A demonstration program, administered by a community based building maintenance, management, and construction corporation, was developed to provide technical training for minority adults in construction, building maintenance, and property management in the Chicago area. The program was concerned with seeking solutions to the lack of housing, job…

Exemplary projects by unions and colleges are laying the groundwork for successful workers education. The University Studies/Weekend College program at Wayne State University (Detroit, MI) has a classical curriculum in general education that is both lofty and grounded in those areas most engaging to workers. Support of the United Auto Workers and…

The principal roles for publicly sponsored retraining programs are twofold: (1) to reduce the private and social costs associated with unnecessary delays in the reemployment process; and (2) to assist in the replacement of specific human capital lost when a permanent layoff takes place. Nine different demonstration projects and operating programs…

This project involved a national survey of Indian Health Sevice (IHS) agencies to assess the working environment, the extent to which IHS agencies employ and provide support services for persons with disabilities, and the need for program and consumer services to enhance the employability of American Indians with disabilities. A total of 676…

Some 180 experts from 10 European countries met at the University of Trier (Germany) to exchange information about youth assistance projects and hear views about the extent of unemployment among disadvantaged youth and development of innovative solutions. "The Failure of Young People to Cope with Life When Unemployed" (Bohnisch) showed…

A demonstration program instituted the New Careers model into the Bethel school system in Eugene, Oreg., with three objectives: to create an entry system for economically disadvantaged youth into teacher preparation academic course work; to acquire academic credit for the teacher aide's on-the-job training within the university teacher education…

Two approaches to private sector participation in employment and training programs for economically disadvantaged out-of-school youth (16-21 years old) are discussed in this report. The two approaches are: (1) subsidized work experience in the private sector, which tries to foster good work habits leading to employment; and (2) occupational…

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…

A 52-WEEK DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR SEVERELY TO MODERATELY MENTALLY RETARDED YOUTH AND ADULTS IS DESCRIBED. INFORMATION CONCERNING SELECTION OF THE 18 TRAINEES TREATS ETIOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION, ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS (PROCEDURES AND TESTS USED), AND ADMISSION.…

Training activities authorized under Part B of Title II of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) of 1962, as amended, are described and evaluated and recommendations are made for continuation and improvement. The report includes sections on program innovations, experimental and demonstration programs, changing goals, teachers,…

This volume, Interim Report No. 1 in a 3-year study, recommends that employers who want to enlarge the pool of applicants for entry-level career-oriented jobs give serious attention to "vestibule training." The volume is divided into two parts: report and case studies. The report suggests that vestibule training programs can provide job candidates…

To address the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) client's need for career development experience and skills, the Affirmative Action Office of Dane County (Wisconsin) and the Adult Work Experience Program (AWEP) staff plan to implement a year-long training program aimed at job exploration, internship, and personalized decision…

School training and vocational services were combined into a program designed to demonstrate that educable mentally retarded students could develop well rounded working habits that would mutually benefit them and the community. On-the-job training was used as a demonstration of the practical use of academic, social, and vocational skills learned…

The major objective of this study was to examine the experience of four projects in Baltimore, Boston, Milwaukee, and Buncombe County, North Carolina in counseling and placing in jobs older hard-core unemployed workers. Originally the programs were designed to train the hard-core unemployed over 50 years of age. Generally the emphasis was changed…

Describes an educational program designed to improve agricultural production by providing supervised practical experience on the farms of students. (DM)