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Download full textHendra, Richard; Michalopoulos, Charles; Bloom, Dan – 2001
The Connecticut Jobs First welfare reform initiative, implemented statewide in 1996, includes a 21-month time limit on cash assistance, generous financial work incentives, and other features. Its primary goal is to reduce welfare use and increase self-sufficiency through work. To facilitate evaluation of the program, between January 1996 and…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Development, Disadvantaged, Employment Potential
Beare, Paul L.; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1992
This paper describes a successful model of supported employment developed by a single small agency previously providing services as a segregated day activity center. Included is discussion of the service agency, program methodology, barriers to successful community-based employment, manner in which barriers were overcome, program outcomes, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Change Strategies, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities
Kemple, James J.; And Others – 1993
One part of a study of the difference that services under Title IIA of the National Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) make in the employment, earnings, and welfare receipt of adults and out-of-school youths served by the program focused on the following: recruiting sites, monitoring the implementation of the research design, and describing and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Gula, Annette; King, Christopher T. – 1990
The first round of site visits to welfare-to-work programs in Texas examined the nature and degree of program coordination at three sites: El Paso, Houston, and San Antonio. A brief overview of the growing literature on program coordination paid particular attention to welfare-related studies. At the state level, evidence was found of increasing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Cooperative Programs
James Bell Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1994
The Job Training for the Homeless Demonstration Program (JTHDP) was evaluated to assess its implications for providing effective employment and training services for homeless persons. Findings indicated that it is feasible to establish employment and training programs at the local level to serve the general homeless population and specific…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined the procedures used by various federal agencies to monitor the performance and effectiveness of their programs of employment training assistance to economically disadvantaged persons. The study revealed that, although most of the employment training programs had some form of oversight or monitoring…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Escutia, Martha M. – 1983
The principles espoused by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) may lead to a severe negative effect on Hispanic American participation rates. Decentralization erodes Federal oversight over targeting and monitoring efforts, thus endangering equal access to training programs by the disadvantaged and minorities. Hispanic, small, and minority…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Decentralization, Employment Programs, Ethnic Discrimination
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Development. – 1989
This document contains 36 tables that summarize some of the characteristics and experiences of persons who participated in training programs authorized under Titles IIA and III of the job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) during the first three quarters of program (PY) 1988. The data were obtained through the job Training Quarterly Survey (JTQS) and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs, Enrollment Rate
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1989
This document reports the oral testimony and prepared statements of persons who testified about proposed amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) during three hearings in March 1989. The proposed legislation would divide youth and adult services under JTPA, move some services from one segment to another, and increase funding for both…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Hamilton, Gayle; Friedlander, Daniel – 1989
From July 1985 through September 1987, the County of San Diego, California, operated the Saturation Work Initiative Model (SWIM) as a demonstration project. The demonstration tested the feasibility and effectiveness of requiring ongoing participation in employment-related activities by a high proportion of persons on welfare. SWIM provided job…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs
Lewis, Morgan V. – 1989
Follow-up surveys were conducted of adult clients who participated under Titles IIA and III of the Job Training Partnership (JTP) Act in Ohio. Data were gathered from JTP clients 13 and 26 weeks after completion of the program and combined with data from the state management information system, and a survey of a sample of employers of JTP-Ohio…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
This report describes a study that was undertaken to examine placement techniques and strategies that are effective in helping older workers find jobs. The study presents 23 case studies on successful older worker programs in 12 states. The information was gathered through on-site interviews and assembly of quantitative data. These case studies…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Delivery Systems, Displaced Homemakers, Employment Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1988
This document records the testimony and prepared statements of members of Congress, officials of the Veterans' Administration, private vocational rehabilitation experts, and representatives of veterans' groups such as the Disabled American Veterans and the American Legion at a hearing regarding the Vocational Rehabilitation Program enacted under…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Minnesota State Office of the Legislative Auditor, St. Paul. Program Evaluation Div. – 1987
This report examines the effectiveness of employment and training programs in Minnesota and discusses the impact of the 1985 Jobs Bill state legislation. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to Minnesota's programs and to studies of employment and training programs conducted nationwide. Chapter 2 studies the use of Job Training Partnership Act funds…
Descriptors: Career Education, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs
Cook, Robert F., Ed. – 1987
Case studies were made of the following dislocated worker programs: Cummins Engine Company Dislocated Worker Project; GM-UAW Metropolitan Pontiac Retraining and Employment Program; Minnesota Iron Range Dislocated Worker Project; Missouri Dislocated Worker Program Job Search Assistance, Inc.; Hillsborough, North Carolina, Dislocated Worker Project;…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Colleges, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs
