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Download full textRobson, R. Thayne, Ed. – 1984
This book contains four papers commissioned by the National Center on Employment Policy to review programs conducted by the Office of Policy, Evaluation, and Research in the Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration. The Council's policy statement entitled "Appraising Employment and Training Research" appears first. In…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Employment, Employment Programs
Minnesota State Office of the Legislative Auditor, St. Paul. Program Evaluation Div. – 1987
This report examines the effectiveness of employment and training programs in Minnesota and discusses the impact of the 1985 Jobs Bill state legislation. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to Minnesota's programs and to studies of employment and training programs conducted nationwide. Chapter 2 studies the use of Job Training Partnership Act funds…
Descriptors: Career Education, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs
Stoyanoff, Karen, Comp.; Klehm, Jeanette, Comp. – 1981
Summaries are presented of 15 case studies conducted at Illinois Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) regions to determine the kind of credentialing mechanisms that exist for awarding academic credit or some other record of achievement to those eligible participants who complete CETA training programs. Introductory material describes…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Credits, Credentials, Credit Courses
Bourgeois, Charlotte – 1981
This document describes program components and models for the provision of employment services for refugees. Necessary service components of programs are identified and possible delivery approaches are explored with reference to successful refugee programs throughout the United States. These program components include: (1) outreach, intake,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Exploration, Employment Programs, Employment Services
MDC, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC. – 1980
A review was conducted to assess early initiatives by Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsors in knowledge development under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977. The review was based on two waves of site visits to a total of 19 prime sponsors, in May-June, 1979, and in November-January, 1979-80. From…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Alkin, Marvin C.; Stecher, Brian M. – 1981
This seven-part report presents a recommended plan for state-wide evaluation of the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) program in the California Community College System. Chapter I describes the procedures used by Educational Evaluation Associates in devising the plan, discusses the role played by evaluation study groups,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employment Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
PDF pending restorationComptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1978
Comments from program directors, Indian contractors, and tribal leaders are considered in the report of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (B.I.A.) Indian Action Team Program, implemented in 1972 to provide Indian people living on reservations with job training through Indian Technical Assistance Center contracts with tribal groups. Funding was $66.2…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Contracts, Educational Programs
CAIN, JOHN N. – 1967
THE END OF THE IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN LABOR IN 1964 AND SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A DOMESTIC LABOR SUPPLY IN MICHIGAN PROMPTED A PILOT PROJECT IN 1966, SPONSORED BY THE RURAL MANPOWER CENTER, THE COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, AND THE COUNTY LABOR COUNCIL, IN WHICH SUBURBAN YOUTH WERE RECRUITED FOR SEASONAL FARM LABOR. SCHOOLS…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Farm Labor
Schnitzer, Martin – 1966
Government relocation assistance programs, designed to move unemployed workers from areas where suitable employment opportunities do not exist to areas where jobs are available, were examined in detail for Sweden, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and the United States and briefly for Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, West Germany, and the…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Financial Support
DeWees, Daniel – 1973
Some neighborhood based manpower agencies in the impacted areas do not possess the inhouse capability of informing their constituents of available manpower programs. The Manpower Administration funded a project to gather and disseminate manpower training information to some 60-70 neighborhood based agencies on standardized forms. Checks would be…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Educational Opportunities, Employment Opportunities
Auerbach Corp., Philadelphia, PA. – 1972
The second of a 2-volume study, this document contains a detailed analysis of the national Work Incentive Program (WIN) enrollee population. Described are characteristics and experiences of the enrollees before, during, and after their participation in WIN. A federally funded employment program, WIN provides reinforcements for vocational training…
Descriptors: Career Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal 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
Peer reviewedCook, Robert F. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1986
This two-year study is a field network evaluation of the operation of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Program in 20 randomly selected states and 40 Service Delivery Areas within those states. Methodology is also discussed. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1997
This document reports the oral and written testimony submitted at a Congressional hearing on implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act in the Veterans Benefits Administration's (VBA) educational service and vocational and counseling services. Oral and written testimony was presented by Representative Jack Quinn, chair of the…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Hearings, Job Training
Olson, Jerome A.; Schexnayder, Deanna T.; O'Shea, Daniel P. – 1997
A study of Hawaii's JOBS WORKS! waiver demonstration project determined its influence on participant self-sufficiency and receipt of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Hawaii received a waiver to lift the 8-week federal limitation on upfront job search, operate on less than a statewide basis, require 18 hours of work, and secure…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs
