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Utah State Board of Education, Salt Lake City. Div. of Adult Education and Training. – 1971
A training model called Microville was used in a workshop to acquaint community leaders with the basic decision-making processes and interests involved in coordinated program development and implementation for adult education, training and employment. Microville consumed the first day and one-half of the workshop schedule; the last three and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Programs, Employment Services
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Urban Management Consultants of San Francisco, Inc., CA. – 1976
Written for education administrators, primarily for those dealing with Federally funded adult education and vocational education programs at State and local levels, this guide is intended to serve four major purposes: (1) Explain the Comprehensive Employment and Training ACT (CETA) and how it works, (2) point out potential areas for coordination…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. – 1999
This guide shares information about setting up and operating Neighborhood Networks centers. (These centers operate in Department of Housing and Urban Development-assisted or -insured housing nationwide to help low-income people boost their basic skills and find good jobs, learn to use computers and the Internet, run businesses, improve their…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Community Centers, Computer Literacy
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
This program guide is designed to assist vocational education and other interested agencies and institutions in establishing a coordinated and comprehensive system for the delivery of education and training to older persons. It consists of eight sections. Section 1 presents an overview of the purpose and organization of the guide as well as an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Coordination, Educational Cooperation
Kerka, Sandra – 1997
Collaboration has become a pervasive strategy for systemic change in human services, education, government, and community agencies. Collaborative partnerships require a change in thinking and in operating. Such changes can be intimidating or threatening. In addition, other barriers must be overcome to make partnerships work. Examples of successful…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Cooperation, Cooperation
Urban Management Consultants of San Francisco, Inc., CA. – 1976
This coordination guide has been written as a reference for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Prime Sponsor administrators, planners, and operations staff who are interested in pursuing coordination opportunities with Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) employment-related programs. It is intended to serve four major purposes: (1)…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 2000
The Washington State Displaced Homemaker Program (DHP) as administered by the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) accomplished its goals during the 1997-99 biennium. Four multipurpose service centers provided services to displaced homemakers in urban and rural county areas; four programs provided services to displaced homemakers in rural…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Displaced Homemakers, Employment Services, Information Services
Beck, Susan Kessler; Trutko, John W.; Isbell, Kellie; Rothstein, Frances; Barnow, Burt S. – 1997
This document is a how-to guide to help employment and training agencies tailor their delivery systems to be more effective in training, placing, and retaining homeless individuals in gainful employment. The guide is written from the perspective of an employment and training agency and based largely on the experiences of 63 organizations from…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2002
This document reports on a Congressional hearing on assistance to workers dislocated or unemployed due to the serious economic deterioration impacting the country, partly due to the events of September 11, 2001. Testimony includes statements of United States Representatives John Boehner and George Miller; Michael Hannah, representing Local 13358,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Economic Change, Economic Impact
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Center for Employment Training, San Jose, CA. – 1977
Beginning July 1, 1975 the San Jose, California based Center for Employment Training (CET) was granted funds to assist communities with sizeable American Indian populations to develop training and placement programs modelled after itself. These funds enabled three community interest groups in Tucson (Arizona), Guadalupe (Arizona), and Bellingham…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Community Programs
Lurie, Irene; Hagen, Jan L. – 1993
During summer 1991, a study reviewed efforts of local agencies to implement the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Program. Three local sites in each of 10 states were examined. The field research showed that formal client flowcharts designed by the states and local sites were not yet fully operational and often did not describe actual…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Basic Skills, Coordination
Imel, Susan – 1999
Since the introduction of one-stop employment systems, many states have attempted to merge traditional employment and training services to provide consolidated programs and easier customer access to services. The Workforce Investment Act (WIA), passed in 1998, requires the formation of locally based one-stop service delivery systems to deliver…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Centers
Hagen, Jan L.; And Others – 1993
As part of a 3-year study of the implementation of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Program, front-line workers were surveyed in all 10 states and in 29 of 30 sites included in the overall study. Their perceptions of the agencies' organizational environments suggested a rather lukewarm agency context for implementing JOBS. Workers…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Attitudes, Basic Skills
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. Employment and Social Services Policy Studies Div. – 2002
Faced with worker displacement stemming from a changing economy, states are acting to soften the economic impact of displacement on affected individuals and businesses. Key strategies and practices are as follows: (1) anticipating layoffs by analyzing economic and labor market trends (using data to anticipate layoffs; developing an early warning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Role, Career Counseling, Coordination
Ferrini, Paul – 1977
This case history describes the Washington State Career Change Program which is designed to respond to the career needs of unemployed residents who have been laid off or unable to continue their jobs as a result of economic, technological, or health factors beyond their control. The career change program assists these individuals in identifying…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Change
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