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Download full textScrivener, Susan; Azurdia, Gilda; Page, Jocelyn – MDRC, 2005
Although much is known about how to help welfare recipients find jobs, little is known about how to help them and other low-wage workers keep jobs or advance in the labor market. This report presents information on the effectiveness of a program in South Carolina that aimed to help former welfare recipients obtain jobs, work more steadily, and…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Human Services, Welfare Recipients, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedWeaver, Donald L. – Academic Medicine, 1990
Because of declining participation, the National Health Service Corps' role in improving rural access to primary health care has shifted from placement of scholarship-obligated professionals to recruitment of volunteers and increased emphasis on retention of current providers. Successful care systems include group practices, community-oriented…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Allied Health Occupations, Delivery Systems, Employment Patterns
Smith, Kenneth D.; Wooldridge, Judith; de Saw, Cheryl; Sinclair, Michael – 2001
The Professional Nurse Traineeship (PNT) program was created to provide nursing schools that place high proportions of their graduates in medically underserved communities with additional funding to support students in graduate nursing education or training. A total of 4,332 nurses who graduated in the academic years of 1996-1997 or 1997-1998 from…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Employment Patterns, Federal Programs
Agency for International Development (IDCA), Washington, DC. Office of Women in Development. – 1980
This report to Congress describes the women in development programs, projects, and activities undertaken by the Agency for International Development (AID) during the period from 1978 through 1980. Information is provided concerning AID cooperation and support on preparations for the United Nations Decade for Women Copenhagen Conference. Presented…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
1999
This document contains four symposium papers on work force development. "Effects of Two Different Learning Paths on School-to-Work Transition" (Esther Van Der Schoot) discusses a Dutch study documenting that the following items make a difference in the school-to-work transition: learning path, curriculum characteristics, individual…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
Plein, L. Christopher – 2001
Structured work and training activities for welfare recipients in West Virginia began in 1962 when the state's entire caseload of two-parent families receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children was enrolled in mandatory work and training activities. In 1980s-1990s, the Community Work Experience Program became an important tool in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Compliance (Legal), Economic Climate, Economic Opportunities
Miller, Cynthia; Knox, Virginia; Gennetian, Lisa A.; Dodoo, Martey; Hunter, Jo Anna; Redcross, Cindy – 2000
The Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) began in 1994 as a major welfare initiative that differed from the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) by featuring the following elements: financial incentives to work; participation requirements for long-term welfare recipients; and simplification of welfare rules and procedures. In…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adults, Change Strategies, Children
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
Australian National Training Authority, Brisbane. – 2002
The outcomes achieved by Australia's national vocational education and training (VET) system in 2001 were analyzed in terms of the following performance indicators: (1) recognized VET skill outputs; (2) stocks of skills versus desired levels; (3) employer satisfaction with VET; (4) student outcomes from VET; (5) participation, outputs, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education)
