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Levitan, Sar A.; Mangum, Stephen L. – 1994
The current displaced worker initiative towers over the 30-year effort to bring the economically disadvantaged into the mainstream of the labor market. The Congressional Budget Office defines displacement as all workers 18 years of age and older who lose full-time employment due to slack work, job abolition, or plant closure. Major displaced…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Aid
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
Gould, Richard J. – 1969
This manual provides an outline of the federal programs available which actually or potentially support New Careers programs, and suggests some methods for increasing the chances of getting funds. Three sections cover: (1) Trends in New Careers Legislation, (2) Improving Funding Opportunities, and (3) A Legislative Summary. This legislative…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Aid
Parkinson, Jan – 1978
Utilizing data collected through a national survey of employers, the impact of federal tax credit programs for employers of Work Incentive Program (WIN) participants and Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients was assessed. Six major questions were addressed: (1) What differences there were in the use of the WIN and welfare tax…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Credit (Finance), Economically Disadvantaged, Employer Attitudes
Hartke, Vance – 1972
A bill to provide opportunities for employment to unemployed and underemployed persons, to assist States and local communities in providing needed public services, and for other purposes is presented. The Act is cited as the Full Employment Act of 1972, under the authority of the Secretary of Labor, and includes such states as the District of…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Careers, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1981
This report provides information on the planned utilization of the governor's grants for fiscal 1980. (The governor's grants are funds provided by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 for use at the state level by state governors.) Chapter 1, which supplies legislative background on the governor's grants with special emphasis on…
Descriptors: Coordination, Educational Finance, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Maine State Dept. of Human Services, Augusta. – 1981
A committee examined the number, type, and quality of work and training opportunities available for heads of households under Maine's Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program and suggested ways to improve them. Comprised of such representatives of the private and public sectors as employers, AFDC recipients, welfare advocates,…
Descriptors: Coordination, Economic Development, Educational Cooperation, Educational Finance
Engbretson, William E.; Levine, Eugene A. – 1980
The product of a study of urban Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs involving youths aged 16-22 that would result in real or potential job creation and community economic development, this report consists of 24 case studies and a series of recommendations pertaining to the development of similar programs in Illinois.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Change Strategies
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
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1981
This catalog contains descriptions of the programs funded by governor's grant funds during fiscal 1980. (The governor's grants are funds provided by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 for use at the state level by the state governors.) It is divided into four parts. Part 1, which identifies programs funded under the coordination…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Cooperative Programs, Coordination