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Download full textSocial and Rehabilitation Service (DHEW), Washington, DC. Office of Child Support Enforcement. – 1977
The major features of the Child Support Enforcement program as prescribed by Federal statute and regulation are outlined. Also described are significant accomplishments and problems encountered in the administration of the program, in the development of policy, in the provision of technical assistance to the States, and in the provision of direct…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Program Content, Program Costs
Peer reviewedEhrenberg, Ronald G.; Hewlett, James G. – Journal of Human Resources, 1976
The paper presents an econometric analysis of the impact of the Work Incentive Program, as modified by the Talmadge Amendments of 1971 (WIN 2), on Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program costs and recipient rates. (Author)
Descriptors: Employment Services, Federal Programs, Labor Force Development, Mathematical Models
Alaska State Dept. of Community and Regional Affairs, Juneau. – 1977
This annual report reviews the role of the Alaska Day Care Assistance Program, which was established in 1976 and amended in 1977 to provide child care assistance to families with children under 10 years of age regardless of their eligibility to receive Aid to Families with Dependent Children. The report describes the financial support awarded to…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Day Care, Family Characteristics, Financial Support
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1975
This report contains twenty-four tables which present data on Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I-funded projects for the state of Ohio. Major instructional areas are: reading, mathematics, vocational education, tutorial services, pre-school education, and special education. Reading and mathematics evaluation data are presented in…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Inservice Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1968
In the summer of 1967 an eight-week session entitled Programs to Excite Potential (Project PEP) was held at Skidmore College in Saratoga, New York for approximately 150 disadvantaged urban junior high school students. These students were drawn from ten urban areas throughout the state. The criteria upon which the participants were chosen were…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth
Wiles, Marilyn M.; And Others – 1982
In four sections this report examines the effects of rising energy costs on New York State's public elementary and secondary schools and makes recommendations to ameliorate problems. Section 1 gives overviews of both total energy use and energy use in education at the national and state levels, and observes that energy cost increases have forced…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Energy, Energy Conservation, Federal Programs
Hunter, Michael G.; Rumbaugh, Stanley A. – 1976
This report presents a summary description of the 1974-75 Michigan Cost-Effectiveness Study and its findings. The study was an effort to develop and implement evaluation techniques for determining what educational practices affect student behavior and what costs are associated with those practices. Overall purpose of the 1974-75 study was to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Garcia, Federico E.; Joy, Ernest H.; Reese, David L. – 1998
The Navy's Voluntary Education (VOLED) program provides off-duty sailors seeking to enhance their professional and personal growth with educational opportunities integrating various continuing education. VOLED's four major components are tuition assistance, the Program for Afloat College Education (PACE), academic skills learning centers, and…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Labor Turnover
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
The General Accounting Office examined the spending, outcomes, and performance of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. Federal expenditure data were analyzed, legislation and regulations specifying data collection/reporting requirements and performance standards for the programs were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged
WORKING, RUSSELL A.; YOUNG, EILEEN – 1967
THE NATURE AND IMPACT OF OHIO'S TITLE I COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS ARE EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. PROJECT PARTICIPANTS WERE CHARACTERIZED BY LOW ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, WITHDRAWAL AND FEELINGS OF REJECTION, ABSENTEEISM, AND IRRESPONSIBILITY. ONLY 50 PERCENT OF THEM HAD PLANS FOR CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION WHILE 70 PERCENT OF NONTITLE I PUPILS…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Compensatory Education
Otto, Frank – The Modern Language Journal, 1968
Based on a Ph.D. dissertation on an experiment involving the teaching of French with the widely used "Parlons francais" course to three groups of Grade 4 students, this article compares and evaluates the methods of staffing and implementing these FLES programs described in the report. The institutional approach methods assessed are--(1)…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Educational Television, Elementary School Teachers, FLES
Urban Inst., Washington, DC. – 1978
This second of a three-volume report of a study done to assess the feasibility of large-scale, countercyclical public job creation contains chapter 2 of the report on the methods and findings with respect to job-creating activities, their job-creation potential, and related characteristics. (Volume 1, comprised of the report's first chapter,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems, Employment Programs
Spoden, Nadine – 1994
A study examined training in the retail trade in Luxembourg. During the study, information was gathered on employment, work, and training patterns in Luxembourg's retail sector, and case studies of a retail clothing firm and a large supermarket with permanent continuing vocational training for all employees were conducted. The general/personnel…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Distributive Education, Educational Practices, Educational Trends
Cerdeira, Maria Conceicao; And Others – 1994
A study examined training in the retail trade in Portugal. Employment, work, and training patterns in Portugal's retail sector were researched, and case studies of two firms in the supermarket/hypermarket group, one firm in the stationary/cigarette shop sector, and one clothing manufacturer/retailer were conducted. Teams of researchers interviewed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Distributive Education, Educational Practices, Educational Trends
Public Systems, Inc., Huntsville, AL. – 1975
The report describes the accomplishments of the Career Opportunities Program (COP) from its initiation through March 1, 1975. The program trained individuals from low-income backgrounds for new careers in schools serving children from low-income families. Based on data from 36 of 132 projects (27.8 percent), the report, in four major sections,…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Career Ladders, Career Opportunities
