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Download full textHassan, Salah Salem – 1985
The purpose of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) is to establish job training and employment assistance programs for economically disadvantaged youth and hard-to-hire, unskilled adults. Like the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), JTPA works through a locally based program delivery system. Unlike CETA, JTPA calls for equal…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Cooperative Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2003
Reauthorization of welfare reform legislation has focused attention on the effectiveness of short-term training as a means for welfare recipients to attain self-sufficiency. Its effects on employment and earnings have been one focus of recent evaluations of federal programs. Although some Job Opportunities and Basic Skills programs produced…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Employment Level
