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National Governors Association, 2019
This guide is a result of the 2018-2019 National Governors Association (NGA) Chair's initiative, "Good Jobs for All Americans," led by Montana Governor Steve Bullock. This initiative aimed to understand the changing world of work and the factors that affect an individual's ability to connect to a good job and for businesses to access the…
Descriptors: Job Development, Employment Opportunities, Labor Force Development, Education Work Relationship
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1993
This guide provides information on the following topics: services available to help businesses recruit, train, and hire qualified workers; publicly funded programs that provide these services; and where businesses can get more information and help to take advantage of these services. The guide describes many training and employment programs funded…
Descriptors: Business, Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Arnold, Mitylene; And Others – 1990
This eight-chapter procedural guide outlines a supported work approach for competitive employment training of Mississippi citizens with moderate and severe disabilities. The first chapter defines competitive and supported employment and discusses funding, personnel, program options, and vocational curriculum development and assessment. The second…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employment Programs, Program Development
Wisconsin State Dept. of Industry, Labor and Human Relations, Madison. – 1993
This technical assistance guide was developed to consolidate a statewide understanding of the effort to systematize the delivery of employment and training programs through the local formation of job centers in Wisconsin, and to provide a compilation, drawn from 20 local models, that explains how the programs are delivered. The guide is organized…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training
Bergman, Terri – 1998
The six sections of this brief provide the following information: (1) the types of public incentives available to employers for hiring and training of employees, including increasing economic activity and increasing labor market supply; (2) federally operated incentive programs (Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit, Work Opportunity Tax Credit, Employee…
Descriptors: Adults, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Programs, Entry Workers

Powell, Thomas H.; Moore, Stephen C. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1992
This article describes available benefits and work incentives affecting supported employment placement for students with severe disabilities, including payment for necessary supports (state programs and the Department of Labor), protection of benefits (Social Security programs), and incentives to employers (the Targeted Job Tax Credits program and…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Financial Support
Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, Columbus. – 1988
This manual discusses how to develop emergency shelter as a short-term response to homelessness. The manual also discusses long-term goals, such as efforts to empower homeless people to live independently, and coalition-building on behalf of the homeless. The manual consists of six parts. Part 1 is entitled, "Introduction: Working on…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Employment Programs, Homeless People, Housing Needs
Bell, Brenda L. – 1989
A companion to a previous publication called "Private Industry Council Roles and Options," this document is intended to help State Job Training Coordinating Council members and other interested parties better understand the scope and significance of the councils' mission. It provides basic information on the mission, roles, functions,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Policy, Employment Programs, Job Training
Feldman, Deborah – 1990
This report synthesizes information from many sources about state and local Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) evaluation activities and issues. The report's five sections are interrelated, but each can stand alone as a discussion piece on JTPA evaluation. The first section, on the role of evaluation in JTPA, outlines the rationale for doing…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Compliance (Legal), Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Berkeley Planning Associates, CA. – 1990
This technical assistance guide was developed to help state policy makers develop performance-standard incentive policies that are effective tools in accomplishing state and federal goals for Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. The guide is organized in three sections. The first section introduces incentive policies as tools to further…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Incentive Grants
Department of Labor, Chicago, IL. Region V. – 1989
This document is the first volume of a two-volume resource guide to help states and localities take advantage of new Federal initiatives to increase services to youth under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). It summarizes the performance management principles and options available to program administrators identified in discussion papers…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Riffel, Rodney – 1986
This guide is intended to help state legislators enact legislation and create programs of job training within the provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). The guide's five sections cover the following: job training policy (an introduction); establishing oversight of a state's job training resources; the state legislature and the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Compliance (Legal), Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Verstegen, Dale; Nietupski, John – 1994
This manual presents a process for creating public-private sector partnerships on state and regional levels focused on increasing job opportunities for people with disabilities. The manual's four chapters follow the recommended program planning process. The first chapter offers suggestions for building a cadre of consumer, private sector, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Economic Development, Employment Opportunities
Greenwood, Katy; And Others – 1981
Written to provide business executives with examples of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs that successfully prepare people to be skilled workers, this guide also describes the financial incentives for hiring unemployed and economically disadvantaged persons. In an overview of CETA and Title VII programs, private industry…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Incentives
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Workforce Development. – 2000
Adult basic education practitioners in Florida are being faced with new work force development program requirements as a result of recent legislation. This technical assistance paper is designed to provide local adult education administrators and teachers with information to help them to implement Adult Basic Education (ABE) and Workplace…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Classroom Techniques