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Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2022
The Pathways for Academic Career and Employment (PACE) program is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of programs that will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for members of target populations by providing them with both effective academic and employment training to ensure gainful employment and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Business Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Employment Opportunities
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2021
The Pathways for Academic Career and Employment (PACE) program is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of programs that will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for members of target populations by providing them with both effective academic and employment training to ensure gainful employment and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Business Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Employment Opportunities
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2020
The Pathways for Academic Career and Employment (PACE) program is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of programs that will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for members of target populations by providing them with both effective academic training to ensure gainful employment and customized support…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Labor Force Development, Labor Legislation, Financial Support
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2018
The Worker Retraining (WRT) program is a key strategy in meeting the economic and workforce needs of Washington's workers and employers. Funded through the state legislature, the aim of WRT is to ensure dislocated and other unemployed workers have access to education and training that will help them reattach to the labor market in jobs and careers…
Descriptors: Job Training, Retraining, Employment Programs, State Programs
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2019
The Pathways for Academic Career and Employment (PACE) program is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of programs that will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for members of target populations by providing them with both effective academic training to ensure gainful employment and customized support…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Federal Legislation, Labor Legislation, Community Colleges
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Devens, Richard M., Jr. – Monthly Labor Review, 1986
Using the longitudinal potential of the Current Population Survey, this report provides information on changes in the labor market status of displaced workers between January 1984 and January 1985. Overall, persons displaced during the 1979-83 period appeared to be generally better off in January 1985 than they had been in January 1984. (CT)
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Income
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Herz, Diane E. – Monthly Labor Review, 1991
Even during a period of rapid employment growth, over four million people were displaced from their jobs in the 1980s. Workers displaced during the latter half of the decade had a much easier time finding new jobs. (Author)
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economic Impact, Employment Patterns, Job Layoff
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1987
In January 1986, the Employment and Training Administration sponsored a special study designed to answer some of the questions about displaced workers. The principal findings of the survey included the following: a total of 10.8 million workers 20 years of age and over lost jobs because of plant closings or employment cut-backs over the January…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Dismissal (Personnel), Employment Practices, Labor Force
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This hearing focuses on the implementation of the Dislocated Worker Program as well as the concerns of those responsible for the program's administration. Representative Augustus Hawkins, chairman of the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities, opened the hearing by urging that more funds (rather than the proposed 55 percent reduction) are…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employment Opportunities, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Workforce Economic Trends, 1998
Changing workplaces offer opportunities for workers and companies that are flexible and willing to learn and adapt. Some trends in the changing workplace include the following; (1) downsizing among companies is decreasing; (2) companies are creating jobs while eliminating other jobs; (3) economic factors are as likely to create jobs as eliminate…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Dislocated Workers, Educational Needs