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Download full textDepartment of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC. – 1990
This document summarizes the requirements and guidelines for the Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP). This program is authorized by Section 787 of the Public Health Service Act to make grants to and contracts with postsecondary institutions to carry out programs which assist individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to enter and graduate…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Opportunities
Knuti, David; Zuckerman, Alan, Ed. – 1986
This guide is intended to assist Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program policymakers, planners, and program operators to understand the provisions and possibilities afforded by the JTPA. The first section provides an overview of the JTPA. Discussed next are the following aspects of the JTPA planning and administration system: federal funding…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1987
The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, passed in July 1987, authorized over $400 million for fiscal year 1987 in homeless assistance for several federal programs, including the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This report examines how funds appropriated to HUD and FEMA…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Ways and Means. – 1992
A hearing was held on education, training, and service programs that serve disadvantaged teens. Testimony was presented on recent research findings concerning these programs and on their implementation. The major lessons learned from the Summer Training and Employment (STEP) program were presented, including those of implementation and impact. A…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Parenthood, Economically Disadvantaged
Knuti, David; And Others – 1986
This guide is intended to assist community-based organizations (CBOs) in developing Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs that will provide needed services to their constituents. First, the history and implications of JTPA are summarized from a CBO viewpoint. Discussed in a chapter on JTPA funding categories are such topics as allocation…
Descriptors: Accountability, Check Lists, Community Organizations, Economically Disadvantaged
Knuti, David; Zuckerman, Alan, Ed. – 1986
This guide is intended to assist Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program policymakers, planners, and program operators develop JTPA programs and activities. Discussed first are JTPA participant eligibility criteria and ways of assuring that competing groups can receive services in an equitable manner that is consistent with the intent of JTPA.…
Descriptors: Business Education, Competency Based Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1982
The Job Training Partnership Act is intended to establish programs to prepare youth and unskilled adults for entry into the labor force and to afford job training to those economically disadvantaged individuals who are in special need of such training to obtain productive employment. The act is organized into five titles. Title I prescribes the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, American Indians, Disadvantaged Youth
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1982
The Job Training Partnership Act is intended to establish programs to prepare youth and unskilled adults for entry into the labor force and to afford job training to those economically disadvantaged individuals who are in special need of such training to obtain productive employment. The act is organized into five titles. This document contains an…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, American Indians, Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1982
The Job Training Partnership Act is intended to establish programs to prepare youth and unskilled adults for entry into the labor force and to afford job training to those economically disadvantaged individuals who are in special need of such training to obtain productive employment. The act is organized into five titles. This document contains…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, American Indians, Disadvantaged Youth
Lukas, Carol VanDeusen – 1981
This report on the impact of the Vocational Education ACT (VEA) on special needs populations in vocational education examines the structure of the VEA, the state and local contexts in which the law is implemented, and the problems of serving special populations that the mechanisms are attempting to address. Outlined first are the goals and role of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Role, Data Collection, Definitions
