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Download full textNational Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1987
An Enterprise Zone Working Group brought together enterprise zone directors, Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program administrators, and private industry council representatives from the state and local levels. It discussed ways in which employment and training programs could better coordinate with development activities in enterprise zones.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Economic Development
Stevenson, Gloria – Worklife, 1978
Skill Training Improvement Program (STIP), a Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program, provides up to eighteen months of training in highly skilled industrial jobs. Discusses STIP guidelines and describes several STIP projects being conducted in various communities. (EM)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1985
This booklet answers many questions an employer may have about the job training partnership, how it can help the employer and his/her company, and what specific action steps the employer can take now to become involved. The first section describes the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Section 2 presents findings of a survey of service delivery…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Cooperative Programs, Disadvantaged
Crawford, Clarence C. – 1995
Today, 163 federal programs scattered across 15 federal agencies provide employment training assistance. Although they frequently target the same clients, share the same goals, compete for funds, and provide similar services, agencies maintain separate administrative structures that devote staff and other resources to administer, monitor, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs
PDF pending restorationWalker, Gary; And Others – 1985
This report describes and assesses the actual Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program that is implemented. It covers the initial operating period, the nine months from October 1, 1983, through June 30, 1984, of Title II-A, Training Services for the Disadvantaged. Chapter I is an introduction. Chapter II discusses the basic configuration of the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
American Vocational Journal, 1977
The Manpower Division at the American Vocational Association (AVA) convention in Houston was concerned about youth unemployment and about the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)--its problems and possibilities. The panel discussion reported here reveals some differing perspectives and a general consensus--that to improve their role in…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Educational Responsibility, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Arrington, Larry – 1982
Ways in which the efforts of vocational education and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) can be coordinated are discussed in this fact sheet. Following an overview of CETA, seven titles from the CETA amendments of 1978 which provide opportunities for vocational education-CETA coordination are described: (1) Title I:…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Employment 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
Grubb, W. Norton; And Others – 1989
Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs and vocational education programs in seven states (California, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, and Wisconsin) were studied to find out to what degree the programs were cooperating and how much they were duplicating each other's services. The researchers found little evidence of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), Compliance (Legal), Cooperative Programs
Gula, Annette; King, Christopher T. – 1990
The first round of site visits to welfare-to-work programs in Texas examined the nature and degree of program coordination at three sites: El Paso, Houston, and San Antonio. A brief overview of the growing literature on program coordination paid particular attention to welfare-related studies. At the state level, evidence was found of increasing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Cooperative Programs
Hassan, Salah Salem – 1985
The purpose of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) is to establish job training and employment assistance programs for economically disadvantaged youth and hard-to-hire, unskilled adults. Like the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), JTPA works through a locally based program delivery system. Unlike CETA, JTPA calls for equal…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Cooperative Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Dingle Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1978
This report summarizes the major points and questions discussed at five regional workshops held to help the participants develop Local Education Agency (LEA) and Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsor agreements as mandated by the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA). The content is presented in five…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Cooperative Programs, Credits, Employment Programs
National Inst. for Work and Learning, Washington, DC. – 1985
Case studies are provided of the six sites involved in a demonstration project to encourage partnerships between postsecondary educational institutions and Private Industry Councils (PICs). These programs represent instances of collaborations between colleges/universities and the Job Training Partnership Act to help the unemployed find work and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Colleges, Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
Fagnoni, Cynthia M. – 2000
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) focuses on integrating and streamlining services, requiring that most employment and training services, including those provided under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, be provided through the One-Stop Center System. States are implementing WIA, but not all will have all steps…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
Crane, Eric C.; And Others – 1995
The Minnesota State Council on Vocational Technical Education evaluated programs funded under the Perkins Act and the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) for program years 1992 and 1993. A survey and two focus groups, one for the Twin Cities metropolitan area, and one for greater Minnesota, assessed coordination while the Council addressed the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Employment Programs
