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Lidman, Russell M.; Weeks, Gregory C. – 2001
The Washington State welfare reform program WorkFirst is designed to move individuals from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) into the workforce. A critical question facing the program is how to assist participants in sustaining and advancing their employment. Three studies of those who exited the program measured multiple outcomes…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Dropout Characteristics, Employment Counselors, Employment Level
Needels, Karen; Corson, Walter; Nicholson, Walter – 2002
Data from national administrative and telephone surveys of nationally representative samples of unemployment insurance (UI) recipients who began collecting benefits in 1998 were analyzed to identify changes in the UI claimant population over the past 10 years and determine whether the time has come to retool the nation's reemployment services. The…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Delivery Systems, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship
Idaho State Div. of Vocational Education, Boise. – 1998
Idaho's displaced homemaker program exists to reduce the incidence of poverty among the 59,498 displaced homemakers (according to the 1990 census) and 22,147 single mothers in the state. Of those who participated in Idaho's displaced homemaker programs in fiscal year 1998 (FY1998), 924 (33%) earned less than $5,000 annually, and two-thirds had…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Displaced Homemakers, Education Work Relationship
Miller, Gordon – 2001
This book is intended to serve as a career coach to individuals interested in setting a career goal, formulating a career path, and identifying and using strategies to follow the path to the career goal. The book is designed to be used in conjunction with the author's career coaching Web site, which is referred to throughout the book and which…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education
Idaho State Div. of Professional-Technical Education, Boise. – 1999
Idaho's displaced homemaker program exists to reduce the incidence of poverty among the 59,498 displaced homemakers (according to the 1990 census) and 22,147 single mothers in the state. Of those who participated in Idaho's displaced homemaker programs in fiscal year 1999 (FY1999), 852 (33%) earned less than $5,000 annually. Yet, only 95 received…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Correctional Education, Displaced Homemakers