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Peer reviewedAllen, B. H.; and others – Mental Retardation, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Federal Programs, Institutions, Mental Retardation
Franklin, Paul L. – 1979
A description of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) precedes an examination of the CETA network. The three fold purpose of CETA is (1) to establish a flexible and decentralized system of federal, state, and local programs; (2) provide job-training and employment opportunities for the economically disadvantaged who are unemployed,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation
Download full textEmployment 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
Cain, Glen G. – 1967
In this review, benefits are equated with the impact of the Job Corps on increasing earnings of the Corpsmen above what their earnings would have been in the absence of the program. Earning improvements are measured in two alternative ways: (1) the educational gains achieved in the Job Corps in conjunction with education and life-time earnings,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Programs, Job Training
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1973
This document reports the results of a study to determine whether changes made in the Neighborhood Youth Corps' in-school component helped to decrease the school dropout rate among participants. Surveys of programs in Harris County, Texas, Norfolk, Virginia, and the Washington metropolitan area provided the data. Overall findings suggest that the…
Descriptors: Administration, Career Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1979
Assessed in this report is the Department of Labor's Summer Program for Economically Disadvantaged Youth. It is asserted that the future employability of many of the most needy youths was not improved because the Department's efforts to assure that State and local governments were operating quality programs were not successful at the sites visited…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1974
In January 1970, the Department of Labor restructured its Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) out-of-school program and made age limits for entering the program more restrictive. Education, skill training, and work experience were emphasized. The restructured NYC-2 program was carried out in urban or growth areas, but the original NYC-1 program was…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Organizations, Dropout Programs, Federal Programs
Hendel, Darwin D.; Enright, Robert – Alternative Higher Education: The Journal of Nontraditional Studies, 1978
The effects of combining full-time on-the-job learning with full-time course work were examined for a group of 26 students enrolled in the University Year for Action Program. Although students perceived the agency learning environments more positively that parallel classroom learning environments, program participation had little impact on concept…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Federal Programs, Full Time Students, Higher Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
A study obtained information on examples of county or local Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) or JOBS-like programs that emphasize job placement, subsidized employment, or work experience positions for welfare recipients. It also identified the extent to which county JOBS programs nationwide used these employment-focused activities and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Burbridge, Lynn C. – 1983
This paper analyzes policy initiatives undertaken to address the problem of youth unemployment. There are six main sections. Section I provides a general overview of the study, and Section II reviews the problems of differing groups of youth. Differences in the severity and long-run implications of youth labor market difficulties when…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Classification, Federal Programs, Government Role
WALTHER, REGIS H.; MAGNUSSON, MARGARET L. – 1967
THE PRIMARY CRITERIA FOR JUDGING NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (NYC) PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS IN CINCINNATI, OHIO, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS, AND ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, WERE COMMUNITY AND WORK ADJUSTMENTS. AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP COMPOSED OF 392 ENROLLEES WHOSE NYC EXPERIENCE WAS A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AND A CONTROL GROUP COMPOSED OF…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Disadvantaged Youth
Hollister, Robinson G. – 1989
Employment problems of black males remain substantial. The unemployment rate for black males is 2.3 times that of white males. Less than one-third of 16- 19-year-old black males were employed in 1988. The most important policies affecting the employment of black males are monetary and fiscal policies. No employment and training policies can come…
Descriptors: Blacks, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Employment Problems
NELLUM, ALBERT L.; AND OTHERS – 1966
SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO (1) OFFER YOUTH WHOLESOME, INCOME-PRODUCING ACTIVITY WHILE THEY ARE OUT OF SCHOOL, (2) GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH JOBS AND WORK, (3) LET THEM EXPLORE VOCATIONAL POSSIBILITIES, AND (4) TEACH THEM SOMETHING OF THE EXPECTATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS OF EMPLOYERS, AS WELL AS THEIR…
Descriptors: Community Action, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
National Child Labor Committee, New York, NY. – 1980
This manual for supervisors in the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) provides background on SYEP and tips on program supervision. Section 1 is a brief introduction. The history and purpose of SYEP are presented in section 2. Section 3 contains nine SYEP supervisor work rules (concerning time records, safety, accidents and illness,…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Guidelines, Job Training, Participant Characteristics
Friedlander, Daniel; And Others – 1986
This report presents findings of a three-year evaluation of West Virginia's Community Work Experience Program (CWEP), which requires public service in exchange for welfare payments by able-bodied recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Overall findings indicate that the state has succeeded in its principal objective:…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
