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Jaskowiak, Philip A. – 1976
Described in this report is a job placement exemplary project conducted at Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia from 1973 to 1976. Goals of the project were to provide placement services to all students seeking part-time, temporary, or full-time employment. Procedures included organization of the administrative job placement office and…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Federal Programs, High School Students, Job Placement

Weidman, John C.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1988
Findings are reported from the evaluation of the Work Incentive Program which trains women welfare recipients as electronic technicians. The participants completed the training in numbers consistent with expectations, and most graduates were placed in training-related jobs. The importance of support services is noted. (TJH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Assessment, Electronic Technicians
National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Washington, DC. – 1989
This booklet gathers and discusses best practices for supported employment in rehabilitative facilities. The first chapter reviews the need to identify best practices and examines such issues as jobs, integration, and quality of life. The second chapter describes eight programs chosen as exemplary, providing data on program goals, average wage and…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Employment Programs, Human Services
This is a report on the first year's operation of a major job-readiness and job placement program in an "urban fringe" area near the San Francisco Bay. It includes contractor's categories and full information on types and numbers of placements. Also included are narratives of successful programatic breakthroughs and descriptions of areas which…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, New York, NY. – 1971
In response to growing unemployment among professional personnel in the aerospace industry, a series of 175 workshops were conducted in 43 cities. Nearly 15,000 unemployed engineers and scientists attended the workshops and received job counseling and placement services from volunteer groups working to match skills and jobs. To evaluate the…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Career Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Employment Services
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
Olson, Jerome A.; Schexnayder, Deanna T.; O'Shea, Daniel P. – 1997
A study of Hawaii's JOBS WORKS! waiver demonstration project determined its influence on participant self-sufficiency and receipt of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Hawaii received a waiver to lift the 8-week federal limitation on upfront job search, operate on less than a statewide basis, require 18 hours of work, and secure…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1993
This catalog describes 22 programs selected as exemplary by the Regional Rehabilitation Exchange (RRX) project, in the areas of supported employment, job placement services, school-to-adult life transition, and independent living services. The programs are located in federally designated Region VI, consisting of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs
Weisz, Vera C. – 1980
Project HIRE is a special program conducted by Middlesex Community College since October 1978 to help people 55 years of age and older find paid employment. The specific goals of the project, as it was originally conceived, were to: (1) open three intake centers; (2) register clients at the centers; (3) provide career counseling; (4) offer…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Community Colleges, Demonstration Programs, Employment Services
Schubert, Jane G.; Rosenfeld, Michael – 1972
The purpose of this annual report is to evaluate a demonstration project in vocational counseling for urban youth which is composed of four major elements: (1) a career orientation program for preadolescents, (2) a cooperative work experience program for students enrolled in vocational skill development at the secondary level, (3) a job placement…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Demonstration Programs, Job Placement
McCloskey, I. L. – 1976
This report describes the background and results of a project to establish a school-based job placement service in the Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The center's activities, based on a previously-developed model, included these components: (1) Cooperative job development with the Bureau of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Employment Services, Job Placement
Virginia State Dept. of Rehabilitation Services, Richmond. – 1987
The final report of the 3-year Valley Transitional School Project, serving Augusta, Staunton, and Waynesboro schools, all located in Augusta County, Virginia, contains information on the project accomplishments, population characteristics, evaluation activities, dissemination activities, replication, products developed, and conclusions and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1980
This volume is one of the products of the knowledge development effort implemented under the mandate of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA). It provides an overview of FY 1979 planned projects funded in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico under the Governors' statewide youth services grants…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Greenfield, Richard – 1966
The job counseling center initiated an experimental and demonstration program to test the thesis that an urban school could provide a manpower training program to out-of-school, unemployed, and disadvantaged youth. Licensed school personnel were used in four centers in areas having high unemployment rates and a concentration of Negro and Puerto…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Counseling, Counseling Services, Demonstration Programs
Romano, John L. – 1983
The Connection, a 15-month demonstration program which provided educational and social services to high-risk adolescents at South High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is reviewed and evaluated in this report. The program, conducted through a collaborative effort between the University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Public Schools, provided…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Counseling, Daily Living Skills, Delinquency