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GAIN in the Community Colleges: A Report on the 1989-90 Survey on Participants and Funding in the Greater Avenues for Independence Program.

Hill, Jim – 1991

The Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) program is a comprehensive effort by the state of California to provide education, and employment and support services to eligible welfare recipients. In cooperation with county welfare departments, the California community colleges (CCC) are one of the major systems providing GAIN services to welfare…

Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance

GAIN in the Community Colleges: A Report on the 1990-91 Survey on Participants and Funding in the Greater Avenues for Independence Program.

Hill, Jim – 1992

Created in 1985, the Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) program is a comprehensive effort by the state of California to provide education, employment, and support services to help welfare recipients enter the workforce. California's GAIN is now part of the national Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program, established in 1988. In…

Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance

Workforce Investment Act: States' Spending Is on Track, But Better Guidance Would Improve Financial Reporting. Report to Congressional Requesters.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2002

The U.S. Congress asked the Government Accounting Office (GAO) to determine the following: (1) to what extent states were spending their Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funds and whether the Department of Labor's (Labor's) data accurately reflected available funds; (2) what Labor did to assess how states were managing their WIA spending; and (3)…

Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation

A National Policy for Workplace Training. Lessons from State and Local Experiments.

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Batt, Rosemary; Osterman, Paul – 1993

Selected state and local experiments in developing/supporting workplace-centered training programs were analyzed to identify issues relevant to developing a national policy for workplace training. Intensive case studies of state economic development/training programs in California and Illinois and the employment and training programs provided by…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Case Studies, Community Colleges