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Military and Veterans' Benefits: Observations on the Transition Assistance Program. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Benefits, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives.

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Bascetta, Cynthia A. – 2002

The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined the transition assistance programs offered by each military branch and their effectiveness. Data were gathered from the following sources: (1) program descriptions and administrative data; (2) structured group interviews with approximately 70 service members who had participated in the transition…

Descriptors: Access to Education, Counseling Services, Data Collection, Federal Programs

Report of Educational Testing Service, Princeton University, on Educational Assistance Programs for Veterans. A Comparative Study of Three GI Bills.

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Veterans Administration, Washington, DC. – 1973

The purpose of the study was to compare the operation of the post-Korean conflict program of educational assistance currently being carried out by the Veterans Administration with similar programs and educational assistance that the Veterans Administration made available to veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict. The highlights of the…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs

Youth Conservation Corps and Young Adult Conservation Corps. Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives. Ninety-Seventh Congress, First Session (June 25 and July 17, 1981).

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Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1981

These congressional hearings contain testimony pertaining to the continuation of funding for the Young Adult Conservation Corps (YACC) and the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC). (Modeled after the Civilian Conservation Corps, the YACC and the YCC are youth conservation programs that provide jobs to youth in such areas as tree planting, trail…

Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adolescents, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment)

Oversight--Job Training Partnership Act. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session on Oversight on Problems Encountered in the Implementation of the Job Training Partnership Act (Jackson, Mississippi).

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1984

This Congressional report contains prepared statements presented at a hearing held in Mississippi to assess local and statewide implementation of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). The focus of the hearing was on state-level administration and assessment of the program, strategies for linking education and training systems, and employers and…

Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Educational Benefits, Educational Cooperation

Report to the Congress of the United States on the Activities of the Office of Correctional Job Training and Placement during Fiscal Year 1999.

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National Inst. of Corrections (Dept. of Justice/LEAA), Washington, DC. – 2000

During fiscal year 1999, the Office of Correctional Job Training and Placement (OCJTP) conducted numerous activities related to its primary functions, which are as follows: (1) coordinate federal departments' and agencies' efforts related to correctional job training and placement; (2) provide training to develop staff competencies needed by state…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role

Health Workforce: Ensuring Adequate Supply and Distribution Remains Challenging. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives.

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Heinrich, Janet – 2001

The General Accounting Office's (GAO's) director of health care-public health issues testified before Congress regarding growing concerns about the adequacy of the health care work force and lessons learned from the experience of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) in addressing the maldistribution of health care professionals. The following…

Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Allied Health Occupations Education, Change Strategies, Demand Occupations