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Piliavin, Irving; Gartner, Rosemary – 1979
This paper details the assumptions guiding the National Supported Work Demonstration and describes the distinctions between Supported Work and other manpower and employment programs for ex-offenders. The theoretial linkages between crime, poverty, and unemployment postulated by sociologists and economists are discussed, along with their…
Descriptors: Crime, Criminals, Employment Problems, Employment Programs
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
This report provides information about programs that can be replicated and resources that can be tapped to design and implement strategies for helping women on welfare become productive employees. The first part describes major welfare programs in the United States and welfare-to-work programs initiated in selected states over the past several…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Problems, Employment Programs

OECD Observer, 1985
Examines the problems associated with youth unemployment in 12 countries. Discusses the impact of major sociological, economic, and educational trends on job and career possibilities. Recommends specific governmental policies and actions based on the case study findings of 18 programs of institutional innovation. (ML)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Employment, Employment Problems, Employment Programs
Gueron, Judith M. – 1984
The Department of Labor's Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects (YIEPP) was the nation's largest demonstration to test a new approach to solving the employment problems of disadvantaged youths. Sixteen- to 19-year-olds from low income or welfare households who had not yet graduated from high school were offered minimum-wage jobs, part-time…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1987
This annual report covers the period July 1985 through June 1986, Program Year 1985. Part I presents findings and recommendations from Commission work on the impact of new technologies on jobs, the problems of displaced workers, and workers' increasing need for basic skills. Part II describes the major activities of the Commission in three major…
Descriptors: Adults, Annual Reports, Career Education, Computers
Thompson, Velma Montoya – 1975
The Rand paper on programs facilitating the mid-life career redirection of unemployed aerospace professionals is 1 of 20 policy-related research reports commissioned by the Division of Social Systems and Human Resources in the Research Applied to National Needs Program of the National Science Foundation. It is based on the evaluation of some 300…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Age, Career Change, Career Guidance
National Youth Employment Coalition, Washington, DC. – 1994
The consensus of many organizations in the youth employment field is that the United States needs a bold new approach to youth employment and training. The development of a broad, national youth development strategy is recommended. The strategy should include the following: (1) a multi-year investment in a young person's development; (2) workforce…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Needs, Employment Problems, Employment Programs
Finlay, Belva; Blank, Helen; Poersch, Nicole Oxendine – 1998
This report describes some of the ways in which Head Start agencies are helping to set parents on the path to self-sufficiency. The report is intended to illustrate the variety of initiatives that are underway and to highlight the important work all Head Start agencies are doing to support parents as they move from welfare to work. The…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment, Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems
Boyd, Sheila; Regner, Christine – 1987
The Eidos Program, sponsored by the Idyllic Foundation, is a private community-based organization that, with schools and other cooperating agencies and sponsors, helps young people whose needs are not adequately met by existing instituions. The program, which was funded for six months by the Job Training Partnership Act, provided educational and…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Cooperative Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs
DeLapp, Lynn; And Others – 1981
This technical report details the employment problems of inner-city youth and describes some programs that have successfully met these problems. The first of its three parts describes inner-city youth and enumerates the major employment barriers facing them. (It was found that while inner-city youth tend to be disadvantaged, a subgroup of them…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, County Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Ammarrell, Natalie; Moore, Timothy – 1985
Inner City, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Polaroid Corporation, located in the Roxbury section of Boston. Without the use of public funding, Polaroid created this job training program 17 years ago to provide Boston's unemployed residents with entry into meaningful employment. Training occurs within the framework of an actual…
Descriptors: Dismissal (Personnel), Employment Experience, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Committee on Evaluation of Employment and Training Programs. – 1978
This document presents the principal findings and recommendations of a study conducted by the Committee on Evaluation of Employment and Training Program to assess the impact of CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) on manpower programs. This report is divided into two parts. Part 1 provides an overview of CETA's history, summarizes…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Economic Factors
Ministry of Education, Copenhagen (Denmark). – 1978
This document is a report of the activities undertaken to help youths in Denmark find or train for employment under the provisions of the Employment Plan during the years 1978-1980. The report covers the history of the Employment Plan, a description of its Youth Programme, the various types of activities initiated by local and county authorities,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1979
In its fifth annual report for 1979, the National Commission for Employment Policy recommended that the nation make a new commitment to improving the employment prospects of disadvantaged youth. In preparing its findings and recommendations on youth unemployment, the commission received information from the Youth Task Force; academic consultants;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Walwei, Ulrich; Werner, Heinz; Konig, Ingeborg – 2001
This document contains three papers from an international conference on "ways and means for more employment." The first paper, "Employment Policy Comparisons and Policy Advice" (Ulrich Walwei), covers the German labor market in the second half of the 1990s and requirements for longer-term employment success through coping with…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Economic Development
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