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Download full textUS Government Accountability Office, 2016
Enacted in 2014, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) brought numerous changes to existing federal employment and training programs, including requiring the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Education (Education) to implement a common performance accountability system across the six WIOA-designated core programs. WIOA…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Legislators, Accountability, Job Training
Direct linkWeigensberg, Elizabeth; Schlecht, Colleen; Laken, Faith; Goerge, Robert; Stagner, Matthew; Ballard, Peter; DeCoursey, Jan – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2012
The workforce development system in Chicago and nationwide is multifaceted and includes public and private training providers that work with individuals of all ages and abilities. Broadly, the programs within the system aim to train their participants while preparing them to (re)enter the workforce, graduate them from the programs, and place them…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Employment Programs, Program Effectiveness, Influences
Peer reviewedJarbrink, Krister; McCrone, Paul; Fombonne, Eric; Zanden, Hakan; Knapp, Martin – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
There is a general lack of information about the economic impact of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), particularly regarding adults and those with high-functioning ASD. In this study, the societal economic consequences of ASD were investigated using a sample of young high-functioning adults in need of employment support. A methodology for the…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Young Adults, Supported Employment, Economic Impact
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1992
The General Accounting Office reviewed the Department of Labor's process for determining worker eligibility for the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. TAA provides help in making the transition to new employment to workers certified by the Department of Labor as affected by imports. The program gives workers job counseling, occupational…
Descriptors: Adults, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Dislocated Workers
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined the procedures used by various federal agencies to monitor the performance and effectiveness of their programs of employment training assistance to economically disadvantaged persons. The study revealed that, although most of the employment training programs had some form of oversight or monitoring…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
McManus, Walter – 1983
Modeling and data collection efforts needed to develop a test of the effectiveness of adult literacy and language training programs in increasing the earnings of trainees are reviewed. After reviewing the framework developed for the Manpower Development and Training Act and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) evaluations and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
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
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2001
A study reviewed the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department of Labor's (DOL's) Veterans' Employment and Training Service's (VETS's) administration of the Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) and Local Veterans' Employment Representative (LVER) program. While veterans received priority employment services at one-stop centers, VETS did…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Centers, Data Collection, Disabilities
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2003
The General Accounting Office (GAO) was asked to determine who is being served by the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program (FSE&T program), what services are being provided through the program, and what is known about the program's outcomes and effectiveness. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) does not collect nationwide data on…
Descriptors: Career Centers, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis, Data Collection
