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Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1982
The seven most frequently mentioned needs of displaced homemakers are (1) personal counseling; (2) career or vocational counseling; (3) further education or training; (4) information, outreach, publicity; (5) temporary financial or other support during training; (6) jobs and job development; and (7) awareness of own needs. Active publicity and…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling
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
Williams, D. A. – 1987
The Polk County School Board Single Parent/Homemaker Program was a multiagency effort designed to meet the psychological and educational needs of single parents and displaced homemakers who lack marketable skills. The program offered immediate support to clients who were in need of information and referrals; workshop sessions on personal…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Colleges, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1987
This guide is designed to provide vocational education, single parent/displaced homemaker program directors, and other interested persons with information to help them support, establish, and conduct programs for single parents or displaced homemakers in the nine vocational education planning regions of Utah. It includes definitions and staff…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Displaced Homemakers
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
Weston, Kathleen M. – 1982
This guide provides a systems approach to increasing the numbers of women in apprenticeships and skilled blue collar jobs. Its components form the Apprenticeship and Blue Collar (ABC) System. This system was developed from the experiences of hundreds of employment and training professionals and from several targeted outreach programs currently…
Descriptors: Adults, Affirmative Action, Apprenticeships, Blue Collar Occupations
