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Direct linkDebra H. Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study examined Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) participants' perceptions of integrating digital literacy training with the TANF job readiness program to bridge the gap between TANF and earning higher wages to provide for their families without government assistance. A combination of qualitative content analysis and focus group…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Federal Programs, Welfare Services, Digital Literacy
Download full textFrancis, Caroline M. – National Poverty Center, 2013
This bibliography summarizes recent research on the structure and effectiveness of workforce development programs. While the term "workforce development" can mean many things, this document focuses on programs to help low-skill, low-wage and displaced workers increase their employment and earnings, as well as labor market trends that…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Labor Force Development, Low Income Groups, Labor Market
Job Corps, 2008
This paper presents the recommendations made by the Advisory Committee on Job Corps to the Secretary of Labor pertaining to the review, development and implementation of policies, legislation and regulations for the Job Corps program. This document represents the culmination of an intensive and comprehensive nine-month process undertaken by the…
Descriptors: Job Training, Labor, Federal Programs, Program Effectiveness
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. – 1998
This congressional hearing focuses on a General Accounting Office (GAO) examination of the Department of Labor's management of Job Corps recruitment and placement contractors. Its focuses are how the contractors demand and measure success in two of the four strategy areas--client commitment and client placement in a job with long-term…
Descriptors: Accountability, At Risk Persons, Federal Programs, Hearings
Peer reviewedThursby, Lynn L. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1974
This study was designed to examine the effectiveness of The Work Incentive Program (WIN) with female trainees in a medium sized midwestern city. It examines some of the demographic variables of female enrollees in WIN and suggests how WIN counselors might profit from a knowledge of these variables. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Employed Women, Federal Programs
PDF pending restorationGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1991
A study examined local U.S. Employment Service (ES) office placement performance and the role of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in guiding and monitoring state and local ES program performance. Regression and other statistical methods were used to analyze state and local program performance based on the following: placement data for…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Employment Services, Federal Programs, Job Placement
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1983
The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) compared the former Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Private Sector Initiative Program (PSIP) with the traditional Comprehensive Services Program (Title IIB) in terms of participants, services, and outcomes in order to provide baseline data for the supervision of the Job Training Partnership…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Bailis, Lawrence Neil – 1984
This report examines the status of coordination at State and local levels between the activities funded by the Service Delivery Areas and other employment and training programs on the one hand, and between these programs and private sector employers on the other. The status of coordination in Fiscal 1983, the last year of the Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1982
The Work Incentive (WIN) program is supposed to help recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) to get jobs through a program of training, work experience, and employment while reducing the cost of the AFDC program. Because of concerns raised about the program, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) assessed the program to…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Programs, Enrollment, Federal Programs
Mentec Corp., Los Angeles, CA. – 1971
To evaluate the effectiveness of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) institutional training program in preparing trainees for employment, interviews were held with administrative personnel, employers, counselors, and trainees. The survey revealed that completion rates are generally low, due to excessive counselor case loads, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling, Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. – 1999
This congressional hearing continues the House's oversight of the Department of Labor's (DOL's) Job Corps program, focusing on the fourth element of successful job training, maintaining a vocational curriculum that reflects current and future job opportunities. It reviews findings of a General Accounting Office (GAO) study that found the program…
Descriptors: Accountability, At Risk Persons, Federal Programs, Hearings
Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1988
In September 1985, the Canadian government introduced the Canadian Jobs Strategy. Two features distinguish the jobs strategy program from Canada's old job development programs and programs for purchasing job training from colleges. These features are: (1) focusing of federal support for labor market adjustment on those individuals who are most in…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Foreign Countries, Job Development
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1982
Under proposed legislation to replace the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), business can be expected to assume an even greater involvement in job training programs at the state and local levels. How the private sector is adapting to its new role, particularly through the private industry council (PIC) system, is the subject of this…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Business Responsibility, Disadvantaged
Clarcq, Jack R.; Maruggi, Edward A. – 1975
To meet the needs of the handicapped, vocational training programs for handicapped people should provide individuals with technical, personal, social, and communication competencies. As competition for Federal funds becomes more acute, questions will increasingly focus on program effectiveness. Data on young deaf adults, even with professional or…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Deafness, Disabilities, Educational Objectives
Auerbach Corp., Philadelphia, PA. – 1972
This study is one of two containing the findings and summary of an evaluation of the Work Incentive Program (WIN). A national survey, involving 50 projects, the study focuses on three aspects of the program which include: (1) the degree to which the WIN population represents the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) population, (2) the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
