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Download full textGREEN, ALFRED L. – 1966
THE HEAD ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT VISITED SWEDEN, FRANCE, YUGOSLAVIA, THE NETHERLANDS, GREAT BRITAIN, AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DURING JUNE AND JULY OF 1966. INTERVIEWS WERE HELD WITH PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PERSONNEL IN ALL ECHELONS AND WITH OFFICIALS OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Comparative Analysis, Employment Programs, Employment Services
Schiller, Bradley R. – Manpower, 1975
A study of job search behavior among former participants in the Work Incentive (WIN) Program sought to determine how former clients go about looking for jobs and which methods yield the greatest success; a basic concern was the effectiveness of public agencies as compared with other means of finding work. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Comparative Analysis, Employment, Employment Programs
Wilson, Philip G.; And Others – 1990
This study investigated potential differences between nonminority and minority groups of individuals with disabilities, in terms of employment placement approach utilized and employment outcomes achieved. The 173 minority status individuals represented four subgroups: Black, Hispanic, Asian, and American Indian. Dependent variables analyzed…
Descriptors: Adults, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Burleson, Richard A. – 1973
This report compares Vermont's experience with two federally funded programs aimed at reducing unemployment. The first was a Special Work Project (SWP) directed toward providing work experience rather than skill training for welfare recipients, and also for low-income families. A second approach was through the Public Employment Program (PEP).…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employment Programs, Employment Qualifications, Federal Programs
New York State Office of the Comptroller, Albany. – 1993
A study compared the effectiveness and cost of the New York Department of Labor's (NYDOL) major programs with those aspects of similar programs operated by the other 49 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. It reviewed NYDOL records, interviewed NYDOL managers, analyzed data from the U.S. DOL, and contacted officials in some other states.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Counseling, Comparative Analysis, Employment Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1988
A study examined Work Incentive (WIN) Demonstration programs in four states. The following programs were reviewed: Employment and Training Choices (in Massachusetts), Michigan Opportunity and Skills Training, the Employment Services Program (in Texas), and JOBS (in Oregon). A strict, across-the-board analysis of the programs was difficult because…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Demonstration Programs
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, IL. – 1967
THE GENERAL OBJECTIVE WAS TO HELP THE CLIENTS ATTAIN EMPLOYMENT READINESS. TWO-WEEK WORKSHOPS WERE HELD ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING--TRANSPORTATION AND ORIENTATION TO THE CITY, GROOMING AND PERSONAL HYGIENE, MONEY MANAGEMENT, AND HUMAN RELATIONS TRAINING AND JOB ORIENTATION. DAILY LESSON PLANS WITH OBJECTIVES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE WORLD OF WORK…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Experience, Employment Programs
Besse, Art – 1979
This report is written to address the informational void of literature explaining the cause of the conflict, rather than cooperation, existing between the CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) and ES (Employment Service) systems. It also touches on the reasonableness of ES and CETA operating similar but separate systems. One section is…
Descriptors: Administration, Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Comparative Analysis
Welch, Doug – 2001
As part of its Jobs Initiative (JI) program in six metropolitan areas Denver, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Seattle the Annie E. Casey Foundation sought to develop and test a method for establishing benchmarks for workforce development agencies. Data collected from 10 projects in the JI from April through March, 2000,…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Employment Programs, Enrollment
Cobb, H. Brian, Ed.; Larkin, Dave, Ed. – 1982
Five policy papers address methods of funding vocational/special education and relative benefits versus expenditures for different employment training systems for moderately and severely handicapped persons. The first paper critiques the present vocational education funding system for handicapped students. Federal funding mechanisms, state and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Compliance (Legal), Cost Effectiveness
Hahn, Andrew; Friedman, Barry – 1981
Two job search assistance programs for disadvantaged youth, funded under the Youth Employment and Demonstrations Project Act, were evaluated for both operation and impact. The two programs were the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Job Factory, which paid youths a stipend for doing the "job" of finding a job, while providing group activities,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Counseling, Comparative Analysis, Counselor Role
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1999
Research on effectiveness of welfare-to-work approaches shows programs that combine approaches--job search assistance and education and training--have better employment and earnings outcomes than either approach alone. Consistent with findings and the work focus of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, states have…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Schexnayder, Deanna T.; Olson, Jerome A. – 1997
An evaluation was conducted of the Hawaii Food Stamp Employment and Training/Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program Conformance Demonstration, known as PRIDE (Positive Response in Developing Employment). The impact analysis examined client participation patterns, services, and employment outcomes. A pre-post/demonstration-comparison site…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs
Schexnayder, Deanna T.; Olson, Jerome A. – 1997
An evaluation was conducted of the Texas Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSE&T)/Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Program Conformance Demonstration. The BOND (Better Opportunities for New Directions) demonstration program tested conformance compatibility between the FSE&T and JOBS programs. It enacted such policy changes as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs
Woodbury, Stephen A. – 2002
Income replacement and reemployment programs in Michigan and its neighboring states were examined in the context of recent changes in federal policy regarding compensation and services for individuals who have lost their jobs or sustained job-related injuries. The analysis focused primarily on the following programs: (1) Unemployment Insurance…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems
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