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Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, Boston. – 1987
An evaluation identified the separate effects that the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare's Employment and Training Choices Program (ET) and the healthy Massachusetts private economy have had on welfare caseloads. The analysis was limited to the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) portion of the ET program. Regression equations…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1985
This congressional hearing evaluates at the grassroots level the administration and effectiveness of laws enacted by Congress to assist veterans in obtaining job training and employment. Particular emphasis is placed on the implementation of the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act of 1983, Public Law 98-77. Testimony includes statements from a…
Descriptors: Career Education, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
WICKLAND, ROGER F. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS SURVEY WAS TO EVALUATE THE "IMPACT" MADE ON COMMUNITY AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS AT THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS BY THE EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION (E AND D) YOUTH PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF MANPOWER POLICY, EVALUATION, AND RESEARCH (OMPER). THE PROJECTS WERE DIRECTED TOWARD DEVELOPING AND DEMONSTRATING NEW…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
Borus, Michael E. – 1979
An approach and methodology for the systematic measurement of the impact of employment-related social programs is presented in this primer. Chapter 1 focuses on evaluation as the third step (the first two being planning and operation) in the process of program implementation. Chapter 2 examines the impacts of social programs. Topics include…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
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
Martens, John – 1969
At the urging of the governor of Iowa, private business and industry plus interested citizens organized and funded four Project Iowa Training and Retraining of Youth (Project I-TRY) programs in many Iowa cities during the summers of 1967 and 1968. In assessing the effectiveness of the programs in reaching and selecting disadvantaged youth,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Family Characteristics
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, based on data collected from a number of the earliest projects at two points in time over a period of approximately a year. Volume 3 (of three) presents the data from the second, or follow-up, round of interviews with…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Disadvantaged, Employment
Bloom, Dan – 1999
A study focused on results from seven of the earliest state welfare reform initiatives with some form of welfare time limit. Four programs--Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, and Wisconsin--- included benefit-termination time limits triggering cancellation of a family's entire welfare grant. Arizona and Indiana imposed benefit-reduction time limits,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Longhi, Dario; And Others – 1994
This report provides a cost-benefit analysis of a program that provides publicly-funded treatment and support for persons who are addicted to alcohol or other drugs and who are judged to be indigent, unemployable, and incapacitated due to their addiction. The study focused on two client outcomes: (1) determine employment outcomes during an 18…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Cost Effectiveness, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation
Kemple, James J.; And Others – 1993
One part of a study of the difference that services under Title IIA of the National Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) make in the employment, earnings, and welfare receipt of adults and out-of-school youths served by the program focused on the following: recruiting sites, monitoring the implementation of the research design, and describing and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Florida State Legislature, Tallahassee. Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability. – 1995
The Enterprise Florida Jobs and Education Partnership was developed to create and maintain a highly skilled work force able to respond to rapidly changing technology and market opportunities essential to a competitive Florida economy. A review of the partnership found the following: (1) the partnership has adopted a research design as required by…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs, Institutional Cooperation
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
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined the procedures used by various federal agencies to monitor the performance and effectiveness of their programs of employment training assistance to economically disadvantaged persons. The study revealed that, although most of the employment training programs had some form of oversight or monitoring…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Webb, Kathleen S.; And Others – 1987
The study described the issue of classification of Schedule C classified personnel in the Mesa Public Schools (Arizona). This schedule consisted of 393 primarily clerical employees. Since 83 separate job classifications existed within a 30-grade salary schedule, the major concern was whether classification and reclassification of personnel in this…
Descriptors: Classification, Clerical Occupations, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Programs
Schell, John W.; Brauchle, Paul E. – 1986
Process evaluation has great potential to meet the needs of managers who are charged with operating employment and training programs under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). One adaptation of process evaluation could make use of a personal computer to enhance the cost-effectiveness and quick turn-around time of this method of assessing the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
