Some of the reported efforts made and some of the plans businessmen have developed to improve the employment status of the disadvantaged are described. An indirect benefit of those programs is the general improvement in the utilization and development of the regular work force. (AG)

Over a 10-month period, an experimental group of 268 disadvantaged applicants and a matched control group of 206 other disadvantaged applicants, were studied to assess the potential of a work-sample program for improving counseling and placement services for the disadvantaged. Data analyses supports the conclusions that the program (1) helped the…

Programs offering free winterization and repair work to homes of needy senior citizens and low income families are occurring in many states. Sponsored by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and the Community Services Administration, programs also involve The Green Thumb Program and provide training and jobs for participants. (LH)

Government appeals for private employers to hire the hardcore unemployed are logically answered by the query: "Does the Federal Government, the Nation's largest employer, have its own house in order?" This paper explores the extent to which permanent civil service jobs have been opened to the disadvantaged. Problems discovered are…

After examining problem areas in the labor market, the author proposes that disadvantaged groups, particularly the handicapped, are an untapped human resource which can help resolve some of those problems. Recommendations to meet the needs of disadvantaged groups are presented. (EC)

This special research and development project was funded by the U.S. Department of Labor to: (1) serve as an information clearinghouse and develop planning procedures for manpower agencies, (2) improve career opportunities for workers in the human services occupations, and (3) strengthen the U.S. Employment Service capabilities in the human…

Through an analytic technique this monograph studies the economic impact of the ratio of benefits to costs of the vocational rehabilitation process. The primary purpose of the research was to compare the relative value of the rehabilitation for the culturally disadvantaged to that of the medically disabled by benefit-cost analysis. The results of…

A private agency, Flanner House of Indianapolis, combined efforts with the Federal government, the Indiana State Employment Service, and private industry to provide upward job mobility for undereducated individuals who are either unemployed or underemployed. The project was designed to show that: (1) Private industry is willing to finance an…

The Conference on Job Horizons was designed to provide interested persons in the Washington, D.C. area with information about employment opportunities, programs, and guidance and counseling services for disadvantaged women and girls. It also provided an opportunity to discuss ways of improving and devising new programs and more effective…