This report is a summary of a project utilizing subprofessionals in the field of social work. Conducted in the Jacksonville, Florida area in 1968, the project demonstrated that subprofessionals could successfully perform a wide variety of tasks formerly assigned to social workers. Although early resistance on the part of social workers was…

A demonstration project (1958-1961) was conducted to establish that a self-sustaining workshop for epileptics can maintain itself competitively and be a viable rehabilitative setting for the epileptic midway between one employable in private industry and one employable only in a sheltered workshop. An EPI-HAB project in Phoenix, Arizona,…

This is a report on the first year's operation of a major job-readiness and job placement program in an "urban fringe" area near the San Francisco Bay. It includes contractor's categories and full information on types and numbers of placements. Also included are narratives of successful programatic breakthroughs and descriptions of areas which…

A research project was designed to develop a hospitality education program model for Hawaii's community colleges. Primary data were gathered in a survey of the hospitality industry characteristics, manpower requirements, and training needs. This report of the project covers the following information: history and growth of the hospitality industry…

This document is responsive to requirements in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to report on findings from research and evaluation activities conducted in fiscal 1979 and plans for fiscal 1980 by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Evaluation, and Research…

The labor mobility demonstration project attempted to increase the geographic mobility of a population characterized by low previous mobility and low mobility potential--black and white workers, either unemployed or newly trained (Manpower Development Training Act) from central Alabama. The complexity of the recruitment and selection task, and…

Summarizing the first eight months of the planning, design, and implementation of the new federal youth programs created by the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) and the efforts for expansion and enrichment of the Job Corps, this report explains the charters of the two projects and their initial successes in and…

The training program described in this final report is one of a number of attempts to solve the manpower shortage in psychology. The task proposes to demonstrate that the presence of psychological assistants, in this case seven female college graduates, increases the effectiveness and productivity of the clinical psychologists to whom they are…

In an effort to lessen the social and economic dysfunctions many California farm workers suffer because of the migratory and seasonal nature of their jobs, a three-phase study was conducted to research, develop, and implement a new career system for the farm worker. During the project's first phase, a job task analysis was conducted on four…