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Morical, Lee – 1978
An experimental program is described which was designed to train non-urban housewives for paid employment as paraprofessional peer counselors. A flow chart traces the origin of the project back to 1969, when the future project director recognized the mental health needs of a variety of non-urban housewives of all ages. The resulting peer counselor…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Females, Helping Relationship, Homemakers
Gerland, Mildred; Sullivan, Mary – 1979
Two surveys were developed in an effort to evolve a model process for setting up a displaced homemaker center, for determining how displaced homemakers are presently being served within a VTAE (Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education) district, and for identifying and then assessing the needs of a sample of displaced homemakers. The surveys…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Centers, Community Information Services, Community Involvement
Trevor, Rena; Lucas, John A. – 1986
As one element of the evaluation of the Women's Program at William Rainey Harper College, surveys were sent to 500 women who had participated in the offerings of the Women's Program in 1983; and to 194 women who had taken part in Project Turning Point between 1979 and 1981. Study findings, based on a 65% response rate, included the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Course Evaluation, Displaced Homemakers
Zendell, Marlene – 1981
This three-part report describes and evaluates Washington's Displaced Homemaker Pilot Project, a two-year program which established multipurpose service centers to provide training, counseling, and support for displaced homemakers. After the Executive Summary, Part I presents background on project funding and the problems and characteristics of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Centers, Community Colleges
Download full textAustin Independent School District, TX. – 1981
The Redirected Homemakers Project began in August, 1979, as a program to aid displaced homemakers in the assessment and development of skills which could be translated into meaningful, salaried work. The project operated within the office of Community Education of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District. Within the structure of the school…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Education, Community Resources, Demonstration Programs
LaFleur, Carol A. – 1990
Objectives of the Career Assessment, Remediation, Education, Employment, and Re-entry (CAREER) project were to establish a series of intensive, short-term job training programs using competency-based instruction to serve Hispanic persons who were economically disadvantaged, displaced, unemployed, or underemployed, as well as Hispanic females who…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Ancillary School Services, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Manufacturing
