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Teon Hayes; Elizabeth Lower-Basch – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2023
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps people with low incomes avoid hunger and afford food. It stimulates the economy, improves individuals' success at school and work, and promotes better health. SNAP's Employment and Training (E&T) program is designed to assist participants in gaining skills, training, or work experience…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Employment Programs, Job Training
Parry-Hill, Joseph W.; Latta, Michael F. – 1984
In February 1983, the North Carolina State Advisory Council on Education issued a paper entitled "Retraining of the Unemployed in North Carolina." The major recommendations of the paper were that the North Carolina Employment Security Commission (NCESC) require an employability plan for each person applying for unemployment benefits that…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Programs, Retraining, State Programs
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Neenan, Peter A.; Orthner, Dennis K. – Social Work Research, 1996
Examines the extent to which personal, attitudinal, psychosocial, and human capital characteristics affect welfare-to-work training programs. Assesses these characteristics as predictors of post-program earnings. Results suggest that the personal and social characteristics that participants bring with them to the training program does affect…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Females, Job Training, Personality
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Thorpe, Claiburne B. – Journal of Negro Education, 1973
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs
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Embrey, Lindsey – Community College Journal of Research & Practice, 2006
This paper describes an innovative public and private strategic workforce development alliance, the Pathways to Employment Program (Pathways), developed by the Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) in Charlotte, North Carolina. Pathways is a partnership of CPCC, the Charlotte Department of Social Services, 12 community businesses, 6 social…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Religious Organizations, Adult Vocational Education, Job Placement
Ministry of Women's Affairs, Wellington (New Zealand). – 1993
An overview is provided of the Human Resources Development (HRD) program in the North Carolina Community College System, focusing on trend data and program achievements for 1992-93. The first section of the report traces the growth of systemwide HRD activities from 1970, when a pilot program offering basic pre-job training was implemented at…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs
Bard Coll., Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. – 1973
The North Carolina Mobility Project was an experimental program designed to determine if unemployed people in economically depressed areas of North Carolina could be relocated to and satisfactorily employed in the State's more highly industrialized Piedmont. The aim of the mobility project was to intervene in the migration patterns of the State so…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
MDC, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC. – 1982
A summary is presented of a statistical and documentary study of the Human Resources Development (HRD) program in the North Carolina community college system. First, an outline is provided of the changes in the HRD program since its inception in 1966, the constituencies it serves, and its goals of recruiting chronically unemployed individuals,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Benefits, Educational Finance, Employment Programs
Latta, E. Michael – 1987
An evaluation is presented of the adequacy and effectiveness of the vocational education program delivery systems in the State of North Carolina assisted under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (VEA) and under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Evaluation was conducted through analysis of seven reports issued by various state…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged, Educational Trends
Edelman, Peter B.; And Others – 1986
These three essays are intended to provide an overview of southern efforts to help increased numbers of young persons make a successful transition from school to work with a future. The first paper, "Smoothing the Path from School to Work: A Promising Venture in Structural Change in a Southern State," by Peter B. Edelman and Myrtis H.…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
Weitekamp, Maurie; Kogan, Deborah – 1997
These matrices summarize the content of the certification/chartering requirements established by nine first-round and three second-round implementation states to deliver services in One-Stop Career Centers. Seven areas or dimensions of design/operations are compared. The narrative accompanying the matrices is divided into two sections--a matrix…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Centers, Certification, Comparative Analysis
Spielberger, Julie; Horton, Carol; Michels, Lisa; Halpern, Robert – Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2004
Several trends have come together to intensify interest in how public libraries might best support the interests and needs of youth in their communities. This study reports on findings from the Public Libraries as Partners in Youth Development (PLPYD) Initiative, a four-year, nine-site initiative funded by the Wallace Foundation to develop…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Public Libraries, Library Role
North Carolina State Dept. of Community Colleges, Raleigh. Div. of Planning and Research Services. – 1988
Official enrollment statistics are presented for the 58 institutions in the North Carolina Community College System, including detailed enrollment data for 1987-88 and summary data for previous years. Following introductory material and a glossary of terms, tables and graphs are presented, covering: (1) student enrollment by institution and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Employment Programs
MDC, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC. – 1982
This report provides descriptive and evaluative information on the Human Resources Development (HRD) program, which was instituted in North Carolina community colleges to provide remedial education and occupational training to chronically unemployed individuals and to offer advice and assistance for obtaining employment. After an executive summary…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Benefits, Educational Finance, Employment Programs
Austin, M. Carter – 1981
The Three-Tier Vocational Education Program serves economically disadvantaged and handicapped high school students in Duplin County, North Carolina. It is designed to assist these students in developing job-seeking, job-getting, and job-keeping skills in a partnership with high schools, James Sprunt Technical College, and the employing community.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Blacks, Community Colleges, Disabilities
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