This issue focuses on helping disabled individuals to find and keep jobs. An overview discusses the corporate response to employment of the disabled, partnerships between industry and rehabilitation, serving disabled persons under the Job Training Partnership Act, and educating students with disabilities. Eleven "Bulletins" offer…

This paper describes the client assessment package being used in the Philadelphia Urban Saturation Work Program and discusses some of the issues that should be considered in designing and implementing employability assessment components of welfare-employment programs. The original objectives of the assessment component were the following: (1) to…

The seven major papers in this collection discuss the implications of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) (Public Law 97-300) of 1982 from the points of view of its various constituencies. Two of the papers discuss the effects of the JTPA on national employment and training programs, and on state-level programs, while a third discusses…

This report summarizes the major programs of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in Escambia County School District, Florida. The report identifies the district's concerns and priorities for the following: state-of-the-art, computer-assisted instruction for basic skills attainment; reconnecting dropouts through aggressive recruitment…

This issue targets the high risk segment of the youth population and their high unemployment rate. An overview discusses the contents. Ten "Bulletins" offer descriptions of programs and projects and demonstrate how long-term training, work and academic experience, and individualized training operate in functioning programs. To assist…

This curriculum guide is intended to serve as a model for the educational component of a Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) reemployment training program for dislocated workers. The first section consists of a profile of the Dislocated Worker Project curriculum and an institutional data sheet. Included in the next section are an introduction to…

This publication contains summaries of the presentations from a conference on employment services for disadvantaged older workers. The opening remarks made by Joan A. Hammond and Kenneth M. Mahan are outlined. Summaries of the following papers are provided: "National Perspective on Older Worker Programs," by Ann Lordeman; "Older…

A biennial evaluation of the adequacy and effectiveness of New Jersey's vocational education delivery systems in meeting Perkins Act purposes and their coordination with the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) resulted in 19 recommendations. Respondents to a survey of country vocational districts, JTPA service delivery areas, and community…

The Older Worker Project was conducted to provide employment services to unemployed persons aged 45 and older who live in the western part of the Hennepin County (Minneapolis, Minnesota) area. Although the expected result was permanent employment of the participants, the intention of this demonstration project was to refine service approaches…

Midlife and older women are at an economic disadvantage relative to their male counterparts and younger women. Older women should be served by the nation's employment, training, and vocational programs. Interviews with participants and operators of employment and training programs identified six program components needed to serve older women: (1)…

This guide contains information about academic support services available to single parents, displaced homemakers, and single pregnant women at community, junior, and technical colleges throughout Texas. Over three-fourths of the guide is devoted to program information in the form of brochures, flyers, and forms supplied by representatives of…