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Download full textSchaberg, Kelsey – MDRC, 2017
Individuals with low incomes often struggle to advance in the labor market, yet at the same time, some employers report difficulty finding workers with the necessary skills. WorkAdvance is a workforce development model that seeks to address the needs of both of these groups through its "dual customer" approach. The model offers training…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Models, Training Methods, Low Income Groups
Direct linkMiles, Marty; Maguire, Sheila; Woodruff-Bolte, Stacy; Clymer, Carol – Public/Private Ventures, 2010
As public and private funders have focused on evaluating the effectiveness of workforce development programs, a myriad of data collection systems and reporting processes have taken shape. Navigating these systems takes significant time and energy and often saps frontline providers' capacity to use data internally for program improvement.…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Program Improvement, Program Effectiveness, Benchmarking
Peer reviewedRodenstein, Judith M. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1982
Analyzed long-term influence of employment and training programs on labor force participation rate of CETA participants. Analyzed data collected from terminated CETA participants (N=225). Results indicated that enrollment in employment and training programs can lead to increased wages, and positive feelings about participation in the work force.…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Job Placement
Job Corps, 2008
This paper presents the recommendations made by the Advisory Committee on Job Corps to the Secretary of Labor pertaining to the review, development and implementation of policies, legislation and regulations for the Job Corps program. This document represents the culmination of an intensive and comprehensive nine-month process undertaken by the…
Descriptors: Job Training, Labor, Federal Programs, Program Effectiveness
Connor, Thomas R. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Job Development, Job Placement, Job Training
Auerbach Corp., Philadelphia, PA. – 1972
This study is one of two containing the findings and summary of an evaluation of the Work Incentive Program (WIN). A national survey, involving 50 projects, the study focuses on three aspects of the program which include: (1) the degree to which the WIN population represents the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) population, (2) the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Analytic Systems, Inc., Vienna, VA. – 1970
This report contains an analysis of the Work Incentive Program (WIN) termination data collected and maintained by the Department of Labor, specifically the Office of Manpower Management Data Systems (OMMDS). WIN projects enrolled their first clients in October 1968, nearly 6,000 people. By the end of March 1970, there were approximately 150,000…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Placement
Turim, Jay; And Others – 1972
The study was designed to provide a comprehensive assessment of Plans A and B of the Public Service Careers (PSC) Program, including effectiveness, strengths and weaknesses, rate of progress in accomplishing goals, and problem areas. Information necessary to make this assessment was gathered from a number of the earliest projects at two points in…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Disadvantaged, Employment
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1969
The capabilities of Title I of the Manpower Development and Training Act have been used for several years to fund experimental and demonstration projects for the prerelease training of prisoners. Four conferences on Manpower Development and Training in correctional institutions were sponsored to bring together the basic groups of people charged…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Conference Reports, Correctional Rehabilitation
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
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1972
Patterned after a model developed in Philadelphia in 1964 without Federal funds, the Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) program emphasizes minority group leadership and seeks to attract the unemployed and underemployed who ordinarily would not have been attracted to public manpower programs. The program basic education, skill training,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Jewish Vocational Service, Chicago, IL. – 1971
The project was designed to test the feasibility of a variety of service techniques to assist chronically unemployed older workers in obtaining employment. Individuals between the ages of 45-65 who were unemployed for at least 15 months were eligible for the project. The clients were assigned to three basic groupings: (1) a rehabilitation workshop…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Educational Programs, Employment Services, Feasibility Studies
Delta Opportunities Corp., Greenville, MS. – 1972
The Adult Education Component of the Delta Opportunities Corporation (DOC) operated learning centers in four Mississippi delta counties for educationally disadvantaged rural poor adults. The centers served an excess of 200 participants, preparing them for General Education Development Tests (GED) and providing prevocational and adult basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Career Counseling, Disadvantaged
FORSYTH, G.R.; NININGER, J.R. – 1966
PROGRAM 5 TRAINING FOR THE UNEMPLOYED CAME INTO EXISTENCE UNDER THE TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1960. THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS AND PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR ITS FUTURE OPERATION. THE STUDY CONCENTRATED ON (1) THE PROGRAM TRAINEES, (2) EMPLOYER KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND USE OF THE…
Descriptors: Employers, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government Role
Palomba, Neil A.; And Others – 1971
This study was conducted to: (1) evaluate the Occupational Upgrading Project (OUP) and the Model Neighborhood High School Equivalency (HSE) Project's first year of operation, and (2) create baseline data from which future and more conclusive evaluation can be undertaken. Data were gathered by conducting open-ended interviews with the…
Descriptors: Continuation Education, Databases, Employment Programs, Employment Qualifications
