Data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that in 2016 over four million young people in the United States were "disconnected," meaning they had not been enrolled in school in the previous three months and were not working. Although this number has fallen in the years since the Great Recession (which officially ended in 2009), as the…

Across Europe, young adult unemployment remains an important issue. Those who have grown up in contexts of social and educational disadvantage can find it particularly difficult to find work. In response, governments, charitable foundations and in the rare case, researchers, have developed programmes of training and work-based learning to help…

Policymakers and practitioners are seeking answers to the youth employment challenge; looking for ideas and evidence on what works and why, in order to improve the labour market conditions of young people. Youth employment interventions, such as entrepreneurship promotion, training and skills development, employment services, mentoring and…

This project reviewed and critiqued educational and employment programs to assist exoffenders' reentry to the community. Chief criticisms include lack of followup studies; lack of relevance to life "outside"; and inaccurate, inconsistent, and unreliable research. (SK)

The Employment Training Panel consists of seven representatives of business and labor who were appointed by the Governor of California and the state's legislature to administer funds transferred from the state unemployment insurance fund for job training. The panel is authorized to contract with employers and schools to conduct training that puts…

The General Accounting Office examined the effectiveness of the vocational rehabilitation program administered by the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) in helping disabled veterans obtain and maintain employment. Data were obtained from the following sources: analysis of the VA's nationwide database on all program applicants and their progress;…

The Farmers and Ranchers Demonstration Project, funded by the Economic Dislocation and Workers Adjustment Act, provided funding for employment and training services to dislocated and at-risk farmers and ranchers and their dependents and employees in four states (Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota) from July 1, 1990 to September 30,…

The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the labor market links and vocational training performance of the Job Corps, which is an employment and training program aimed at providing severely disadvantaged youth with a comprehensive array of services in residential settings. Data were collected from the following: interviews with Job Corps…

The Step Forward Single Parent/Homemaker Program in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, was developed to provide information on career opportunities and assist the target individuals in career assessment, career counseling, and goal setting in order to develop self-esteem and time management skills. During the second year of the Step Forward program in…

A study in Georgia evaluated the pre-program to post-program changes in employment, earnings, and welfare dependency for the 6,693 Title II-A adults that occurred between application and participant follow-up 13 weeks after leaving the state's Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program during the 1989-90 program year. Findings revealed…

The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)--now Title V of the Older Americans Act--evolved from Operation Mainstream, a pilot project established under Title II of the Economic Opportunity Act. Operation Mainstream, which was first funded in 1965, provided jobs for chronically unemployed, poor adults in a wide range of activities to…

A study was conducted of a representative sample of 5,467 adult Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) participants who exited the program between July 1, 1985, and June 30, 1986 to determine the occupations in which male and female participants were trained and subsequently placed. Job skill level was classified as higher, moderate, or lower-level…

A study examined the effectiveness of five mandatory welfare employment programs in working with different segments of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) caseload. The study considered programs in San Diego, California; Baltimore, Maryland; several counties in Virginia; Little Rock and another county in Arkansas; and Cook County…

In 1983, Congress established the Veterans' Job Training Act (VJTA) Program to provide stable and permanent employment for Korean Conflict and Vietnam era veterans who have been unemployed for long periods of time. About 99 percent of VJTA participants are male, 81 percent are white, 90 percent are at least high school graduates, and over 80…

An overview is provided of the Human Resources Development (HRD) program in the North Carolina Community College System, focusing on trend data and program achievements for 1992-93. The first section of the report traces the growth of systemwide HRD activities from 1970, when a pilot program offering basic pre-job training was implemented at…