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Work First. How To Implement an Employment-Focused Approach to Welfare Reform. A How-to Guide. ReWORKing Welfare. Technical Assistance for States and Localities.

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Brown, Amy – 1997

This guide, which is intended for planners, administrators, and staff involved in state and local welfare reform efforts, summarizes information about the "work first" approach to welfare reform that was gained from comprehensive evaluations of work first programs and discussions with program managers, practitioners, and participants.…

Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Change Strategies, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation

Ohio Job Training. Hearing on Fundamental Re-Examination of Our Programs That Train America's Workers of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session (Columbus, OH).

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1995

These Congressional hearings contain testimony pertaining to the future of job training in Ohio. Among the topics discussed are the following: the job training needs of selected special needs groups, including convicted felons on probation, dislocated workers, displaced homemakers, unemployed individuals, underskilled employees, disadvantaged…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Correctional Education, Disabilities

Improving the Odds: Increasing the Effectiveness of Publicly Funded Training.

Barnow, Burt S., Ed.; King, Christopher T., Ed. – 2000

This book, which is intended for policymakers, administrators, and researchers, contains 13 research papers and reviews of the literature on increasing the effectiveness of publicly funded training. The following papers are included: "Publicly Funded Training in a Changing Labor Market" (Burt S. Barnow, Christopher T. King); "The…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Dislocated Workers