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Dortch, Cassandria – Congressional Research Service, 2017
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), previously named the Veterans Administration, has been providing veterans educational assistance (GI BillĀ®) benefits since 1944. This report describes the GI Bills enacted prior to 2008. Although participation in some programs has ended or is declining, the programs' evolution and provisions inform…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Veterans, Veterans Education, Student Financial Aid
Lower-Basch, Elizabeth – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2014
This document provides an overview of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T). SNAP E&T is a funding source that allows states to provide employment and training and related supportive services to individuals receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps)…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Welfare Recipients, Employment Services, Employment Programs
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Reece, Carolyn – Children Today, 1988
Describes an innovative intergenerational pilot project, Team Work, in Northern Virginia in which older adult volunteers help disabled young people progress toward secure competitive employment. (BB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Programs, High Risk Persons, Intergenerational Programs
Faddis, Constance R.; And Others – 1987
This pilot study demonstrates the applicability of the job club concept for adults with developmental disabilities who have completed a vocational training program at Chicago City-Wide College (CCC). The pilot project, which served 26 students, operated in a business-like atmosphere with rules such as those found in workplaces. The job club…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Developmental Disabilities, Employment Interviews, Employment Programs
Ball, Joseph; And Others – 1980
The Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects were set up to aid disadvantaged youths, ages 16 to 19, by guaranteeing them a part-time job during the school year and a full-time job during summer months on the condition that they remain in, or return to, a secondary school or enroll in an equivalent education program. The program was started in…
Descriptors: Definitions, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Diaz, William; And Others – 1980
Through August, 1979, approximately 63,000 low-income youths in 17 areas across the country had been enrolled in Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects that guaranteed them a part-time job during the school year and a full-time job during summer months on the condition that they remain in, or return to, a secondary school or enroll in an…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Ball, Joseph; And Others – 1979
The Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects were set up to aid disadvantaged youths, ages 16 to 19, guaranteeing them a part-time job during the school year and a full-time job during summer months on the condition that they remain in, or return to, a secondary school or enroll in an equivalency education program. It was started in January,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Vocational Training Council (Hong Kong). – 2000
This document contains 123 papers from an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The papers focus on the following themes: (1) societal and ethical issues; (2) human resource development and personnel training; (3) international issues; (4) information technology in VET;…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Alternative Assessment