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Shivy, Victoria A.; Guion, David B.; Green, Brooke A.; Wingate, Jesse A. – Journal of Career Development, 2019
This study evaluates cross-sectional data from 9 years of the "INTUIT: Work and Careers" intervention (N = 491), a program for female offenders in reentry. Of several measures used, participants showed increases on the five career decision-making self-efficacy factors assessed by the "Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy Short Form…
Descriptors: Females, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Decision Making
Spero, Abby – 1985
The Displaced Homemakers Network surveyed its 425 programs in the winter of 1985 to determine the extent and nature of services to displaced homemakers under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Also sought was information about the barriers to JTPA that kept program operators from bidding successfully for contracts. Finally, the survey…
Descriptors: Displaced Homemakers, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Females
Ekstrom, Ruth B. – 1981
A project was designed to develop a process by which the life experiences of women could be assessed for entry into employment and for entry into or advanced placement in vocational education programs. Following a review of literature and interviews to determine the approaches currently used to accredit women's life experience learning,…
Descriptors: Certification, Competence, Credentials, Employment Qualifications
Armstrong, Jan – 1983
The Vocational Services for Displaced Homemakers and Re-entry Women project was developed and implemented at Miami-Dade Community College in Florida in order to respond to the special needs of displaced homemakers as they begin the transition from homemaker to wage earner. Provided during the project were support services to enable displaced…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Coping, Counseling Services, Displaced Homemakers
Austin Independent School District, TX. – 1981
The Redirected Homemakers Project began in August, 1979, as a program to aid displaced homemakers in the assessment and development of skills which could be translated into meaningful, salaried work. The project operated within the office of Community Education of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District. Within the structure of the school…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Education, Community Resources, Demonstration Programs
Owensboro Public Schools, KY. – 1987
The Owensboro, Kentucky, Displaced Homemaker Program helps single parents/displaced homemakers in the Green River Area Development District to gain control of their lives by developing skills necessary to secure a job and become independent and self-sufficient. In fiscal year 1986-87, 240 persons applied for the program, which provides an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning