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Download full textSheldon, James R. – Institute for Educational Leadership, 2018
This policy brief describes how State VR agencies are using and can use benefits planning services, as a VR agency-funded service, to help SSDI and SSI beneficiaries address concerns and fears about the potential loss of cash benefits and healthcare benefits (i.e., Medicaid and/or Medicare) as they move into jobs paying substantial wages. The…
Descriptors: State Agencies, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Legislation, Disabilities
Martinez, John; Fraker, Thomas; Manno, Michelle; Baird, Peter; Mamun, Arif; O'Day, Bonnie; Rangarajan, Anu; Wittenburg, David – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
This report focuses on the seven original Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD) projects selected for funding in 2003. Three of the original seven projects were selected for a national random assignment evaluation in 2005; however, this report only focuses on program operations prior to joining the random assignment evaluation for the three…
Descriptors: Welfare Recipients, Program Implementation, Federal Programs, Program Evaluation
Garvin, Charles D., Ed. – 1974
Initially this report presents a summary of three Work Incentive Programs (WIN) undertaken by a consortium of schools of social work at the University of Chicago, University of Michigan, and Case Western Reserve University, discussing in detail the design, major findings, and recommendations made. The next two chapters are devoted to discussions…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Child Care, Employment, Employment Programs
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Direct linkAdams, James H. – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 2002
With the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (P.L. 104-193) of 1996, also known as the Welfare-to-Work Act, Aid to Families with Dependent Children was abolished and replaced with Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). A new system of block grants to states for TANF was created, changing the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Family Programs, Block Grants, Welfare Services
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Ways and Means. – 1987
This document reports on proposed Federal reform of the welfare system. Amendments are suggested to proposed legislation that would accomplish the following goals: (1) replace the existing Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program with a new Family Support Program that emphasizes work, child support, and a need-based family support…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Day Care, Employment Programs, Family Financial Resources
Vigilante, Joseph L. – 1968
This study described and compared 12 current national work and training programs under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and the 1962 Amendments to the Social Security Act; investigated whether operation of the two public welfare systems reflected the intent of national policy and client needs; and identified operational problems encountered in…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Doctoral Dissertations, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1980
An assessment was made of the degree to which a consistent, integrated, and coordinated effort is being made to provide vocational education services in Iowa. To assess the extent of cooperative relationships between selected human service agencies, five field visits were made to meet with representatives of local agencies and service centers…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning, Educational Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1982
Eight pieces of federal legislation relating to job training are provided. These are (1) the Job Training Partnership Act, as amended; (2) the Wagner-Peyser Act, legislation to provide for the establishment of a national employment system, as amended; (3) the National Apprenticeship Act; (4) the Vocational Education Act of 1963, Title I, as…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Community Services, Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1986
This compilation is intended to assist the general public in gaining a further understanding of the work of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources to provide legislative assistance to Americans who are economically disadvantaged or structurally unemployed. The texts of the following pieces of federal legislation are included: the Job Training…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1984
This volume is a compilation of the texts of nine Federal education laws, specifically vocational education, job training, rehabilitation, and related statutes. Part I contains one law related to vocational education--the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act 1984 (originally, Vocational Education Act of 1963). Part II provides the texts of six…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Disabilities
