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Morehouse, Karen – Manpower, 1975
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act's (CETA) cooperative relationship regarding the development of environmental manpower programs on a State and local level is discussed. Environmental programs resulting from CETA aid are described and EPA statistics given, stating that such programs are…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Environmental Technicians, Government Role, Job Training
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Div. of Behavioral Sciences. – 1974
The report provides an assessment of the six Experimental Manpower Laboratories set up by the Manpower Administration to engage in long-term research concerned with developing improved manpower service-delivery systems. An advisory committee under the auspices of the National Research Council was established to conduct the assessment. The six…
Descriptors: Administration, Correctional Rehabilitation, Disadvantaged, Industrial Training
Bavaro, Mary Ellen; And Others – 1995
These four diagnostic guides, developed as part of the Investing in People Project in Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Washington, and West Virginia, can be used to help states in assessing their current work force and economic development systems and in building more comprehensive, integrated, and effective strategies for improving the work force.…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Evaluation Methods, Futures (of Society), Labor Economics
Zinser, Jana – 1994
This handbook describes the methodology of the Investing in People Project, conducted in Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Washington, and West Virginia to help states in assessing their current work force and economic development systems and in building more comprehensive, integrated, and effective strategies for improving the work force. The handbook…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Evaluation Methods, Futures (of Society), Labor Economics
FORSYTH, G.R.; NININGER, J.R. – 1966
PROGRAM 5 TRAINING FOR THE UNEMPLOYED CAME INTO EXISTENCE UNDER THE TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1960. THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS AND PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR ITS FUTURE OPERATION. THE STUDY CONCENTRATED ON (1) THE PROGRAM TRAINEES, (2) EMPLOYER KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND USE OF THE…
Descriptors: Employers, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government Role
Holland, John W.; Skolnik, Michael L. – 1975
This monograph was written in response to the perceived need for an examination of the role of manpower programs as components of public policy. Both manpower programs and related policies are examined in the context of the overall activities and purposes of government in Ontario and in the Canadian federal system. The importance of societal…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Economics, Federal Programs, Labor Economics
Pierson, Frank C. – 1972
This publication is concerned with the task of developing a strong and balanced structure of services for the disadvantaged at state and local government levels, and it makes the case for a comprehensive program at the community level, specifically. In examining what decentralization would mean for the country's manpower development programs and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Decentralization, Disadvantaged
Franchak, Stephen J.; Bruno, Nancy L. – 1971
These guidelines for the use of labor market information are presented in order to improve program planning for vocational education in Pennsylvania by supplying necessary manpower supply/demand data. Once occupational needs are defined for a specific geographic area, a systems approach to program development can be utilized by vocational training…
Descriptors: Career Development, Educational Programs, Employment Projections, Employment Statistics
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Center for Studies in Vocational and Technical Education. – 1972
This study, conducted in response to the requirements of Wisconsin's State Advisory Council for Vocational Education as delineated in the Vocational Amendments of 1968, focuses specifically on the impact of Federal vocational education funds on State health occupations education programs. The six chapters deal respectively with: (1) the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Development, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1998
Describes the Fund for Appalachian Industrial Retraining (FAIR) program, which has trained over 14,000 multiskilled workers in Appalachian manufacturing in the last four years. FAIR works with firms in 18 Appalachian Ohio counties, arranging onsite and offsite programs and providing matching funds for customized training. (SAS)
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship, Human Resources, Industrial Training
Rehabilitation Research Foundation, Elmore, AL. – 1970
Five studies were conducted by the Experimental Manpower Laboratory for Corrections (EMLC) during this reporting period. One dealt with barriers to the employment of released offenders; another examined the post-release economic status of the offender, and still another dealt with factors within the prison environment which appeared to markedly…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Development, Correctional Rehabilitation, Economic Status
Forest Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1970
Manpower programs in which the U.S. Forest Service can participate are identified in this booklet, and methods and procedures for initiating programs in the interest of meeting the needs of rural areas are explained. Major divisions of the document are Overall Planning, Program Sponsorship, The Program-Operation Mainstream, Manpower Development…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs, Forestry Occupations
Ventura County Superintendent of Schools, CA.
The California Manpower Management Information System (CMMIS) Project reported here was done to provide a means of coordinating manpower supply and demand information with pertinent demographic information which will enable state, regional, and local agencies to fulfill various legislative mandates and legal responsibilities. This report covers…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Decision Making, Educational Media
McCarthy, Karin; Lashman, Rebekah – 1994
This report is the product of a project called Investing in People, in which the National Conference of Legislatures and Jobs for the Future helped five states as they tried to develop and implement work force preparation and training strategies to meet the challenge of a competitive global economy. The report is organized in six sections. The…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demand Occupations, Dislocated Workers, Employment Practices

Ripley, Randall B. – 1977
This last of a series of reports on the implementation of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) in Ohio, from the inception of the program in 1974 through mid-1976, compares 16 of the 17 prime sponsors in the State. The monograph describes and explains patterns of influence over decisionmaking about CETA at the local level, a…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Organizations, Decision Making, Delivery Systems