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PDF pending restorationBureau of Occupational and Adult Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1979
To assist CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) prime sponsors, vocational educators, planning councils, and service deliverers in coordinating resources, this guide is offered as a help in meeting the needs of displaced homemakers who are eligible for services. It furnishes an overview of federal legislation covering displaced…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Download full textNew Jersey Equity Research Bulletin, 1995
Programs funded through the federal Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act sex equity set aside are required to provide occupational education in high wage, high skill, and nontraditional careers. This bulletin, one of a series reporting on Perkins Act funding in New Jersey, reports on the effectiveness of displaced…
Descriptors: Adults, Displaced Homemakers, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1993
This book contains the text of the following 11 vocational education, job training, and related federal laws as amended through December 31, 1992: (1) Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (including part E of title III, Tech-Prep Education Act; part G of title III, Community Education Employment Center Act; and part H of title III, Tribally…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Apprenticeships, Disadvantaged, Displaced Homemakers
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1993
This guide, which was developed with input from more than 120 Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs across the United States, is designed to give JTPA program staff new ideas for conducting their targeting, outreach, and recruitment efforts. Presented first are an overview of the guide's contents and suggestions for using it. The first five…
Descriptors: Adults, Displaced Homemakers, Educational Legislation, Employment Programs
New Jersey Equity Research Bulletin, 1995
Programs funded through the federal Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act sex equity set aside are required to provide occupational education in high wage, high skill, and nontraditional careers. Equity standards in New Jersey have been developed by the Gender Equity Coordinator in conjunction with the three statewide…
Descriptors: Adults, Displaced Homemakers, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Ethnic Groups
Cote-Bonanno, Joanne F.; And Others – 1995
The Carl D. Perkins Applied Vocational and Technology Education Act Amendments (Perkins Act) targets the single parent and homemaker populations for vocational education services and activities. This report presents enrollment statistics from New Jersey secondary and adult occupational enrollment and single parent/homemaker programs offered…
Descriptors: Business, Computer Science, Displaced Homemakers, Enrollment
Equity Issues, 1999
This issue paper provides vocational educators with a comparison of the 1998 Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act regarding gender equity and the 1990 act of the same name. It includes a four-page chart that compares key gender equity provisions from the 1990 act with the 1998 act that are most critical to local school…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Displaced Homemakers, Educational Legislation, Educational Planning
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
This document contains the complete text of federal laws related to vocational education, job training, rehabilitation, and related areas as amended through December 31, 1991. Statutes included are the: (1) Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (Titles I-V); (2) Job Training Partnership Act (Titles I-VI); (3) Displaced Homemakers…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Apprenticeships, Children
National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education. – 1988
This report examines how the sex equity provisions of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act have been implemented in 16 states. It focuses on the implementation of the key provisions in the law that affect women and girls: the single parent and homemaker program (8.5 percent set-aside), and the sex equity program (3.5 percent set-aside).…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Displaced Homemakers, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, Columbus, OH. – 1988
This document begins with an overview of trends and issues in the area of access and equity in vocational education. The overview briefly addresses: emphasis in federal vocational education legislation on support of increased vocational education opportunities for special target populations, lack of success to date in certain areas of access and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Displaced Homemakers
New Jersey Equity Research Bulletin, 1995
Programs funded through the federal Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act sex equity set aside are required to provide occupational education in high wage, high skill, and nontraditional careers. This bulletin, one of a series reporting on Perkins Act funding in New Jersey, reports on the effectiveness of displaced…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Change, Displaced Homemakers, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
New Jersey Equity Research Bulletin, 1995
Programs funded through the federal Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act sex equity set aside are required to provide occupational education in high wage, high skill, and nontraditional careers. This bulletin, one of a series reporting on Perkins Act funding in New Jersey, reports on the effectiveness of displaced…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Change, Displaced Homemakers, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Vetter, Louise; Richey, Marsha L. – 1985
This reference guide for sex equity coordinators identifies the requirements of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984 for sex equity. An introduction discusses the purpose of the Perkins Act and personnel requirements regarding the elimination of sex discrimination and sex stereotyping. The next section identifies the requirements…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Adult Vocational Education, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Vinick, Barbara H.; Jacob, Ruth H. – 1979
The movement to train and counsel displaced homemakers began in 1975. State legislation for funding was followed by vocational educational and Comprehensive Employment Training Act funding. The Department of Labor has estimated that there are at least 4.13 million displaced homemakers. A total of 354 displaced homemaker programs have been located.…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Definitions, Displaced Homemakers, Educational Legislation
North Carolina State Dept. of Community Colleges, Raleigh. – 1988
This performance report summarizes the services and activities provided for youth and adults in secondary and postsecondary vocational education in North Carolina from July 1987-June 1988, as mandated by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. Data are provided to reflect services to special populations, trends, growth in enrollment,…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Disadvantaged
