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Yin, Robert K.; And Others – 1989
A study examined six cases where job training and economic development had been successfully linked through an interorganizational arrangement. Cases were nominated by U.S. Employment and Training Administration officials, job training and economic development experts, and published reports. The six organizations of primary focus were Pima County…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Community Programs
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1984
This practical aid is designed to help individuals and organizations working at the local level on employment and economic issues to build effective public-private partnerships and develop stronger links between economic development and employment and training activities. It is intended for practitioners at the policy and program levels in public…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Community Development, Community Programs
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
Shabecoff, Alice; And Others – Strategy Alert, 1993
A community-based approach can excel at putting people back to work. The community-based strategy for helping people find and keep jobs needs to provide comprehensive and integrated services. Collaboration is likely to be the most practical means to round up those services. Community groups usually have a dual purpose in pursuing a jobs program:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement
Fleming, Patricia, Ed.; Suniewick, Nancy, Ed. – 1970
Included in these bulletins are descriptive analyses of various New Careers Training programs, issues related to Civil Service requirements, health, training models, rehabilitation, veterans' problems, and colleges as user agencies. Outlined are various steps for developing new careers jobs and for giving technical assistance. Solutions carried…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Bulletins, Career Development, Community Programs
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1979
To assess the feasibility of large-scale, countercyclical public job creation, a study was initiated. Job creation program activities were examined in terms of how many activities could be undertaken; what would be their costs; and what would be their characteristics (labor-intensity, skill-mix, and political acceptability) that might contribute…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Opportunities
Patten, W. George – 1977
Adult basic education (ABE) programs are not adequate to prepare the unemployed and undereducated to gain entry into the labor market and conceivably higher education. Some indications of the scope of the problem can be seen in a recent Division of Adult Education, U.S. Office of Education, report which indicated that more than fifty-one million…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Ancillary Services, Career Counseling
Faulkner, Gail; Harmon, Marguerite; Johnson, Lynnette; Knopf, Elise; Latz, Rubin; Parnes, Alan; Currie-Richardson, Diane; Sligar, Steven – Midwest Center for Postsecondary Outreach, 2004
This book provides guidance for administrators and service delivery staff of Community Rehabilitation Programs to serve consumers who are deaf, hard of hearing, late deafened or deafblind. This publication follows an outline based on standards from CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities), the national accrediting agency for…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Vocational Evaluation, Rehabilitation Programs, Partial Hearing
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1993
This compendium, which is intended as a resource for state and local policymakers and practitioners to use in addressing work force development issues in their states, describes successful projects based on various work force development strategies in the areas of collaboration, empowerment, and systematic change. Some of the models included were…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Programs, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
Engbretson, William E.; Levine, Eugene A. – 1980
The product of a study of urban Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs involving youths aged 16-22 that would result in real or potential job creation and community economic development, this report consists of 24 case studies and a series of recommendations pertaining to the development of similar programs in Illinois.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Kramer, Fredrica – Issue Notes, 1998
This document examines strategies for promoting job retention and career advancement for recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The document begins by considering the problems faced by less-skilled TANF recipients in finding, retaining, and advancing in jobs. Section 2 examines the following policy issues: (1) the aims of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Articulation (Education), Career Counseling