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Download full textEmployment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1979
This report describes twenty federally funded youth employment program models and innovations. Each four-page description includes the following: program title, name of operating agency, project costs, source of funds, number of participants, unique program features, duration of grant, major program goals and objectives, prime sponsor, contact…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
National Manpower Policy Task Force, Washington, DC. – 1970
This conference met to consider the political and financial problems in providing government-financed programs to improve upgrading in private and public jobs. The morning session was devoted to federal support of upgrading in industry. In the afternoon session, participants discussed new careers in the service sector, including civil service…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Career Opportunities, Conference Reports, Disadvantaged
National Association of Workforce Development Professionals, Washington, DC. – 1993
This packet contains seven short guides for activities that help work force development professionals develop their professionalism and establish ties with their peers. The guides cover the following topics: (1) building local peer networks; (2) meeting with other work force development professionals; (3) planning a roundtable; (4) sponsoring…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Programs, Focus Groups, Job Development
Nathan, Richard P.; And Others – 1981
A field study examined the Public Service Employment (PSE) Program's intergovernmental effects. Addressed during the study were such questions as whether the program creates jobs in local government, whether local governments give preference to disadvantaged persons, and what kinds of services are provided. To collect these data, a network of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Field Studies
Mirengoff, William; And Others – 1980
This study analyzes the extent to which targeting objectives of the Emergency Jobs Programs Extension Act (EJPEA) of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs have been achieved by federal and local officials and the effectiveness of limited-duration projects in providing useful public services. The study deals with the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Redmond, Michael – 1985
The Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) sees a strong connection between the dropout decision and unemployment in the teen years and beyond. It developed JOBSTART, a model of a project giving youths a chance to work and focusing on educational remediation, occupational training strategies, and support services to dropouts. To…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Carstensen, Carol – 1986
Small businesses play a strong role in generating new jobs. Policymakers have been encouraged to find ways to foster and support their development, especially by linking entrepreneurial training to the existing employment and training system. The purpose of this paper is to provide a background and a focus for further discussion of entrepreneurial…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration, Business Education, Career Education
Bruno, A. Lee; Wright, L. M., Jr. – 1980
This collection contains 20 case studies illustrating some of the contributions Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs have made to economic development and job creation efforts in rural areas. The collection is a companion volume to the monograph entitled "Rural Job Creation--a Study of CETA Linkages with Economic…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Career Education, Case Studies, Demonstration Programs
Spring, William – Thrust: The Journal for Employment and Training Professionals, 1979
Compares federal job creation efforts of the 1970s to the Work Project Administration (WPA) program in the 1930s. Traces the development of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and stresses the need to unite public and private resources to achieve both balanced economic growth and full employment. (SK)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1992
This document contains written statements and oral testimony of witnesses who testified at a U.S. Senate hearing on the proposed Community Works Progress Act of 1992. The testimony centered on the United States' massive unemployment problem and the need to provide jobs and hope for many people. Sentiment was strong for passage of the Community…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Services, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Levitan, Sar A.; Gallo, Frank – 1993
The Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program, a component of the 1988 Family Support Act, emphasizes education and occupational training for welfare recipients, but it has not provided sufficient corrective measures to promote work among recipients of Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). The most serious deficiency of JOBS is…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Fox, Shirley – 1985
A project sought ways in which colleges and universities can work more closely with the federally funded Job Training Partnership Act to help the unemployed find work and to encourage business startups and expansion. Partnerships between postsecondary educational institutions and Private Industry Councils (PICs) at six sites were encouraged during…
Descriptors: Colleges, Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Dislocated Workers
National Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1976
The conference reported here was held to bring together European manpower experts and United States representatives to discuss European manpower programs and policies developed and expanded as a result of the 1974-1976 recession and recovery, and methods for coordinating manpower and general economic policies. This report contains a list of the…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Economic Factors, Employment Programs, Foreign Countries
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Human Resources. – 1977
These hearings on Senate bill 418 (Displaced Homemakers Act, 1977) explore the problems or barriers confronting women (primarily middle-aged) who are seeking to reenter the labor force or enter it for the first time and ways that existing or new Federal programs can more adequately serve the needs of these women. The first of several witnesses…
Descriptors: Career Change, Counseling Services, Displaced Homemakers, Employment Problems
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1977
Enacted by Congress in August 1977 to provide employment and training opportunities for youth and to provide for other improvements in employment and training programs, this act is cited as the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977. It has three titles. Title I--Young Adult Conservation Corps--amends the Comprehensive Employment…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
