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Download full textDrobner, Sherry – 1994
The Adult Literacy Program at the Alameda County Library provided employment oriented programs. The project served a community of over 200,000 people, and targeted workforce/workplace learners. The project served 578 adult learners and provided 35,904 hours of direct tutoring service. The report provides a comparison of actual accomplishments to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Federal Programs
PDF pending restorationKirsch, Irwin S.; And Others – 1992
A comprehensive assessment of the literacy proficiencies of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and Employment Service/Unemployment Insurance (ES/UI) participants was conducted by the Department of Labor. The survey responses of a sample of 2,501 JTPA applicants and 3,277 ES/UI participants were scored, weighted, analyzed, and used to develop a…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Data Collection
Cole, Lucy; Fraser, Ruth – 1994
The Columbia County Public Library (Lake City, Florida) conducted a project that involved recruitment, retention, public awareness, training, basic literacy, collection development, tutoring, computer- assisted, other technology, intergenerational/family, and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. The project served a community of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language)
LaDuke, Caryl – 1994
The Adult Reading Program, a project of the Mesa County Public Library District (Grand Junction, Colorado), involved recruitment, retention, coalition building, public awareness, training, rural oriented, basic literacy, collection development, tutoring, employment oriented, intergenerational/family, and English as a Second Language (ESL)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Community Cooperation
Smyth, Carol B.; Grannell, Dorothy S.; Moore, Miriam – 1994
The Literacy Resource Center project, a program of the Wayne Township Public Library also known as the Morrisson-Reeves Library (Richmond, Indiana), involved recruitment, retention, coalition building, public awareness, training, basic literacy, collection development, tutoring, computer-assisted, other technology, employment oriented,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Community Cooperation
