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McAllister, Suzanne; Ponterotto, Joseph G. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1992
Presents session-by-session description of 8-week, career-focused group program for 10 displaced homemakers from 1 affluent community. Describes immediate postsession evaluations and one-month followup that document the program's effectiveness and limitations. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Displaced Homemakers, Group Counseling, Program Effectiveness
Billman, Lynne – 1978
Divorced, widowed, or separated women need help in three basic areas in the transition from sheltered home life to the world of work: (1) in recognizing their own interests and abilities; (2) in obtaining up-to-date, salable skills; and (3) in finding support services, such as counseling, job placement, peer group support, and role models. A…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Displaced Homemakers
Taylor, Angela – 1987
This report provides information from a project that surveyed new and emerging, technical, and nontraditional occupations in Kentucky. The information is intended for use by those developing and conducting programs to serve displaced homemakers. First, a definition of new and emerging occupations in Kentucky is provided. Next, survey information…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Displaced Homemakers, Emerging Occupations, Employee Attitudes
Johnson, Fran; And Others – Wisconsin Vocational Educator, 1988
The authors focus on one of 15 funded projects in Wisconsin designed to help displaced homemakers move into the paid work force. The Northcentral Wisconsin Displaced Homemakers' Project is involved in job development and job market preparation. Case studies are included. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Displaced Homemakers, Employed Women, Job Placement
Cullen, Jacqueline L. – Vocational Education Journal, 1988
Highlights three programs developed by Pennsylvania vocational educators that encourage nontraditional enrollments and meet the special needs of teen parents, adult single parents, and displaced homemakers. (JOW)
Descriptors: Displaced Homemakers, Early Parenthood, Females, Nontraditional Occupations
Fleming, Jacqueline I; Milone, Linda M. – Florida Vocational Journal, 1980
Describes programs responding to the challenge of the growing number of women returning to the work force. Discusses specific programs in several Florida counties. Vocational educators must be prepared to meet the needs of women who will spend an average of 34 years in the work force. (JOW)
Descriptors: Displaced Homemakers, Employed Women, Labor Force, Labor Market

Butler, Victoria; Giffin, Barbara – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1993
A Pinellas County (Florida) program serves women who are single, separated, divorced, or widowed and in need of training in vocational as well as basic skills. In addition to training and financial assistance, the program offers a variety of support services such as job placement, child care funding, and transportation support. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Displaced Homemakers, Females
Wiberg, Mary M.; Mayor, Marie – Vocational Education Journal, 1985
Disadvantaged women (pregnant teenagers, teenaged parents, single parents, displaced homemakers) need support services (child care, transportation, counseling in self-esteem, career guidance) as well as employment training to gain marketable skills that lead to a good job and economic independence. (CT)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Displaced Homemakers, Females, Individual Needs

Lee, Jeanne; Smiley, Dianne Wood – Journal of Career Education, 1981
Presents a case study that details the needs and characteristics of clients at the Displaced Homemaker Center at Moberly Junior College in Moberly, Missouri. Discusses ways in which career education has been used to upgrade vocational skills and aspirations of reentry women. (CT)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Displaced Homemakers, Employed Women

Swift, John S., Jr.; And Others – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1986
Financial assistance for displaced homemakers should be available from a variety of traditional sources, but special funding is needed on both state and national levels. Characteristics of displaced homemakers, financial resources, provisions for assistance, and current financial aid programs are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Displaced Homemakers, Educational Finance, Females
Simpson, A. Hyatt – 1986
The Arizona Center for Vocational Education, Northern Arizona University, developed a program to train women in nontraditional careers. Since jobs were plentiful in the field, the program aimed to train 25 women in building maintenance. Project leaders established linkages with union apprenticeship programs and local business and industry…
Descriptors: Buildings, Displaced Homemakers, Females, Job Training
Sutley, Amy N.; And Others – 1989
This document consists of a description of the Apprenticeship Linkage Program, serving the greater Bloomington, Indiana, area, and a report of a qualitative research study of that program. The program, which was intended to prepare single parents and homemakers to become qualified applicants for apprenticeship training programs, consisted of 30…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Career Development, Displaced Homemakers
Webster, Suzanne – 1995
A project adapted an existing problem-solving curriculum to help unemployed or underemployed displaced homemakers and single parents qualify for job placement and training. Forty-five adult learners from the New Choice program participated. Handouts adapted from a prior Math Employment project and instructor-created materials were used. Handouts…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Curriculum Development, Displaced Homemakers, One Parent Family
Williams, Patti – 1987
The Indian River Community College (Florida) program prepares people who qualify as displaced homemakers and single parents to enter or reenter the work force and vocational training. The program is designed to meet the needs of the target population by offering pre-employment information and skills, guidance, community referral, and vocational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Displaced Homemakers, Employment Potential
Hernando County School Board, Brooksville, FL. – 1987
A program was developed to provide single parents who were without marketable skills with the training or retraining necessary to secure and keep a job in the health care field. During the course of the project, 31 trainees between the ages of 21 and 60 who were living below the poverty level were recruited into the program. They received…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Displaced Homemakers, Economically Disadvantaged, Home Health Aides