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Direct linkHoven, Hanno; Ford, Rebecca; Willmot, Anne; Hagan, Stephanie; Siegrist, Johannes – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objective: People who are homeless experience many barriers that affect their ability to gain and sustain work. In this study, we investigate whether personal job coaching support contributes toward employment success. Methods: The short- and long-term employment outcomes of 2,480 clients participating in a labor market program were analyzed.…
Descriptors: Success, Homeless People, Employment Potential, Employment Services
Barnes, H.; And Others – 1972
The report describes and analyzes data collected through personal interviews of a national random sample of 5,167 individuals trained in 1969 under the Manpower Development and Training Act. A description is given of the trainees' personal characteristics, their household environment, their view of the training experience, and changes they…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Economic Factors, Employment Programs, Interviews
Download full textHokenson, Earl; And Others – 1976
Research identifying the differences, and the relative importance of those differences, between successful and unsuccessful participants in the Work Incentive (WIN) Program is presented in terms of both successful employment at termination from WIN and employment after WIN participation. Over 800 former and current WIN 1 and 2 participants in…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential, Employment Programs
McConnell, Sheena – 1999
The value of the output and services produced by students while enrolled in the Job Corps was estimated by analyzing data from a sample of 2 projects from each of 23 Job Corps centers. The projects were subjected to in-depth analysis based on independent-estimate and relative-productivity approaches. The following were among the key findings: (1)…
Descriptors: Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth
Johnson, Terry; Gritz, Mark; Dugan, Mary Kay – 2000
The National Job Corps Study was undertaken to obtain the information needed to assess the Job Corps' success in providing employment assistance to disadvantaged youths aged 16 to 24 years. The study's findings related to outreach and admissions (OA) and center characteristics and practices that appear to promote positive programmatic experiences…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Choice, Career Education, Classification
Burghardt, John; McConnell, Sheena; Meckstroth, Alicia; Schochet, Peter; Johnson, Terry; Homrighausen, John – 1999
The National Job Corps Study was conducted in 1994-1996 to provide a thorough and rigorous assessment of the impacts of the Job Corps on key participant outcomes. To ensure that the study was well implemented, a study team from Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., (MPR) investigated outcome and admission (OA) procedures in each Job Corps region and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Education, Community Relations, Comparative Analysis
