Growing evidence suggests that Positive Youth Development (PYD), a holistic approach to developing assets and competencies, can help prepare young people for success in adulthood, including success in the workplace. At its core, PYD focuses on creating a supportive, developmentally appropriate learning setting by emphasizing positive…

This document provides an overview of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T). SNAP E&T is a funding source that allows states to provide employment and training and related supportive services to individuals receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps)…

This report presents the final results for the evaluation of the New Americans Centers (NACs) demonstration project in Arkansas and Iowa. It focuses on program operations and plans for program sustainability, while highlighting services provided through the demonstration projects in Arkansas and Iowa. It also documents outcomes for New Iowan…

The article briefly describes Project Employability, a job training and placement program for the developmentally disabled in Virginia, and presents three case studies to illustrate the project's job placement process. (Author/DLS)

The development and performance, through 1981, of Private Industry Councils (PICs) in 16 study sites are described and assessed in this report. (PICs were set up under Title VII of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to serve as a hub for attracting increased private sector involvement in employment and training activities for the…

The history, purposes, activities and success of the Widening Opportunity Research Center (WORC), founded in 1972 to promote continuing education in Massachusetts, are documented in this project report. Each area of the WORC program is described and evaluated as of 1978, including: (1) counseling; (2) training; (3) employment referral; and (4)…

The article describes "Project Occupations" at a Missouri junior college to train and find employment for low-income persons who are unskilled, undereducated, have lost jobs, or are chronically unemployed. Emphasis is on fast training and placement in area businesses. (MF)

Although there is a shortage of jobs for the severely impaired, there is a manpower shortage in the field of micrographics. The Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research Micrographics Training Program attempts to solve both of these problems by training and placing in competitive employment individuals with severe physical disabilities.…

This guide was developed to help concerned community members, groups, and organizations learn about major federal and state funds for employment-related youth programs and to direct them to additional funding resources. The guide discusses several types of employment-related activities that help young people become healthy and productive adults.…

Discusses the results of the Training and Technology (TAT) projects and their implications for vocational education, the employment process, and coordination of school and industry. (SB)

A general discussion of the history of the Title II training program briefly reviews accomplishments from its beginning in August 1962 through the end of 1966. During this period, training opportunities under institutional, on-the-job, and combination programs were authorized for over 835,000 persons at a cost of over $1 billion. Training was…

A study was conducted to develop and implement a procedure to describe and evaluate existing linkage programs at the local level between vocational education and CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) programs. The study had the following objectives: (1) to identify linking organizations that offered services directly or through the…

Recently, members of the research staff of the Urban Affairs Division of the National Association of Manufacturers traveled around the country and met with key company representatives responsible for their organizations' on-going hard-core employment programs. This document reports, in synthesized form, the information gained about effective…

Explains the role of the California Employment Training Panel in ensuring that public monies are well spent by guaranteeing that training leads directly to employment. Emphasizes the importance of job training as a tool for economic development. (AYC)

Summaries of eight titles of the reauthorized (for fiscal years 1979 through 1982) Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA) are presented and discussed. The new CETA will serve, essentially, to increase the earned income of the economically disadvantaged. (MF)