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Fischer, David Jason; Mack, Melinda – Center for an Urban Future, 2015
New York's workforce system is a complicated entity that engages nearly a dozen state agencies and myriad funding streams originating at the federal and state levels, and operates on the ground in ten economic development regions, 33 designated workforce investment areas, community-based organizations, labor unions and 62 counties. This report…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, State Aid, Federal Aid, Economic Development
Cahill, William T. – Compact, 1971
New Jersy has vocational training programs for students who are not suited for traditional academic education. (RA)
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Industrial Education, Labor Force Development
INDIK, BERNARD P. – 1965
THE LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES OF A LARGE PLANT SHUTDOWN IN TERMS OF THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED AND CHARACTERISTICS SHOWN TO BE IMPORTANT INDICATORS OF THEIR REEMPLOYABILITY WERE DESCRIBED IN A 1962 STUDY. THIS FOLLOWUP STUDY CLARIFIED AND AMPLIFIED THE EARLIER FINDINGS TO SHOW MORE LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES. OF THE 3,100 PEOPLE LAID OFF, THE ORIGINAL…
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Followup Studies
Hawkins, Evelyn K.; And Others – 1996
The Evaluation of Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) systems was designed to provide the U.S. Department of Labor information on how states are designing, implementing, and operating their worker profiling and reemployment services systems for dislocated workers and to compare the effectiveness of different state approaches to…
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Workforce Strategy Center, 2004
After careful review Workforce Strategy Center has articulated a policy assessment of President George W. Bush's Community-Based Job Training Grants initiative. WSC called the $250 million Community-Based Job Training Grants plan right on track by emphasizing: A Strong Role of Community Colleges in Workforce Development: All available research…
Descriptors: Job Training, Employment Services, Community Colleges, School Business Relationship
Freedman, Stephen; And Others – 1988
A study analyzed the implementation, impact, and cost-effectiveness of an on-the-job training (OJT) program for recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in New Jersey, operated as part of the state's Work Incentive (WIN) Demonstration system. Enrollees in the program, mostly female single heads of household, were placed with…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Mothers, On the Job Training
McClure-Lundberg Associates, Washington, DC. – 1978
This booklet describes various aspects of the Skill Training Improvement Program (STIP) in Washington, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and California. Information concerning the funding, administration, coordination, specific activities developed, and effectiveness of the STIP program in each of the five States is provided. Also taken into…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Programs, Employers
New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission, Trenton. – 1992
Global competition, coupled with the United States' loss of its competitive economic edge and its failure to sustain and develop a highly skilled work force, has created a new and serious challenge. To meet this challenge, the State Employment and Training Commission has developed a series of recommendations, called the Unified State Plan for New…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Needs, Employment Programs
Klausner, Samuel Z. – 1978
Findings and recommendations of two studies begun in 1968 regarding the lives of impoverished people in Camden, New Jersey are presented in this report. In the first study, factors aiding and hindering the achievement of economic independence, especially through the Work Incentive Program (WIN), of female headed households are considered. Data…
Descriptors: Blacks, Economically Disadvantaged, Employed Women, Employment Programs
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1986
This report describes a broad-based, statewide program to increase full-time employment among urban high school graduates in New Jersey. The program is intended to increase students' preparation for and access to the job market. The report contains seven sections. The Introduction summarizes the problem and the State's proposal. Section 2,…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, High School Graduates, High Schools
BENJAMIN, RUTH – 1967
ITALY AND AMERICA, WHICH HAVE SIMILAR PATTERNS OF URBAN IMMIGRATION, FACE THE CHALLENGES OF EFFICIENTLY MAKING UNTRAINED MANPOWER INDUSTRIALLY PRODUCTIVE AND REDUCING POVERTY. THUS, THE UNITED STATES MIGHT WELL HEED ITALY'S RESPONSE TO THAT CHALLENGE BY ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL SYSTEM OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOLS WHICH, THROUGH CLOSE COOPERATION…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Economic Factors, Educational Policy, Employment Programs
Honig, Jan; Jonas, Judy – 1982
The Vocational Assessment Project for the Deaf tested the vocational interests, skills, and abilities of deaf adults in New Jersey so that accurate recommendations for vocational training and employment could be made. The work samples and psychometric tests, while similar to those used for the adult population at large, were specifically chosen…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Career Counseling, Deafness
Gordon, Edmund W.; And Others – 1974
The Adult Basic Education (ABE) Program was founded and is funded by the Newark Construction Trades Training Corporation. Internally, NCTTC provides all services to trainees other than the ABE component. Specifically, it provides a recruitment function, guidance function, placement service, shop training program, and supervision of on-the-job…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Career Development
Chadsey, Janis; Leach, Lynda; Shelden, Debra – 2000
This report contains profiles of eight states (Colorado, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont) that describe the states' efforts to include youth with disabilities in School-to-Work efforts. Data were gathered on each of the states through written records of state resources and grants, web site information,…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Employment Policies Inst. Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1995
This booklet, which is designed to clarify facts regarding the minimum wage's impact on marketplace economics, contains a total of 31 questions and answers pertaining to the following topics: relationship between minimum wages and poverty; impacts of changes in the minimum wage on welfare reform; and possible effects of changes in the minimum wage…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Economic Impact, Employed Parents
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