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PDF pending restorationTracy, Marianne, Ed.; And Others – 1986
This booklet describes four strategies used in successful recruitment and motivational programs for Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) participants: (1) locate potential participants whose degree of disenfranchisement may be so great that they have given up and dropped out; (2) raise participants' expectations so that they can exercise more…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Motivation Techniques, Postsecondary Education, Program Descriptions
Interface, Inc., New York, NY. – 1985
To assess the impact of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) on youth employment and training, an examination of its implementation in New York City was undertaken. This study focused on the training, educational, and support activities in the local JTPA during the program's first year (1984-5), with special attention paid to the effects of…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Job Training
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1985
This publication reports on a recent study that compared the new Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) with its predecessor, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). The study was conducted to determine how the JTPA limit on money for program administration affected the type of individual served and the training provided in the…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training, Participant Characteristics
Alegria, Fernando L., Jr.; And Others – 1988
A study investigated the characteristics of 43,307 participants 55 years and older in the 3 percent set-aside program of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) during program year 1987. Information sources included 37 states, the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Council on Aging, and state and community-based…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disabilities, Federal Programs, Middle Aged Adults
Bell, Brenda L. – 1989
A companion to a previous publication called "Private Industry Council Roles and Options," this document is intended to help State Job Training Coordinating Council members and other interested parties better understand the scope and significance of the councils' mission. It provides basic information on the mission, roles, functions,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Policy, Employment Programs, Job Training
Figueroa, Jose R.; And Others – 1989
This document reports a study that investigated state management of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Title II-A programs and the Wagner-Peyser 10 percent set-aside for program years 1985 and 1986 to identify the most effective and efficient state JTPA management practices. Following an executive summary and introduction, section 1 contains…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Petry, John R.; Bellott, Fred K. – 1990
A study of the terminees from Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs in Tennessee was conducted. Terminees were JTPA participants who either completed a program or left the program for some other reason. First-class mail survey forms were sent to 2,462 persons. Two follow-up mailings were sent. A return rate of 29.4 percent was obtained.…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Job Training, Postsecondary Education, Program Effectiveness
Moffitt, Robert – 1989
Existing research evidence on the ability of several kinds of public policy used to increase labor force attachment among the disadvantaged indicates that (1) policies for reform of the U.S. welfare system do not substantially help the problem; (2) increasing child support payments would have essentially no effects on the work effort and earnings…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Economic Research
PDF pending restorationNational Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1986
Intended for use by local persons responsible for planning, managing, and evaluating Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs, this guide draws on the experiences that Private Industry Councils, Service Delivery Areas (SDAs), and local program operators have had providing tryout employment. (Tryout employment programs provide entry-level work…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Potential, Entry Workers, Job Skills
Spill, Rick; Tracy, Marianne – 1986
Competency-based programming for Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) participants is a powerful tool that can be used by Private Industry Councils (PICs) to train youth in, among other things, the work maturity skills vital to finding and keeping employment. Work maturity skills are involved in the following behaviors: being on time for work,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Employment Potential, Job Skills, Maturity Tests
Eadie, Douglas C. – 1988
Intended to teach local elected officials (LEOs) how to increase their involvement in job training and other human resource programs, this document argues that elected county officials can use strategic issues management (SIM) to assert stronger leadership and to use Private Industry Councils (PICs) more fully as a resource for the delivery of…
Descriptors: Community Services, County Officials, Job Placement, Job Training
McIntosh, Billie Jane – 1986
The unemployment rate for Native Americans is 49% nationwide and 54% in Arizona. The Job Training Partnership Act (JPTA) program at the Phoenix Indian Center trains Native American adults to enter the urban work force. The Center offers work orientation programs, individual counseling, and work experience programs. The majority of the participants…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, American Indian Culture, Cross Cultural Training, Drug Abuse
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
This hearing concerned an amendment of the Job Training Partnership Act that would establish an education component in the summer youth employment programs funded under part B, Title II, of that Act. The first bill discussed (H.R. 1090) would convert the existing programs to ones that (1) provide basic academic and functional competencies for…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Cooperation, Federal Programs, Government Role
Watson, Bernardine; Jaffe, Natalie – 1990
Providing disadvantaged youth with the training to continue their education or to obtain meaningful, long-term employment has been hampered by lack of funding, inability to meet the multiple needs of at-risk youth, and the difficulty of recruiting at-risk youth to participate in programs. This report describes and recommends nine employment…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs, Federal Programs
Yin, Robert K.; And Others – 1989
A study examined six cases where job training and economic development had been successfully linked through an interorganizational arrangement. Cases were nominated by U.S. Employment and Training Administration officials, job training and economic development experts, and published reports. The six organizations of primary focus were Pima County…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Community Programs
