This report details the development of a program for the short-term training of security guards, including conceptual, instructional, and administrative concerns. It is designed to serve as a model for other similar retraining programs. The original objectives of the program were outlined as being (1) the removal of persons from the category of…

The three projects examined in this paper are the Work Link/Project R.E.S.P.E.C.T. program in St. Louis and Seattle's Individualized Placement efforts and Office Occupations sector project. These are programs that have focused their efforts on the difficult goal of high retention. All have managed to place and keep between half and about…

This report summarizes the Program for Persons of Limited English-Speaking Ability (PLESA) which involved 47 prime sponsors providing training and employment assistance to over 6,000 persons, most of whom were Hispanic or Asian. Focus is on lessons learned that will be useful for developing such programs. Chapters 1 and 2 discuss the background of…

These ten case studies of the Program for Persons of Limited English-Speaking Ability (PLESA) report different approaches to providing training and employment assistance to unemployed persons of limited English-speaking ability. (A summary report of forty-seven projects is available separately. See Note.) The first four describe projects conducted…