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Chitayat, Deanna; And Others – 1979
A study examined nine strategies for disseminating "The New Occupational Student: Mature Adult Woman," a counseling program for re-entry women at thirty-nine two-year colleges in New York State. The major purpose was to determine whether there was a particular service or combination of services that was most conducive to the implementation of the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis
Carnegie Quarterly, 1988
Project SPIRIT, a Carnegie Corporation sponsored program of the Congress on National Black Churches, has worked within the black community, particularly black churches, to try to strengthen black families. Black churches have played a critically important role in sustaining the black family since the days of slavery. The black church in the 1980s,…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Family, Church Programs, Church Role
Download full textCunanan, Esmeralda S.; Maddy-Bernstein, Carolyn – Office of Special Populations Brief, 1995
The Perkins Act of 1990 and the School to Work Opportunities Act (STWOA) of 1994 both contain explicit provisions regarding career guidance and counseling provisions for special populations. The Perkins Act sets the direction for state and local agencies as they develop vocational and applied education programs to equip youth and adults with the…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Counseling Services
Hand, Jenny; Wright, Wayne – FE Matters, 1997
This document, which is intended to help individuals interested in developing or strengthening partnerships between the further education (FE) colleges and the United Kingdom's National Youth Agency (NYA), contains information about current youth work contributions in FE and materials for FE colleges to use to assess their need for and develop…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Career Counseling, Case Studies
Relave, Nanette – Issue Notes, 2000
This document examines policy and program issues related to promoting employment retention among recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) who have moved from welfare into employment. The document begins with background information about the work requirements and time limits affecting TANF recipients. The second section…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Career Counseling
Kramer, Fredrica – Issue Notes, 1998
This document examines strategies for promoting job retention and career advancement for recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The document begins by considering the problems faced by less-skilled TANF recipients in finding, retaining, and advancing in jobs. Section 2 examines the following policy issues: (1) the aims of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Articulation (Education), Career Counseling
