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Carmita F. McCall – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation investigated the performance of Florida's workforce development programs over a ten-year period. The state's system for coordinated training and employment services consists of programs operating and reporting according to the federal workforce initiative standards. They served as the focus of this performance analysis. A…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Longitudinal Studies, Employment Services, Dislocated Workers
Hilliard, Tom – Jobs for the Future, 2011
In 2007, Michigan undertook a bold mission: to retrain tens of thousands of adults to qualify for jobs in emerging and expanding sectors of the economy. The state's proposal to jobless, dislocated, and low-income residents was simple but appealing: enroll in up to two years of postsecondary education, and Michigan would cover up to $5,000 in…
Descriptors: Credentials, Economic Progress, Dislocated Workers, Community Colleges
Mazie, Sara Mills; Bluestone, Herman – 1987
Evolving federal, state, and local government programs are helping displaced farmers and their families make a transition to nonfarm jobs. To make a successful transition, farm families need personal support, which could include counseling, moral support, help in assessing their financial condition, and legal and technical information to help them…
Descriptors: Adults, Agricultural Education, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs

Bloom, Howard S. – Evaluation Review, 1987
This article presents lessons learned from an innovative employment and training program for dislocated workers. It provides specific information about program design and serves as a prototype for how social experimentation can be used by state and local governments. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Employment Practices, Program Evaluation
Hawkins, Evelyn K.; And Others – 1996
The Evaluation of Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) systems was designed to provide the U.S. Department of Labor information on how states are designing, implementing, and operating their worker profiling and reemployment services systems for dislocated workers and to compare the effectiveness of different state approaches to…
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Texas Association of Private Industry Councils, Austin. – 1990
For the benefit of Texas Association of Private Industry Council (TAPIC) volunteers who oversee dislocated worker projects, a report examined the initial efforts of putting together a cost-effective and responsive system that can reemploy people. In addition to a review of the state's role in the management and administration of the Economic…
Descriptors: Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Dislocated Workers, Job Layoff
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1991
This report addresses two concerns of Congress: ways to reduce layoffs and the effectiveness of programs to assist dislocated workers. Section I discusses the reasons for layoffs, economic conditions of the 1980s that led to layoffs, and public policy responses to worker dislocation. Section II describes alternatives to layoffs: short-time…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Role, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs
Blaustein, Saul J.; And Others – 1993
This 10-chapter book covers the history of unemployment insurance (UI) in the United States from its beginning in the 1930's to the present and describes how the program evolved in response to various economic and other factors and to the controversies that emerged in the process. Chapter 1 provides background on trends in the extent, duration,…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Cycles, Dislocated Workers, Employment Patterns
Romero, Carol J.; And Others – 1991
Re-employment experiences were analyzed for dislocated workers who used the services of the Employment Service (ES) during the 1980s under the Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (EDWAA). Data came from administrative records in three states--Pennsylvania, California, and Missouri--noteworthy for differences in their…
Descriptors: Adults, Compliance (Legal), Dislocated Workers, Eligibility
Leigh, Duane E. – 1990
The principal roles for publicly sponsored retraining programs are twofold: (1) to reduce the private and social costs associated with unnecessary delays in the reemployment process; and (2) to assist in the replacement of specific human capital lost when a permanent layoff takes place. Nine different demonstration projects and operating programs…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Education, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Hotchkiss, Lawrence; Smythe, John – 1988
Data from a sample of adult participants in JTP Ohio under Title IIA of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) were analyzed. Respondents were surveyed after completion of 13 weeks of JTP training. Five outcome variables were studied: weeks worked, employment status during week 13, earnings in week 13, welfare status during week 13, and school…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Comparative Analysis
Wandner, Stephen A., Ed.; Messenger Jon C., Ed.; Schwartz, Suzanne, Ed. – 1999
The Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) was a program established in states by regulation of the federal government to profile Unemployment Insurance (UI) recipients who were most likely to exceed their time limits for UI and to give those recipients training in job search methods. The WPRS Policy Workgroup was established in January…
Descriptors: Adults, Compliance (Legal), Dislocated Workers, Employment Potential
Hotchkiss, Lawrence; Smythe, John – 1988
Data from a sample of participants in JTP (Job Training Partnership) Ohio under Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) were analyzed and the findings compared to results from a companion study of Title IIA adult Ohio JTP participants. Respondents were surveyed during the 14th-17th weeks following the end of their JTP participation.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Comparative Analysis
Balfe, Kevin – 1983
This guide summarizes key principles drawn from successful programs for helping unemployed workers find new jobs and presents a systematic approach to help states plan and manage their worker readjustment efforts. The guide contains two major sections. The first section is an overview and summary that includes background on the dislocation…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Resources, Dislocated Workers, Employer Attitudes
Michigan Governor's Office for Job Training, Lansing. – 1984
This document lists 35 training programs in Michigan that provide job training assistance to nearly 1,000,000 people, with an annual investment of more than $800 million in federal, state, local, and private funds. The programs illustrate the two-fold purpose of job training: to build and maintain Michigan's reputation for a skilled, versatile…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, American Indians, Correctional Education
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