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Download full textGarcia, Uvaldo – 1979
Intended to inform local communities (especially the business sector) of ways to join government-sponsored employment and training programs with the private employment market, this handbook provides broad guidelines for use in the establishment and operation of the Private Industry Council (PIC). (The PIC is the primary vehicle created by Title…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government Role
Urban Management Consultants of San Francisco, Inc., CA. – 1976
Written for the social service (Title XX) administrator at the State or sub-State level, this guide is intended to serve four major purposes: (1) Provide selected insights into what the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) is and how it works; (2) point out potential areas for coordination which, from study or field experience, hold…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Employment Services
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1978
This conference report covers the Comprehensive and Employment Training Act Amendments 1978 to provide improved employment and training services. The first two-thirds of the report presents each of the eight titles comprising the amendments. Title 1 covers the administrative provisions, both organizational and general. Title 2 on comprehensive…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Employment Services
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. – 1974
A Committee on Evaluation of Employment and Training Programs was established by the National Academy of Sciences to assess the impact of the passage of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), which created a shift of control of manpower programs from Federal to State and local officials. At the first committee meeting a panel of…
Descriptors: Administration, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Decentralization
Hoyt, Kenneth B. – 1978
This monograph provides a narrative summary of ideas and thoughts gathered from two mini-conferences held to discuss the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) as it relates to career education. The conference participants included eight representatives of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsors and…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Career Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
Barocci, Thomas A.; And Others – 1978
This monograph includes two reports describing the results of three years of field research on the implementation and impact of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) in Eastern Massachusetts. They represent a thorough and detailed study of the problems faced by prime sponsors in the initial years of CETA. The first report, CETA in…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
National Council on Employment Policy, Washington, DC. – 1983
The competencies of the nation's workers have been improving steadily. However, the improvements have not kept pace with the increased skill demands imposed by technological advancement and the shift toward a service-based economy. Academic and functional literacy problems can only be alleviated by balancing school improvement efforts with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Legislation
Mirengoff, William; And Others – 1982
A study assessed the effects of the 1978 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) amendments. While the major focus of the study was on changes in the public service employment (PSE) programs, other areas were examined, including aspects of CETA management, service delivery systems, the role of organized labor, and job placement. The study…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential
Olson, Claire – 1977
The American Association of Community and Junior Colleges surveyed its 919 member colleges in 1976 regarding their knowledge of and participation in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act's (CETA) locally-based delivery system. Responses from 519 colleges (56.5%) revealed that 478 (88.6%) of the respondents participated in CETA at some…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Community Education, Federal Aid
Cossey, Beatrice – 1978
When the 96th Congress reviews the 1978 Amendments to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), their action may affect the community colleges. Therefore, it is important that community college administrators understand these Amendments. CETA's intent is to provide job training to economically disadvantaged persons to maximize their…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Economic Development
Wurzburg, Gregory – 1979
This overview of an evaluation of prime sponsor implementation of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA), offers an interpretation of ten case study findings. It is divided into four principal parts. The first, "Summary of Findings and Recommendations," summarizes findings about local programs implementing YEDPA and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Mirengoff, William; Rindler, Lester – 1976
Part of a larger study of the social, economic, and political effects of the new Federal approach to delivery of manpower services, this report covers the early transition period (January-April 1975) of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA--P.L. 93-203), which was the first in a series of proposed special revenue-sharing…
Descriptors: City Government, Decentralization, Delivery Systems, Employment Programs
National League of Cities, Washington, DC. – 1980
This report makes recommendations to enhance the delivery of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) services to small-city youth. It draws on the data base created by National League of Cities Youth Employment activities which provided a profile of the small city in CETA youth program operations, identified kinds of problems that affect…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Education, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Eppley, George – 1978
This five-part report discusses the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA), explains how it operates locally through the Cleveland Area Western Reserve Manpower Consortium (CAWRMC), and specifies ways in which Cuyahoga Community College (CCC) can play a greater role in the CETA system. Part I describes existing federal manpower…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1981
This is a report of hearings held in Washington, D. C., on June 11, 15, 18, and 19, 1981, before the Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity on employment and training programs and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) that expires at the end of September, 1982. The focus of the hearings is examination of objectives of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
