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Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, DC. Center for National Policy Review. – 1985
The question of how women are faring under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) has received little attention. Of particular concern is whether, and how successfully, JTPA is reaching and serving those sub-groups of women in poverty, such as displaced homemakers and AFDC (welfare) mothers, who face particularly difficult barriers to employment…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Displaced Homemakers, Federal Programs, Females
Download full textSolow, Katherine; Walker, Gary – 1986
This study describes and assesses the early years of implementation of Title II-A of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in regard to its services to women. Title II of JTPA is the major Federal program intervention--funded at about 1.8 billion dollars annually--aimed at providing employment and training services for the economically…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Displaced Homemakers, Early Parenthood, Economically Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1986
Testimony was heard from two panels concerning: (1) child care as a supportive service designed to ensure parents' access to education, job training, and the labor market; and (2) the effectiveness of federal programs in administering to child care needs. Witnesses appearing in the first panel described (1) experience as a single parent; (2)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Costs, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. – 1995
The effectiveness of employment and training (E&T) programs in improving labor market outcomes can be assessed by measuring the impact on the future success of participants. The program with the greatest success in reducing dropout rates among at-risk youth is the Quantum Opportunities Project. Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Dislocated Workers
Brookhaven Coll., Farmers Branch, TX. – 1993
This guide contains information about academic support services available to single parents, displaced homemakers, and single pregnant women at community, junior, and technical colleges throughout Texas. Over three-fourths of the guide is devoted to program information in the form of brochures, flyers, and forms supplied by representatives of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Alcohol Education, Career Counseling, College Programs
