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Peer reviewedWiner, Mimi – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1980
The article describes VISION Foundation, a self-help program providing work opportunities for both paid and volunteer persons who are newly blind or have progressive eye diseases. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Blindness, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Equipment
Peer reviewedGray, Dennis – Journal of Gerontology, 1983
Details a longitudinal field experiment on the effectiveness of a behavioral/self-help job-finding program--the job club. Employment service clients (N=46) received job club program or normally available (control) services. Follow-up data revealed a 74 percent employment rate for job club participants versus 22 percent for controls. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Job Applicants, Job Search Methods, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedGaude, Jacques, Ed.; Miller, Steven, Ed. – International Labour Review, 1992
This special issue contains nine articles on labor-intensive public works, social investment funds, rural infrastructure projects, grassroots socioeconomic rights, remuneration systems for self-help projects, road construction and rural transport, employment and environmental rehabilitation, and water as a source of employment. (SK)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Conservation (Environment), Developing Nations, Economic Change
