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FNS Research Corner: Summary of Research
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Gola, Alice Ann H.; Burdg, Jinee – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2018
The FNS Research Corner provides a continuing series to summarize recently completed and current research conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in the area of child nutrition. Summaries of recently completed research projects and in-progress research are provided in this article.
Descriptors: Food, Nutrition, Lunch Programs, Program Evaluation
The Neighborhood Information Center Project
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Childers, Thomas – Library Quarterly, 1976
Results of a five-city pilot project on information and referral (I&R) services--the nature of I&R, the public library's role, evaluation of the three-year program, the project's implications, and the future of I&R. (LS)
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Feasibility Studies, Federal Programs, Library Role
Development of Performance Measures for Supported Employment Programs. Final Report.
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Barker, Linda Toms; And Others – 1986
A study examined the objectives of supported employment programs for individuals with severe disabilities and identified performance measures to document the practices and achievements of such programs at the federal, state, and local levels. A set of proposed data items and potential performance measures was developed on the basis of programs…
Descriptors: Counseling Objectives, Data Collection, Employment Opportunities, Employment Services
Using Performance Indicators To Improve the Effectiveness of Welfare-to-Work Programs. Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 95-36.
Bartik, Timothy J. – 1995
The feasibility of using performance indicators to improve the effectiveness of welfare-to-work programs was examined. First, previous and current experience with performance indicators for welfare-to-work and related programs (including the Job Training and Partnership Act and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills programs) was analyzed. Next, the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Employment Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Appalachian Employability Skills Project. Final Report.
Eyster, George; And Others – 1979
A Morehead State University project field tested the feasibility and utility of a comprehensive vocational training program, the Employability Skills Series of the Adkin Life Skills Program. The study involved nine adult program sites at these levels: adult education/GED (General Education Development training) students, post-GED CETA…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adult Education, Community Education, Community Programs
A Knowledge Development Plan for Youth Initiatives, Fiscal 1979.
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Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1978
This report summarizes the past, present, and future activities of the Knowledge Development Plan for Youth Initiatives, which is being developed and implemented as part of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA). First, a framework for the plan is given, covering the aims of the fiscal 1978 and 1979 activities which stress…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Demonstration Programs
A Feasibility Study of the Use of Unemployment Insurance Wage-Record Data as an Evaluation Tool for JTPA. Report on Project's Phase I Activities. Research Report Number 90-02.
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Baj, John; And Others – 1991
A project studied use of state unemployment insurance (UI) wage-record data for Program Year 1986 to assess the effectiveness of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. Eleven of 27 interested states were selected by ability to meet data requirements. These issues associated with the use of UI data as an assessment tool were explored:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Database Design