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"Project QUEST" ("Quality Employment through Skills Training") provides comprehensive support services to help participants complete occupational training programs at local community colleges and professional training institutes, pass certification exams, and obtain well-paying jobs in targeted sectors of the local economy.…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Employment Potential, Skill Development, Job Training
What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
"Project QUEST" ("Quality Employment through Skills Training") provides comprehensive support services to help participants complete occupational training programs at local community colleges and professional training institutes, pass certification exams, and obtain well-paying jobs in targeted sectors of the local economy.…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Employment Potential, Skill Development, Job Training
What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
"Project QUEST" ("Quality Employment through Skills Training") provides comprehensive support services to help participants complete occupational training programs at local community colleges and professional training institutes, pass certification exams, and obtain well-paying jobs in targeted sectors of the local economy.…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Employment Potential, Skill Development, Job Training
Direct linkStephani L. Wrabel; Jennie W. Wenger; Linda Cottrell – RAND Corporation, 2025
The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program is a residential, quasi-military program that serves young people ages 16 to 18 who are struggling to complete their high school credential. This is the ninth report in an annual series that RAND researchers have issued. The prior annual reports cover 2015 through 2022. Each annual report documents the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Residential Programs, Military Training, Youth Programs
Gentry, Geraldine E. – Adult Leadership, 1973
The Work Incentive Program was designed to motivate welfare recipients to upgrade their academic and vocational skills so that they become independent from welfare rolls. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Programs, Job Skills, Program Costs
BATEMAN, C.W. – 1966
A MODEL IS CONSTRUCTED TO DETERMINE THE BEST PROPORTION OF FORMAL AND ON-THE-JOB TRAINING IN MILITARY OCCUPATIONS. SPECIAL CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO THE UNIQUE SITUATION OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL'S FIXED LENGTH OF SERVICE, THE SMALL PERCENTAGE OF RE-ENLISTMENT, AND THE NECESSITY OF TRAINING ALL ENLISTEES FOR ASSIGNED OCCUPATIONS. THE MODEL FORMULA…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Enlisted Personnel, Mathematical Models, On the Job Training
SOMERS, GERALD G. – 1967
THIS FORD FOUNDATION SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECT CONCENTRATED ON EVALUATING AND REPORTING ON PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE AREA REDEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1961 TO RETRAIN AND RELOCATE UNEMPLOYED WORKERS IN FOUR DEPRESSED AREAS OF WEST VIRGINIA. RESEARCHERS, SCHOLARS, AND RESOURCE PERSONS WERE INVOLVED IN CONDUCTING THE WEST VIRGINIA PHASE OF THE PROJECT…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Evaluation
Moore, Sarah H.; And Others – 1975
This report provides descriptions and statistics on Georgia's ten Youth Development Centers designed for the care of delinquent children. Title I courses include business education, cultural enrichment, small appliance, furniture repair, and basic skills, with an emphasis on the latter. Results of the enrichment courses fall in the cognitive,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Delinquency, Developmental Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Finn, Peter – 1997
The Orange County, Florida, Corrections Division provides unusually intensive educational and vocational programs to most inmates in its 3,300-bed jail. A staff of 70 full-time instructors provide the following services: adult basic education, preparation for the general equivalency diploma, vocational training, life skills development, women's…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Daily Living Skills, Educational Practices
Johnson, Gerald – 1976
An evaluation was conducted of the fourth year of Project Future, implemented in the Bremerton (Washington) School District. The project objective was to provide pilot class students at four grade levels (grades 3, 6, 9, and 12) with career education learning experiences which used commercial and teacher created classroom activities and materials,…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Vincent, Roger D.; Cobb, Robert A. – 1977
An interim study was conducted in Kentucky to determine the effectiveness of Competency Based Vocational Education (CBVE) and to compare its effectiveness to that of traditional teaching methodologies. Research surveys of those directly involved in the implementation of CBVE were used to ascertain if CBVE is meeting its self-stated goals.…
Descriptors: Banking, Business Education, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
European Social Fund, Dublin (Ireland). – 1993
A study examined European Social Fund (ESF)-funded middle-level technician (MLT) and higher technical and business skills (HTBS) courses at Irish technical colleges. Data were obtained from the following: review of relevant literature; review of all program-monitoring documents submitted by Ireland's Department of Education since 1990; interviews…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Business Skills, Case Studies, Certification
Stern, Barry E. – 1977
Aspects of the relationship between education and work (career education) for youths and adults and directions for future federal policy in this area are identified in this document. Part 1 examines the problems that youths face in making a successful transition from school to work, including knowledge of the labor market, self-knowledge of…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adults, Career Change, Career Education
McConnell, Sheena – 1999
The value of the output and services produced by students while enrolled in the Job Corps was estimated by analyzing data from a sample of 2 projects from each of 23 Job Corps centers. The projects were subjected to in-depth analysis based on independent-estimate and relative-productivity approaches. The following were among the key findings: (1)…
Descriptors: Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth
Minnesota State Dept. of Human Services, St. Paul. Div. of Family and Children's Services. – 1999
Minnesota divides its Title IV-E-IL allocation among three components of a statewide program titled Support for Emancipation and Living Functionally (SELF). SELF is a state-supervised, county-implemented program based on the premise that youth in substitute (foster) care are at significant risk of not making a successful transition to independent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Conventional Instruction, Counseling Services
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