To determine the feasibility of different approaches in restructuring the household employment occupation to make it more attractive and rewarding, eight experimental and demonstration projects provided training, counseling, and placement services for women who were interested in household occupations. All of the programs sought to improve the…

The report describes a Vermont project begun in 1970 and designed to assess the long term value of the Special Work Project (SWP), or Public Service Employment, as a vehicle for providing transitional employment to unemployed members of low income families with children receiving public aid. The study attempted to contact and interview the 609…

This 1-year pilot project in training nurse's aides to become eligible for licensing as practical nurses in isolated rural hospitals was designed to upgrade their skills, expand their theoretical knowledge, and aid in occupational mobility upon successful completion of the program and the State's examination. Conducted in a typical rural hospital…