnesota to community living settings and a comparison group of 71 persons who remained institutionalized, found community residences were less costly, had more favorable staffing, and better outcomes.…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Comparative Analysis, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1991
Surveys listing 20 issues relating to school choice and special education were sent to the 102 Directors of Special Education in Minnesota. Directors were asked to rate issues as important or not important. The 54 responding directors identified the following issues as most important: (1) excess program costs; (2) effects of enrollment options on…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Behavior Disorders, Disabilities, Educational Finance
Chelius, James, Ed. – 1986
This volume includes the following conference papers: "The Status and Direction of Workers' Compensation" (James R. Chelius); "The Minnesota Experience with Workers' Compensation Reform" (Steve Keefe); "The 1982 Changes in California" (Alan Tebb); "Two Rounds of Workers' Compensation Reform in Michigan" (H.…
Descriptors: Accidents, Administrator Attitudes, Asbestos, Comparative Analysis
Minnesota State Office of the Legislative Auditor, St. Paul. Program Evaluation Div. – 1997
This report presents findings of a state-wide evaluation of special education in Minnesota with emphasis on costs and the impact of state and federal regulations. Major findings indicated that the percentage of students receiving special education services has risen from 7.4 percent to 10.9 percent over the last two decades; special education…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Educational Finance
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. – 1993
Adult basic education (ABE) programming efforts in Minnesota for the 1992-93 year were designed to accomplish the following state plan-stipulated goals: (1) continue developing/implementing a statewide ABE delivery system to enable adults (especially disadvantaged adults) with basic skill deficiencies to identify and achieve their personal and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Annual Reports, Basic Skills
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1994
These Congressional hearings contain testimony regarding options for restructuring the federal employment and training system. Representatives of the following agencies and organizations provided testimony at the hearings: National Commission on Employment Policy; Health, Education and Human Services Division, Education and Employment Issues, U.S.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Minnesota State Dept. of Economic Security, St. Paul. – 2000
Minnesota's Youthbuild program helps at-risk youths gain useful job skills while building safe, affordable housing in their neighborhoods and working toward their high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate. In 1999, the Minnesota Legislature appropriated 751,000 dollars per year in Youthbuild funds. The program…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Building Trades, Career Education