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Capella-McDonnall, Michele – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2008
Using Social Security Administration data, the author evaluated the characteristics of beneficiaries who were blind and visually impaired and who assigned their tickets, the characteristics of beneficiaries who assigned their tickets to employment networks (ENs), and preliminary employment outcomes. The characteristics that predicted assignment of…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Vocational Rehabilitation, Minority Groups, Age Differences
Robertson, Robert E. – US Government Accountability Office, 2005
GAO prepared this report under the Comptroller General's authority as part of an effort to assist policy makers in determining how federal disability programs could more effectively meet the needs of individuals with disabilities and addressed it to each committee of jurisdiction. In this report, GAO assesses: (1) the extent to which state…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation, Program Effectiveness
National Analysts, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1974
The study consists of a followup survey of about 4,000 recipients of vocational rehabilitation (VR) services in six States over a three year period (1967-69). The objectives were (1) to describe employment levels of VR cases after closure, (2) to conduct cost/benefit analyses of services provided, and (3) to identify salient characteristics…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Level, Employment Programs
Cohen, Malcolm S. – J Hum Resources, 1969
Descriptors: Community Action, Economic Research, Employment Level, Employment Programs
Pacific Training and Technical Assistance Corp., Berkeley, CA. – 1974
The document reports on a study to determine which job search media are most effective for Work Incentive Program (WIN) clientele and, in particular, whether job placement services associated with WIN program structures are superior in pay-off to other search media. Following the introduction, which summarizes the findings, there are four…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Counselors, Employment Experience, Employment Level
Peterson, Gary W.; And Others – 1983
A project was conducted to develop an assessment instrument for use in identifying welfare recipients who are potentially employable and to evaluate the effectiveness of Florida's three existing pilot employment assistance planning programs (termed PAPAs after the Public Assistance Productivity Act). Data on the employment status of 98 individuals…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Cost Effectiveness, Employment Level, Employment Potential
Hamilton, Gayle – 2002
The findings of the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS) were analyzed to identify ways of improving the process of moving people from welfare to work. Selected lessons from the analysis were as follows: (1) welfare-to-work programs that rely on adult basic education programs for the general population are unlikely to improve…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Caseworker Approach, Children, Comparative Analysis