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Bartik, Timothy J. – 1995
The feasibility of using performance indicators to improve the effectiveness of welfare-to-work programs was examined. First, previous and current experience with performance indicators for welfare-to-work and related programs (including the Job Training and Partnership Act and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills programs) was analyzed. Next, the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Employment Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
This document is comprised of two separate publications, a report concerning the current AFDC program and related testimony. The report discusses a study that assessed the progress the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program had made in serving an increasingly larger portion of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) caseload,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, At Risk Persons, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Porter, Toni – 1996
In response to strong political debate concerning the future of federal welfare policy and a push for welfare to work programs, the Bank Street College of Education's Center for Family Support held a conference to address the issue of welfare recipients as child care providers. The purpose of this meeting was threefold: (1) to stimulate thinking…
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Verstegen, Dale; Nietupski, John – 1994
This manual presents a process for creating public-private sector partnerships on state and regional levels focused on increasing job opportunities for people with disabilities. The manual's four chapters follow the recommended program planning process. The first chapter offers suggestions for building a cadre of consumer, private sector, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Economic Development, Employment Opportunities
Washington State Board for Vocational Education, Olympia. – 1991
This paper describes 8 Joint Carl Perkins and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) 8 Percent projects and 18 JTPA 8 percent Education Coordination and Grants projects funded in the state of Washington during the 1991 program year. For the Joint Carl Perkins and JTPA 8 percent projects, the following information is provided in two-page summaries:…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs
North Dakota State Council on Vocational Education, Bismarck. – 1987
This report presents the findings and recommendations of the North Dakota Council on Vocational Education on the effectiveness and adequacy of the state vocational education delivery system in carrying out the purposes of two federal acts, along with the coordination that took place between the two acts. The acts are the Carl D. Perkins Vocational…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Martinson, Karin; Riccio, James – 1989
California's Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) program requires that large numbers of welfare recipients receive job training and preparation for employment. Another component of the program addresses the child care needs of program participants. A survey of 626 single-parent program registrants in the first eight counties in which the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Compliance (Legal), Day Care, Employment Programs
Ashley, William L.; Kurth, Paula K. – 1988
This review presents a summary of the research on displaced worker programs and implications and recommendations for practice that the research supports. Chapter I is an overview of the displaced worker problem. It considers the extent of worker displacement and job loss and summarizes future projections. Chapter II discusses existing programs for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Employment Problems, Employment Programs
Sanderson, Jack – 1980
Through cooperative efforts of state and federal officials and with concerned California Indians, State program delivery systems are constantly being monitored, evaluated, and adjusted to assure increasingly fair services for California Indians. The report divides State services into five general categories: cultural preservation; educational…
Descriptors: Administrators, American Indian Education, American Indians, Delivery Systems
The Potential State Role in Youth Employment. Working Paper #3. The State Youth Initiatives Project.
DeLone, Richard H. – 1982
The millions of disadvantaged youth, especially minority group youths, face a bewildering mix of job training and employment programs. Because of bureaucratic regulations and funding complications, most of these programs are not effective for the majority of youths who need them. To be effective, youth employment and training programs should…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1982
Eight pieces of federal legislation relating to job training are provided. These are (1) the Job Training Partnership Act, as amended; (2) the Wagner-Peyser Act, legislation to provide for the establishment of a national employment system, as amended; (3) the National Apprenticeship Act; (4) the Vocational Education Act of 1963, Title I, as…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Community Services, Disadvantaged
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
Stuiber, Paul; Lecoanet, Robin; Lathrop, Jessica; Miller, David; Russell, Matthew; Schoenbrunn, Rob; Smith, Joshua; Specht, Christine – 2001
Wisconsin Works (W-2) is a time-limited employment assistance program that, in September 1997, replaced cash entitlements provided to low-income families under Aid to Families with Dependent Children. W-2 provides subsidized or unsubsidized placements for participants, based upon their level of preparedness for employment. Participants in both…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Employment Services
Peer reviewedSchalock, Robert L.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1993
The current status of state mental retardation/developmental disability agency information systems related to day and employment programs for persons with disabilities is described. Data regarding the number and characteristics of persons served in various day-employment programs and the funding sources are summarized. Suggestions regarding data…
Descriptors: Agencies, Data Collection, Database Design, Day Programs
Benus, Jacob M.; And Others – 1994
The Washington State Self-Employment and Enterprise Demonstration (SEED) was the first federally sponsored self-employment demonstration program for unemployed workers in the United States. Its primary purpose was to determine the viability of self-employment as a reemployment option for recipients of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits who do…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs, Entrepreneurship
