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Robins, Philip K. – Evaluation Review, 2007
This article examines the employment and child care responses of families participating in 10 experimental welfare reform programs conducted in the United States between 1989 and 2002. For the programs analyzed, child care use increases by about the same amount as the increase in employment. Most of the increased child care comprises informal care…
Descriptors: Employment, Welfare Services, Child Care, Welfare Recipients
Schnitzer, Martin – 1966
Government relocation assistance programs, designed to move unemployed workers from areas where suitable employment opportunities do not exist to areas where jobs are available, were examined in detail for Sweden, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and the United States and briefly for Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, West Germany, and the…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Financial Support
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Weidman, John C. – 1978
Portland, Oregon, employers approached by Work Incentive Program (WIN) clients were surveyed to determine their reactions to various components of the voucher on-the-job training (OJT) program, to identify the types of employing organizations that were likely to be receptive to vouchered OJT, to assess the actual functioning of the voucher system…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Vouchers, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Evans, Robert, Jr.; And Others – 1976
A study was conducted to determine whether existing work tests affected the timing and quality of jobs found after a period during which a person both received welfare benefits and had to register with the Employment Service (ES) in connection with their receipt. Six measurable aspects of a work test applicable to individuals were identified:…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment, Employment Patterns
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1978
Improvement is needed in services offered by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and the U.S. Employment Service programs to give designated classes of Armed Forces veterans special treatment. This finding is based on reviews of six city programs and national program data. "Special treatment," although required, was not…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
Reported here is the oversight hearing on the Youth Employment and Demonstrations Projects Act to examine the problem of youth unemployment and the extent to which existing federal programs are addressing the problem. Major content is the testimony of four witnesses: Leon Anderson, Division of Human Resources, U.S. Forest Service, Department of…
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Legislation
Pressley, Calvin; McGraw, James – 1978
This monograph on Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program models for practitioners in community-based government employment and training programs describes a model for classroom job training, the Opportunities Industrial Centers (OIC) model. The content is presented in five sections. The introductory section discusses motivations…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1979
A study was conducted to examine federally assisted employment and training programs in the Tidewater, Virginia, area during fiscal year 1977. The General Accounting Office found forty-four programs with similar goals attempting to assist virtually the same people. These were authorized through sixteen separate legislative authorities, creating a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Disadvantaged, Educational Needs
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1977
This report for Congress covers a number of fundamental but controversial issues relating to the overall objectives, direction, and pace of the equal employment opportunity (EEO) program for federal employees and job applicants, including some recommendations. The content is presented in nine chapters. The first is an introduction covering…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Employment Programs, Employment Statistics, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Mirengoff, William; Rindler, Lester – 1976
Part of a larger study of the social, economic, and political effects of the new Federal approach to delivery of manpower services, this report covers the early transition period (January-April 1975) of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA--P.L. 93-203), which was the first in a series of proposed special revenue-sharing…
Descriptors: City Government, Decentralization, Delivery Systems, Employment Programs
Camil Associates, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1975
United States Employment Service (ES) characteristics related to recruitment and job search activities in 20 middle-sized American cities from July through December 1974 are described in this report based on interviews with approximately 600 employers and 2,000 job seekers. Part 1 covers employer recruitment and job search, focusing on the role of…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employers
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1977
This report for Congress recommends improvements in the federal government's system for processing the individual discrimination complaints of federal employees and job applicants. The content is presented in seven chapters. The first, an introduction, presents the scope of review. The second chapter on system planning and implementation covers…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Due Process, Employment Programs, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Lambert, Roger H.; Nelson, Eugene S. – 1975
The evaluation scheme proposed here is intended to serve as a format and guide for a third party evaluation of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Title I programs. The guide begins with a brief section presenting an introduction to evaluation, the evaluation format for Title I, and a flow chart of evaluative activities. The remainder…
Descriptors: Adults, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Objectives, Employment Programs
Mushkin, Selma J., Ed.; Nollen, Stanley D., Ed. – 1979
This volume reviews measures and programs recently undertaken by governments in several different countries to address youth unemployment and school-to-work transition. Focus is on studies of assessment methods and data needs (Part 1) and recurrent education (Part 2). The first three studies emphasize the development of assessment methods. One…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1978
Five Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)/Local Education Agency (LEA) programs designed to provide youth with employment-related services were reviewed. Onsite visits were conducted to assess program development and implementation in Houston, Worcester (Massachusetts), Minnesota, Fairfax County (Virginia), and Los Angeles. (Each area…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Problems, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies