Describes President Carter's proposed system to give welfare and other low-income families a chance to earn their way out of poverty. Focus is on the Jobs for Families component which combines the Aid to Families with Dependent Children; Supplemental Security Income for the aged, blind, and disabled; and Food Stamps in a single cash assistance…

Deals with an Office of Economic Opportunity-funded Neighborhood Employment Center with an affiliated job training center in Massachusetts. (DM)

Overviews four demonstration programs developed out of a recently enacted federal youth employment act: The Young Adult Conservation Corps (YACC), The Youth Community Conservation and Improvement Projects, The Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects, and Youth Employment and Training Programs. (EM)

The Private Sector Initiative Program (PSIP), Title VII of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), is planned to put employment and training back in private business through grants to employers for on-the-job training programs, with private industry councils as links between business and industry and the federal government. (MF)

The booklet describes the accomplishments of Project Skill, an approach to providing employment in Wisconsin civil service positions for mildly mentally retarded or restored emotionally disturbed persons. In addition to an historical review of the project, the report focuses on the following aspects (subtopics in parentheses): job development…

This report describes twenty federally funded youth employment program models and innovations. Each four-page description includes the following: program title, name of operating agency, project costs, source of funds, number of participants, unique program features, duration of grant, major program goals and objectives, prime sponsor, contact…

The effectiveness of using financial assistance and supportive services was studied in order to increase the ability of unemployed workers and reduce unemployment in Georgia. The project's close cooperation with the ongoing program of the employment service is evidenced by the fact that 99 percent of the workers obtained their jobs through the…

The 1978 reauthorization of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) introduced a new title, Title VII: the Private Sector Initiative Program (PSIP). This title instructs Prime Sponsors to form a new kind of intermediary organization, a Private Industry Council (PIC), which has the major objective of increasing the opportunities of…

Youthwork, Incorporated, was created by the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) to keep track of youth employment and training programs. Privately-owned Youthwork administers federal demonstration grants across the country to help provide job guidance, work experience credit, private sector involvement, and…

This paper examines various aspects of public employment programs designed to reduce unemployment in Western industrialized countries. The historical context in which these programs emerged and the forms such programs might take are discussed. Public employment is considered in terms of special public service jobs, public works, and training and…

This guide identifies resource organizations, agencies, and federal publications that provide information on employment of and employment services for handicapped persons. The first three sections contain brief summaries of (1) programs to assist disabled persons in obtaining employment, (2) programs creating job opportunities for disabled…

The literature was surveyed and discussions were conducted with various federal officials, state administrators, and private employers to evaluate private employers' policies with regard to disabled persons. Key employment programs for disabled workers were reviewed, including the Employment Services System (Job Service), the Comprehensive…

This three-part package provides a description of the philosophy and operating instructions for New Careers training programs in Employment Security (NCES) agencies. The first part gives instructions to State agencies and Department of Labor staffs on the operations of a training project. Included are term definitions, program standards, training…

This report on youth employment programs is intended to help prime sponsors and program operators implement innovative youth employment efforts under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and the Youth Employment and Demonstration Project Act (YEDPA). The content is in two chapters. Chapter 1 covers the introduction, meeting…

At the end of September, 1978, 37,000 low-income youths in seventeen competitively selected communities across the country were enrolled in Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects which guaranteed them a part-time job during the school year and a full-time job during summer months on the condition that they remain in, or return to, a secondary…