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Download full textPrichard, Dana – 1982
The College of Marin Women's Program implemented a project to provide comprehensive support, instructional, and advocacy services to disadvantaged women seeking information and/or future employment in nontraditional career fields. Areas of emphasis were the apprenticeable trades and other blue-collar work. The goal of the project was to assist 50…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Blue Collar Occupations, Career Education
Zubin, Judie – 1982
The Women's Management Development Project (WMDP)--initiated at Goucher College in 1977 to provide job reentry opportunities at the professional or management level to college-educated women in the Baltimore, Maryland, area--is described. The program involves a 6-month course of cognitive and experiential training, combined with individual and…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Graduates, Employment Experience, Employment Potential
Austin Independent School District, TX. – 1981
The Redirected Homemakers Project began in August, 1979, as a program to aid displaced homemakers in the assessment and development of skills which could be translated into meaningful, salaried work. The project operated within the office of Community Education of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District. Within the structure of the school…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Education, Community Resources, Demonstration Programs
Owensboro Public Schools, KY. – 1987
The Owensboro, Kentucky, Displaced Homemaker Program helps single parents/displaced homemakers in the Green River Area Development District to gain control of their lives by developing skills necessary to secure a job and become independent and self-sufficient. In fiscal year 1986-87, 240 persons applied for the program, which provides an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning
Idaho State Div. of Vocational Education, Boise. – 1998
Idaho's displaced homemaker program exists to reduce the incidence of poverty among the 59,498 displaced homemakers (according to the 1990 census) and 22,147 single mothers in the state. Of those who participated in Idaho's displaced homemaker programs in fiscal year 1998 (FY1998), 924 (33%) earned less than $5,000 annually, and two-thirds had…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Displaced Homemakers, Education Work Relationship
Idaho State Div. of Professional-Technical Education, Boise. – 1999
Idaho's displaced homemaker program exists to reduce the incidence of poverty among the 59,498 displaced homemakers (according to the 1990 census) and 22,147 single mothers in the state. Of those who participated in Idaho's displaced homemaker programs in fiscal year 1999 (FY1999), 852 (33%) earned less than $5,000 annually. Yet, only 95 received…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Correctional Education, Displaced Homemakers
