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Download full textAmerican Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1990
The goal of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) is long-term employability. To obtain feedback on the effectiveness of JTPA programs in promoting retention in the labor force, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) requires states and service delivery areas (SDAs) to collect information on the postprogram outcomes of JTPA participants. This…
Descriptors: Adults, Data Collection, Employment Potential, Employment Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1990
A study examined the state spending patterns for dislocated worker assistance under Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and the Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (EDWAA), as evidenced by Department of Labor (DOL) semiannual reports and other DOL data, for program years 1985-88. JTPA Title III provides funds…
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Dismissal (Personnel), Expenditures
Kelly, Jodie Sue; Elsman, Max – 1989
This paper, meant to stimulate discussion within the employment and training community, offers a wide range of strategies for keeping clients enrolled in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. Issues discussed include the following: (1) why retention is important; (2) gathering and analyzing information; (3) links between client recruitment…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attitude Change, Disadvantaged, Employer Attitudes
Bowman, William R. – 1993
A study examined the feasibility of using a "nonexperimental" technique to evaluate Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs for economically disadvantaged adults. New statistical techniques were applied to data about a sample of Utah JTPA participants and data about Employment Security registrants linked with their individual…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged
Hotchkiss, Lawrence; Smythe, John – 1988
A two-part survey of Ohio employers of JTP (Job Training Partnership) Ohio Title IIA participants asked 497 employers about: (1) their attitudes and opinions toward JTP Ohio and their participation in JTP programs (272 responses) and (2) employment and earning data for Title IIA participants who worked in the firm after ending their JTP training…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Data Collection, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Cheverton, Sarah – 1992
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S. Congress have improved the quality, effectiveness, and integrity of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). A basic skills improvement program funded by the DOL was implemented in two Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, worksites. Several implications for managing the changes within JTPA related…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Employment Patterns, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Stone, Charles F.; Sawhill, Isabel V. – 1986
A study analyzed how trade has affected and was likely to affect the economy along three dimensions: (1) the employment shifts occurring during the years 1972-1984; (2) the outlook for employment projected to 1990 under four different scenarios; and (3) issues related to displaced workers. Increased international trade was found to have been…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Career Change, Dislocated Workers
