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Download full textNational Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1980
This volume is one of the products of the knowledge development effort implemented under the mandate of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA). It provides an overview of FY 1979 planned projects funded in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico under the Governors' statewide youth services grants…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Edelman, Peter B.; And Others – 1986
These three essays are intended to provide an overview of southern efforts to help increased numbers of young persons make a successful transition from school to work with a future. The first paper, "Smoothing the Path from School to Work: A Promising Venture in Structural Change in a Southern State," by Peter B. Edelman and Myrtis H.…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1991
The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed states' implementation of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Training Program. GAO studied states' progress in implementing JOBS, decisions about which welfare recipients to serve and what services to provide, views on implementation problems or difficulties, and the nature and extent to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Eligibility, Employment Programs
Brown, Larry – 1984
The advent of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) has not been favorable to community-based organizations (CBOs) serving unemployed young people. The overall decline in the amount of money available for employment training is one reason for the reduction in services, but it is not the sole reason. The transition to the new act itself is also…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Role, Community Action, Community Cooperation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1973
It is the purpose of this Act to provide job training and employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed persons, and to assure that training and other services lead to maximum employment opportunities and enhance self-sufficiency by establishing a flexible and decentralized system of Federal, State, and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
National Association of State Boards of Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
A National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) project to develop a systematic collaborative approach to the development of policies and programs for career education emphasized the relationship between career education and the Youth Employment and Training Programs. NASBE worked with five states (Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Business, Career Education, Cooperative Programs
Kaplan, Jan – Issue Notes, 2001
Older teens living in families receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) face serious sociodemographic disadvantages. When combined with the characteristic risk-taking behaviors of adolescence, these disadvantages pose a threat to TANF teens' immediate and future physical, psychological, and emotional health and to their long-term…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Career Academies, Community Programs
Mangum, Garth; Mangum, Stephen; Sum, Andrew; Callahan, James; Fogg, Neal – 1999
The effectiveness of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 was critiqued. WIA was praised for providing an avenue for communication among state and local agencies during development of workforce development plans, potentially allowing individuals to choose from a wider array of services and service providers, spreading the concept of one-stop…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, At Risk Persons, Career Centers, Delivery Systems
