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Download full textO'Neill, June – 1990
This evaluation of Massachusett's Employment and Training Choices (ET) program indicates that instead of saving taxpayers money, the program has been costly and has contributed little or nothing to reduce the state's welfare caseload. ET offers welfare recipients a wide variety of employment services, including career planning and job search,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Day Care, Employment Programs, Job Training
Freedman, Stephen; And Others – 1988
A study analyzed the implementation, impact, and cost-effectiveness of an on-the-job training (OJT) program for recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in New Jersey, operated as part of the state's Work Incentive (WIN) Demonstration system. Enrollees in the program, mostly female single heads of household, were placed with…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Mothers, On the Job Training
Brown, Rebecca – Issue Notes, 2000
This issue of WIN (Welfare Information Network) Issue Notes focuses on helping low-income mothers with criminal records achieve self-sufficiency. Section 1 offers background. Section 2 answers these policy questions: why states might want to focus on serving low-income mothers with criminal records; how states can encourage employers to hire…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Custody, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Schexnayder, Deanna T.; And Others – 1992
A Texas study examined the effects of coordination on Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program services for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients, the REFOCUS-to-JTPA referral process, and rural program coordination issues. The impact of coordination on JTPA services to AFDC caretakers was determined by conducting a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Cooperative Programs
Schexnayder, Deanna T.; And Others – 1991
This paper reports results of a baseline analysis of Job Training Partnership Act-welfare coordination efforts in Texas. Following an introduction, section II provides a brief overview of the literature on welfare dynamics and program participation and describes Texas programs to move Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients into…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Cooperative Programs
Real, Mark; And Others – 1995
This report illustrates the conditions facing young Ohioans and measures the success of local communities across Ohio in helping families work. Sections of this report are: (1) "Helping Families Work: An Introduction," which discusses how Ohio families are changing, the limits of government, measuring the success of state and local…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth Weight, Child Health, Child Support
