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LeMasurier, Joseph; Kaszuba, Michael J. – Manpower, 1975
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Federal Programs, Job Development, Job Placement
Project PLANTWORK: A Horticulture Employment Initiative for Workers with Developmental Disabilities.
Download full textNational Council for Therapy and Rehabilitation through Horticulture, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD. – 1986
Intended for persons establishing job development programs for developmentally disabled individuals, this training manual details the structure and procedures of Project PLANTWORK, a 21-month demonstration program which placed approximately 70 workers with developmental disabilities into employment in horticulture industry firms or into…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems
Peer reviewedGriffin, S. L.; Lowry, J. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1989
This article identifies segments of the deaf-blind population needing additional support to secure and maintain employment, such as the deaf-blind mentally retarded. Supported employment models are described in this context, with special emphasis on the individual placement model and its approaches to job development, worker assessment, training…
Descriptors: Adults, Deaf Blind, Employment Problems, Employment Services
John F. Kennedy Family Service Center, Inc., Charlestown, MA. – 1969
The report discusses the problems of the older worker (those 45 and older) in obtaining and maintaining employment in the state of Massachusetts. It also assesses the feasibility of redirecting and reactivating the older worker toward employment with the aid of job counseling and placement, job development, and comprehensive supportive services…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems, Employment Services, Human Services
Wilson, Thurlow R.; Richards, John A. – 1974
Intended as a desk aid for persons involved in job placement activities for disabled veterans, veterans employment representatives, Veterans Administration and Employment Service counselors, employment officers of veterans service organizations, or company personnel officers, this booklet, using a question-answer format, presents research findings…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Problems
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
Wilson, Thurlow R.; Richards, John A. – 1975
Research findings on the employment of disabled veterans in a practical format are presented for people interested in the goal of equal employment opportunity for disabled veterans--job developers, vocational counselors, service officers of veterans organizations, employment service administrators, and employers. The guide contains findings from a…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems, Employment Services
McCreary, Phyllis Groom; McCreary, John M. – 1975
The document was written for those who are planning new manpower services for offenders and ex-offenders or who are administering or employed in various institutional or community-based programs that prepare them to find jobs and acquire skills to raise their income. Part 1 establishes a framework for the guidelines presented in the rest of the…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminals, Employment Interviews
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1987
The Guaranteed Job Opportunity Act would make major changes in federal policy on the unemployed. The bill would allow hard core unemployed persons to work on government projects until they find a job in the private sector. The participants would work four days per week for minimum wages or 10% more than welfare or 10% more than unemployment…
Descriptors: American Indians, Employed Parents, Employment Problems, Employment Programs
Franklin, David S. – 1975
The project worked closely and supportively with California welfare mothers, helping them find suitable employment which meshed with their parenting functions, to demonstrate and test the impact of flexible work schedules and to determine whether business and industry could provide flexibly scheduled work (part-time, temporary, or intermittent).…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Coordination, Counseling Services
