Guidelines for operating the employment service as a comprehensive manpower agency are being field tested in 10 cities and one rural area. Two of the most important tools are Job Banks which computerize job opening and training opportunities and employability teams which provide comprehensive client counseling. (BC)

This first annual report on the Work Incentive (WIN) Program covers theprogram from its inception in mid-1968 to April 30, 1970.

Despite uncertainty over program goals, Mainstream is providing useful, satisfying jobs for enrollees. (BH)

Public employment program adds variety of workers to government payrolls. (Editor)

Supervisors rate former welfare recipients equal to or better than regular workers. (Editor)

This special issue of Manpower is entitled Making Prison Training Work." (BH)

Test projects seek ways to take inner city residents to suburban jobs. (Editor)

Study assesses impact of job training on individuals and institutions. (Editor)

Through relaxed civil service requirements, the Defense Department placed Neighborhood Youth Corps trainees in military installations, with permanent jobs to follow 9 months of training and work experience. (BH)

Despite a tightening job market and a shortage of matching funds by the states, the Work Incentive Program made good progress last year. (BH)

The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), less than one year old, represents a promising start and demonstrates that Federal, State, and local governments can work together to help people with serious employment problems compete more effectively for jobs. (Author/MW)

The Vermont Employment Service has developed a Federally funded program of subsidized public service jobs leading to regular non-subsidized employment, frequently by absorption into employers' regular work forces. (BP)