This brief highlights strategies for strengthening education and employment pathways for youth and adults returning from correctional facilities and notes key questions that new research should answer. It also explores barriers to employment for people with criminal records--whether or not they have been incarcerated--and potential policy…

It is very difficult for new Canadians to find work that draws on and recognizes their experience and qualifications. About three years ago the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) established a policy to try to help new Canadians achieve hands-on experience in their field of expertise through a special volunteer program. Since then,…

The author describes Adult Preparation Training, a short-term course sponsored by the Manpower Services Commission. The course is designed to help unemployed people find their way into satisfying employment. (Author/CH)

The Inmate Placement Program of the Federal Bureau of Prisons focuses on job skills to aid their readjustment to the community after release. The program includes a mock job fair and has served 7,000 inmates. (Contains 10 references.) (JOW)

The authors describe a retraining scheme designed especially for ethnic minorities, whose problems include gaps in basic education and a lack of awareness of opportunities. (Author/CH)

The author describes the work of the Job Search Center at the University of Houston. The Center assists dislocated workers in career transition by focusing on (1) structure and goal setting, (2) career transition instruction, (3) job search instruction, (4) emotional support, and (5) financial assistance. (CH)

Union response to unemployment in Britain has been the development of Trade Union Congress Centres for the Unemployed. In partnership with university adult education programs, day schools and residential courses are being offered. Universities' education and research role provides a forum for unemployed activists to contribute to the policy…

Describes a conference for disadvantaged clients of the Mountain Community Action Program to meet four goals: (1) develop career decision-making and planning skills, (2) develop job-seeking skills, (3) develop job-retention skills, and (4) enhance each participant's self-esteem and confidence. (CH)

The Albuquerque Office of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Administration (OCETA) contracted with the Albuquerque Urban Observatory to conduct a study of employability skills needed by OCETA participants, to identify training programs that might be available to teach these skills, and to suggest a new model for OCETA job preparation…

As the 16-24 age group, the traditional source of entry level workers, shrinks, employers increasingly have to hire the less advantaged to staff their entry-level work force; they must, therefore, hire people with deficient skills. At the same time, a mix of technical changes and heightened competition is increasing the skill level needed for work…

The PAC-WISE program provided 150 hours of skills training in office occupations to single parents and homemakers with a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate. Recruitment was effected mainly through GED classes and a flyer in the lobby of the administration building. Selection was based on need according to a…

A project studied 30 displaced homemakers who had participated successfully in the Jefferson County (Kentucky) Public Schools Displaced Homemakers/Non-Traditional Job Exploration Program. Personal interviews were accompanied by a statistical sheet, gathering the individual history of the interviewee. All persons interviewed felt their situations…

The main objective of the 1994-95 PASSAGE Newsletter project was to provide timely workplace and job skills information to Pennsylvania's adult learners, unemployed/underemployed individuals, adult educators, career counselors/trainers, and resource/training centers. The newsletter highlighted a variety of topics: classroom skills used in the…

Through the Jail to Job Phase II project, the Erie Adult Learning Center provided inmates of the Erie County Prison with employability skills, decision making, problem solving, survival skills, and anger management education. Forty soon-to-be-released inmates participated in 37 hours of class. Prison staff, in concert with the instructor, selected…

A project was conducted to prepare unemployed or underemployed adults to enter the work force by continuing and expanding an adult education and career enhancement program that embraces the National Education Goals and contains all the elements of a school-to-work model. Staff were recruited and trained, a curriculum integrating work-based and…