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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1993
The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program is designed to help the more than 1 million workers per year who lose their jobs because of permanent layoffs or plant closures, due in part because of imports. Studies show, however, that the TAA program fails to meet the seven goals of a successful reemployment assistance program: (1) TAA benefits…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
New York State Office of the Comptroller, Albany. Div. of Management Audit. – 1996
Selected practices relating to New York's Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program during the 1993 JTPA program year were audited to determine the following: whether service delivery areas (SDAs) are providing training in occupations for which future growth is expected, whether SDAs award contracts on a competitive basis, and whether…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Contracts, Educational Legislation, Employment Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1992
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;…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Employment Programs, Job Placement
Bloom, Dan; And Others – 1997
Florida's Family Transition Program (FTP) combines a welfare time limit of 24-36 months with services, requirements, and financial incentives designed to help welfare recipients find and hold jobs. Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) applicants who were not incapacitated, disabled, or otherwise exempt from the FTP program were randomly…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Family Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1993
A number of findings and recommendations regarding the mission of Private Industry Councils (PICs) under the Job Training Partnership ACT (JTPA) were developed based on information collected in several ways: a focus group of PICs, roundtable discussions held nationwide with staff from nearly 100 PICs in 45 states, and canvasses of more than 200…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Institutional Mission
Kansas State Council on Vocational Education, Topeka. – 1993
A statewide assessment was made of the vocational education delivery systems assisted under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act of 1990 and the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), as well as the coordination between them, in Kansas. The study indicated that minimum set-asides for serving targeted populations were made under…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Coordination, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Romero, Carol J. – 1994
A study examined the effectiveness of programs funded under Title II-A of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in raising female recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) above poverty. Data about the employment/earnings outcomes of nearly 6,500 women from 150 JTPA service delivery areas in 11 states who participated in a…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Legislation, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Montana Legislative Council, Helena. – 1986
This report describes the study undertaken to implement a legislative resolution in Montana. Part 1 reports the subcommittee's decision to make an evaluation of the state's existing job training programs the primary object of its study. Public comment on the study's purpose, heard by the subcommittee at its first meeting, is summarized in this…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Reed, David – 1986
A study was conducted to determine the net impact of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) training. (A measure of net impact expresses only those gains due to training and not those due to other reasons.) Job Service applicants were chosen as a comparison group whose recent labor market experiences would parallel those of JTPA participants. All…
Descriptors: Adults, Blacks, Career Education, Comparative Analysis
Percy, Keith; And Others – 1989
This report presents findings of an evaluation of Further Education Unit (FEU) REPLAN projects, an initiative to improve educational opportunities for unemployed adults in Great Britain. Chapter 1 describes the origins of REPLAN and the evaluation methodology. Chapter 2 gives an analytic and descriptive overview of the 21 FEU REPLAN projects.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations
Jones, Paul E.; Wall, Robert E. – 1987
A study compared private and public training programs in the Baltimore (Maryland) metropolitan area. Survey instruments were sent to 105 individuals who had been identified as either directing or coordinating a job training program in the Baltimore area. Seventy-six usable survey instruments were returned (a 72 percent response rate). There was…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Employment Programs, Instructional Materials
Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA. Center for Public Service. – 1980
This study reports on one of the knowledge development activities conducted under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of l977 (YEDPA). The report contains findings of an analysis of nine YEDPA projects and the factors that contributed to effective implementation of these programs. The study compares discrete projects with different…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Case Studies, Demonstration Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1981
This is a report of a hearing on March 31, 1981, before the Subcommittee on Education, Training, and Employment of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, to review veterans' education, training, and employment programs currently administered by the Veterans' Administration. Testimony on the effectiveness of the three major…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Federal Aid
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1979
The reports in this volume concentrate on various aspects of the 1978 program designed to meet the employment needs of disadvantaged and minority youth in urban areas. Included are process evaluations, worksite examinations, impact studies, a General Accounting Office report with Department of Labor comments, specialty reports such as the study on…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Program Effectiveness
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Human Resources. – 1978
The complete texts of testimony and statements from the February and March, 1978, Hearings before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Poverty, and Migratory Labor regarding the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Amendments of 1978 are presented in this document. (Hearing sites included Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan, Madison,…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
