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Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2021
"Project QUEST" ("Quality Employment through Skills Training") provides comprehensive support services to help participants complete occupational training programs at local community colleges and professional training institutes, pass certification exams, and obtain well-paying jobs in targeted sectors of the local economy.…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Employment Potential, Skill Development, Job Training
What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
"Project QUEST" ("Quality Employment through Skills Training") provides comprehensive support services to help participants complete occupational training programs at local community colleges and professional training institutes, pass certification exams, and obtain well-paying jobs in targeted sectors of the local economy.…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Employment Potential, Skill Development, Job Training
What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
"Project QUEST" ("Quality Employment through Skills Training") provides comprehensive support services to help participants complete occupational training programs at local community colleges and professional training institutes, pass certification exams, and obtain well-paying jobs in targeted sectors of the local economy.…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Employment Potential, Skill Development, Job Training
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1985
This publication reports on a recent study that compared the new Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) with its predecessor, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). The study was conducted to determine how the JTPA limit on money for program administration affected the type of individual served and the training provided in the…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training, Participant Characteristics
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1981
This document is a transcript of hearings on evaluation of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Focus of the hearing was on mismanagement and misappropriation of CETA contract funds, especially in the last days of the Carter administration. Testimony was given by various present and former officials of the Department of Labor,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Gomez, Tom; Niss, David S. – 1992
In 1991-1992, the Montana state legislature's Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Review Committee evaluated implementation of JTPA in Montana. The committee gathered background information on JTPA and state laws and programs implementing the federal programs and heard testimony on the plans and state job training programs. After 3 meetings, the…
Descriptors: Coordination, Educational Legislation, Evaluation Criteria, Federal Legislation
Barrett, John; Lavin, Don – 1987
This guide is based on the principles and methods used at Rise, Incorporated, a sheltered workshop providing successful industry-integrated programs for handicapped persons. It is intended to serve as a model both for existing service providers who are interested in retooling their program in the direction of industrial work services and other…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Guidelines, Job Training
Reisner, Elizabeth R.; And Others – 1983
A study evaluated the Projects With Industry (PWI) program. (Authorized in 1968 to provide funding opportunities to organizations for the purpose of assisting severely disabled persons in obtaining competitive employment, the PWI program has provided support to projects that involve private sector representatives in the design of placement,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Cooperation, Employment Services
Greenwood, Katy; And Others – 1981
This two-part report describes various strategies for involving the private sector in job training programs and summarizes a study conducted with prime sponsors of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs in Texas. Included in a discussion of involving the private sector in job training programs are the following topics: the new…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business, Delivery Systems, Educational Cooperation
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2000
A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of federally funded work force development programs, such as employment and training programs. Information, including budget data for fiscal years 1999 and 2000, was gathered on federally funded employment and training programs for which a key program goal is providing assistance…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs
Connecticut State Dept. of Income Maintenance, Hartford. – 1992
The Job Connection, which meets the requirements stipulated in the Family Support Act of 1988, is structured to ensure that needy families with children obtain the education, training, and employment needed to help them avoid long-term welfare dependence. The Job Connection program is administered through Connecticut's Department of Income…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Employment Services
Joyner, Carlotta C. – 1997
In Fiscal Year 1997, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has an estimated budget of $34.4 billion and is authorized 16,614 full-time-equivalent staff-years. DOL's many programs fall into two major categories: enhancing workers' skills through job training and ensuring worker protection. The DOL's work force development mission is being challenged…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Agency Role, Cost Effectiveness
BCEL Newsletter for the Business & Literacy Communities, 1992
About 2 years after enactment of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Program, the Southport Institute for Policy Analysis began a 2-year study of how extensively JOBS was being implemented at the state level, in what manner, and with what results. The study included four elements: literature review, interviews and consultations with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Economically Disadvantaged
Pritchard, May Long – 1982
This paper is one in a series of research papers related to the state role in youth employment and training. It describes seven state-sponsored youth employment and training programs, representing a varied range of approaches that states have undertaken to address their youth employment problems. The first section of this paper provides capsule…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1994
Between July 1, 1991 and June 30, 1993, Washington State's Displaced Homemaker Program (DHP) served a total of 55,363 individuals. The program's intensive instructional services component was completed by 2,496 eligible displaced homemakers, 84% of whom were aged 30-59. Of the DHP participants, 84% were white, 75% were separated or divorced, 79%…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Displaced Homemakers, Educational Cooperation
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