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Dickinson, William W. – Welfare in Review, 1972
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Download full textManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1968
Youth Opportunity Centers (YOC's) sponsored a Testing, Informing, Discussing, and Evaluating (TIDE) program for youth in the summers of 1966 and 1967. This report provides data primarily on the second phase of TIDE which was operated from July to December of 1967 at 29 youth centers in 22 states. In this second part of the program, 1,031 youth…
Descriptors: Community Centers, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Employment Programs
Brady, Elaine – 1984
Of 596 service delivery areas (SDAs) administering the Job Training Partnership Act, 583 participated in a telephone survey regarding private industry council (PIC) and SDA activities. It was found that the number of local jurisdictions responsible for administering federally funded employment and training programs increased by 26 percent.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. – 1989
The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) has failed to provide Hispanic Americans with urgently needed training and education. Low educational attainment, limited English proficiency, and illiteracy pose barriers to Hispanic employment. A recent analysis of Hispanic participation in JTPA reported the following findings: (1) participation has been…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Dropouts, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Establishing Service Goals for School Dropouts under the Job Training Partnership Act. Final Report.
Gentry, Larry; And Others – 1986
The State of Washington commissioned research into various issues involving services to school dropouts under the terms of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Data suggested that each service delivery area (SDA) had its own set of internal dynamics (economic, cultural, demographic variables) that resulted in a characteristic pattern of…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives
Manpower Demonstration Research Corp., New York, NY. – 1980
This volume is one of the products of the knowledge development effort implemented under the mandate of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977. The report focuses on the young school drop-out portion only of the supported work experiment, which also included offenders, ex-addicts, and welfare recipients. The goal of supported…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Delinquency
Bloom, Howard S.; And Others – 1992
A study was made of the impact of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Title II-A on the earnings and employment of four target groups (adult women and men and female and male out-of-school youth) over the first 18 months after random assignment to a treatment group that had access to the program or a control group, which did not. The study…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Blacks, Dropouts
Booth, Clive – 1980
Focus of this speech is on the challenges of providing employment related education and training for young people in England. After briefly outlining the British education system, the author discusses recent and proposed changes designed to help young people (particularly the unemployed, terminal degree student, or those who are working and…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship, Educational Opportunities
Jablonsky, Adelaide – 1970
This bibliography is a supplement to a series of five review papers and annotated bibliographies on the school dropout and programs relating to the reduction of the problems of the early school leaver. The selectivity of this compilation relates to items focusing entirely on the school dropout or having several chapters or sections dealing with…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Characteristics
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. – 1981
A Minnesota study examined the secondary school dropout problem from the perspective of both the education system and the employment/training system. Findings from a pilot study involving 24 public secondary schools and the 24 counterpart Comprehensive Employment and Training Act agencies were compared with information from national and state…
Descriptors: Coordination, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Ball, Joseph; And Others – 1980
The Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects were set up to aid disadvantaged youths, ages 16 to 19, by guaranteeing them a part-time job during the school year and a full-time job during summer months on the condition that they remain in, or return to, a secondary school or enroll in an equivalent education program. The program was started in…
Descriptors: Definitions, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
McDonald, Gertrude C. – 1988
The structure of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) is built on the belief that flexibility and responsibility are necessary at the state and local levels to tailor successful programs. The purposely limited federal role allows state and local decisions to flourish. JTPA's private-public partnership has been a major public relations success…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Auspos, Patricia; And Others – 1989
The JOBSTART demonstration program addresses the employability problems of school dropouts by testing a program of basic education, occupational skills training, support services, and job placement assistance for young, economically disadvantaged dropouts who read below the eighth-grade level. The program is being offered at 13 diverse sites,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs
Snedeker, Bonnie; And Others – 1985
This guide for Private Industry Council (PIC) officers, members, and staff is written to assist in planning and overseeing effective programs for youth at risk in the local labor market using resources allocated under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Section I takes a broad view of the problem of building effective employability…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship
Coogan, Mark, Ed. – 1981
This report abstracts and summarizes 19 Indiana Youth Employment and Training Programs (YETPs) funded in FY 1979-80 with moneys allocated by Subpart A, Title IV YETP of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Project Act of 1977. Projects are grouped into subject categories of ongoing and planning projects. Within categories, the projects are…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adolescents, Career Development, Credits
