A Peer Group Counseling program, set up in accordance with the Summer Youth Employment Program during 1980-81 in Riverside, California, is presented as a model. The program objectives focus on improving enrollees' feelings of self-worth and self-confidence; enhancing learning skills; supplying job-seeking skills; and stimulating a desire for…

In order to meet the educational needs of the hard-core unemployed, an instructional program known as the "Alternative Career Center" was designed at Iowa Lakes Community College to prepare those identified by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act for employment. After reviewing the literature on educational programs for the…