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Download full textNational Urban Coalition, Washington, DC. – 1972
The National Urban Coalition conducted this evaluation to determine the manner in which the provisions of the Emergency Employment Act of 1971 have been carried out, the problems raised by legislative and administrative guidelines, and the difficulties experienced in implementing projects locally. Some major findings were: (1) The Labor Department…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
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. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
These hearings focus on various measures submitted by President Carter and Congress to reduce unemployment, including an extension of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1977, and the President's economic stimulus proposals. Some of the primary testimony presented regarding the need…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Employment Services
Savner, Steve; Greenberg, Mark – 1997
Under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), states face steadily increasing work participation requirements. The TANF structure presents one new option: the ability to use TANF funds for community service employment in wage-paying, publicly funded jobs designed to provide work for individuals and to address unmet community needs. A…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Community Services, Economically Disadvantaged
PDF pending restorationEmployment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1975
This report reviews the establishment and early performance of the comprehensive manpower system established by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). The report is divided into two major sections. Part 1 examines the background and first year results of the CETA program. The legislative and programmatic antecedents to CETA are…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Baxter, Neale – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1979
Describes services that employment and school counselors can provide the handicapped. Gives information about federal legislation, the counselor's role, testing and training programs, and job development and placement. Includes a list of useful publications and a directory of state agencies to assist counselors of the handicapped. (MF)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Counselor Role, Disabilities
Lecht, Leonard A. – 1972
This study focused on estimates of employment in state and local governments arising from federal grants-in-aid, in order to appraise research priorities on the role of federal grant policies and programs in increasing public employment in other units of government. Employment generated by federal grants-in-aid to state and local governments is…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Employment Statistics, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Johnson, Miriam; Sugarman, Marged – 1978
One of a series on Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program models, this monograph provides professionals employed in CETA programs with information on how job recruiting and searches take place to help them improve their job placement and development skills. The content is in four sections. The first section briefly covers the…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Practices, Employment Programs
Sarkees, Michelle D.; And Others – 1981
This guide is designed to provide vocational educators and job placement personnel with assistance and ideas for locating and securing job placement opportunities for individuals from protected populations. (Protected populations include minorities, disadvantaged, handicapped, gifted and talented, linguistically different, migrants, incarcerated,…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Displaced Homemakers
Blien, Uwe; Walwei, Ulrich; Werner, Heinz – 2002
Job placement, unemployment insurance, and active labor market policy in Germany were reviewed. The following were among the review's main conclusions: (1) measures of active and passive labor market policy are still regarded as important to combating unemployment and improving the matching function of the German labor market; (2) the many…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Federal Legislation, Foreign Countries, Job Development
Rist, Ray C.; And Others – 1979
An assessment is provided of the ability of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsors and local educational agencies to cooperate in the development of innovative educational and training programs for low-income youth. The data presented are based on observations and interviews conducted at 40 of 47 operational sites…
Descriptors: Career Education, Credits, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Mangum, Garth, Ed.; Mangum, Stephen, Ed. – 1996
This book contains 17 social policy essays on various topics related to labor and full employment policies in the United States. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Stephen Mangum); "Secular Rabbi: The Life and Times of Sar A. Levitan" (Garth Mangum); "Young Workers, Young Families, and Child Poverty"…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, At Risk Persons, Block Grants
Levitan, Sar A.; Mangum, Garth L. – 1994
The antipoverty initiatives of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations were essentially continued and given increased funding during the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations. The Reagan and Bush administrations marked the regression of many employment, training, and welfare programs. Employment and training issues were given high priority…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship
