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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 1991
This report describes a congressional hearing on implementation of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Training Program enacted by the Family Support Act of 1988. Focus is on the progress being made. Testimony includes statements and prepared statements from U.S. senators, and individuals representing the Administration for Children and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Services, Federal Legislation, Hearings
Freedman, Stephen; Knab, Jean Tansey; Gennetian, Lisa A.; Navarro, David – 2000
A large-scale evaluation was conducted of Jobs-First GAIN, a strongly employment-focused mandatory welfare-to-work program. Its main features were an unusually intensive program orientation; high quality job clubs; job development activities; strong encouragement to take entry-level jobs and combine work and welfare in the short-term; and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Program Evaluation and Methodology Div. – 1992
An assessment was made of the initial efforts of the states to implement the Aid to Families with Dependent Children--Unemployed Parent (AFDC-UP) program in accordance with the requirements of the Family Support Act (FSA) of 1988. A mail survey was conducted of each of the 50 state welfare departments. Results indicated that, nationwide,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Services, Evaluation Criteria, Job Placement
Mangie, Bernadette A.; Goberish, John S. – PASSAGE, 1994
The 1993-94 PASSAGE newsletter was established to create a customized educational/career-development/work-related informational publication for Pennsylvania's adult learners and educators. The project's main objective was to provide timely workplace and job skills information to Pennsylvania's adult learners, unemployed/underemployed individuals,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Career Counseling
Hollenbeck, Kevin; Bennici, Frank – 1988
A study collected data about Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) services to clients and factors that affected the outcomes from these services. A random sample of 1,347 individuals who had received services was surveyed via telephone. These individuals were dislocated workers who had terminated from a subgrantee's program during…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Dislocated Workers, Employment Patterns
Hamilton, Gayle; Scrivener, Susan – 1999
This guide highlights issues involved in increasing participation in welfare-to-work programs and offers advice and best practices for achieving higher participation levels. Part 1, "Introduction," has three sections that discuss the importance of participation, summarize major points, and introduce the guide. The seven sections of Part…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Enrollment
Hotchkiss, Lawrence; Smythe, John – 1988
Data from a sample of adult participants in JTP Ohio under Title IIA of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) were analyzed. Respondents were surveyed after completion of 13 weeks of JTP training. Five outcome variables were studied: weeks worked, employment status during week 13, earnings in week 13, welfare status during week 13, and school…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Comparative Analysis
Hotchkiss, Lawrence; Smythe, John – 1988
Data from a sample of participants in JTP (Job Training Partnership) Ohio under Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) were analyzed and the findings compared to results from a companion study of Title IIA adult Ohio JTP participants. Respondents were surveyed during the 14th-17th weeks following the end of their JTP participation.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Comparative Analysis
Langan, A. Bud – 1984
A prerelease program was developed to provide job training to persons who were within 90 to 120 days of their scheduled release date from a Washington State prison. The Geiger program was sponsored and operated jointly by Spokane County and State agencies. Because it was determined that the 84-bed unit would handle approximately 30 arrivals and 30…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Decker, Paul T.; Olsen, Robert B.; Freeman, Lance; Klepinger, Daniel H. – 2000
In order to measure their effectiveness in promoting rapid re-employment and shorter spells during which claimants are entitled to collect unemployment insurance (UI), the U.S. Department of Labor tested these three assistance strategies in the District of Columbia (8,071 claimants selected during June 1995-June 1996) and Florida (12,042 claimants…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Atkinson, Rhonda Holt; Cook, Frank J.; Goux, Carol – 1998
This curriculum of life skills is designed to reduce recidivism, increase post-release employment and wage rates, and successfully integrate released inmates back into families and communities. It uses a newsletter format, with newsletters arranged into eight volumes. Each volume concerns a unit of related information, including an instructor…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adult Education, Correctional Education, Curriculum Guides
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1999
Research on effectiveness of welfare-to-work approaches shows programs that combine approaches--job search assistance and education and training--have better employment and earnings outcomes than either approach alone. Consistent with findings and the work focus of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, states have…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
American Technological Univ., Killeen, TX. – 1976
A demonstration project was conducted in 1975-76 at three locations in Texas to show the effectiveness of the Texas Telecomputer Grid (TTG) as a teaching method in bilingual career education. (TTG is a system designed to connect regional concentrations of computer and television resources by microwaves to transmit televised programs, computer…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Career Choice
Storlie, Rebecca; Park, Rosemarie – 1986
This document proposes an Area Vocational-Technical Institute (AVTI) based model for service delivery to dislocated workers in Minnesota. The need for such a model arises from the consistent duplication of problem-solving measures and service delivery statewide in attempting to solve the problems of various groups of dislocated workers. The model…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Role, Career Counseling
Missouri State Dept. of Corrections and Human Resources, Jefferson City. – 1984
An educational research and demonstration program was implemented in learning centers at five correctional institutions across Missouri. Included in the demonstration project were the following programs: a prescriptive learning system that served 253 students; a program in attitude, basic, and life skills; an ex-offender program that involved 20…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Attitude Change
