A summer employment program was set up for low-income teenagers to earn spending money while learning a little about the world of work. (Author)

An intensive study was conducted of areawide planning for the implementation of Title II A, B, and C (formerly Title I) of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), as performed by prime sponsors to meet the needs of their communities. The central objectives of the research were (1) to describe the planning systems that have emerged,…

A cooperative planning effort by six public service agencies in California's Imperial County, an agricultural region suffering from the nation's highest unemployment rate and lowest per capita income, was designed to link and integrate the agencies' employment and training programs. It was found that the proper perspective for planning is as…

CONCERN IS FOCUSED ON ADVANCING INTERGROUP RELATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND METHODS OF ADVANCING THE GOALS OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WHICH HAD BEEN SET FORTH BY THE 1960 ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAM. POLICY DIRECTIVES, PROCEDURAL STEPS, AND ORGANIZATION OF INTERGROUP RELATIONS RESOURCES WHICH MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE IN ANY AND ALL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS ARE…

Concepts of internal agency structure and operations, agency-company relations, and agency-enrollee relations, with recommendations for their implementation, form the three main sections of this handbook developed for manpower agency administrators, supervisory staffs and program planners. It is designed to aid those who organize and develop…

Three models--the self-directed job information services, employability exploration and job development services, and intensive employability development services--were conceived to offer employment services to various types of applicants. The workability of these models was aided by the Job Bank and Job Information Service. The Job Bank is an…

Description of the Community Correctional Services (CCS) program for the 16th Judicial Circuit of Illinois, a program to provide quality vocational and employment services to youthful and adult law offenders. Servicing 250 participants in 1976 and 270 in 1977, the counseling and referral service is funded by the Comprehensive Employment and…

Describes the activities and achievements of Broome County Catholic Youth Organization 70001, a unique program for economically disadvantaged youth and high school dropouts, which offers preemployment training, educational upgrading, motivational activities, and job placement assistance. Explains the benefits for the young participants, community,…

Physically disabled homebound persons, infeasible for conventional vocational rehabilitation programs, can competitively be productive within their homes in information technology. (Author/JA)

One year's experience (through June 1972) suggests that the Emergency Employment Act is a very effective, if limited, tool in countering downturns in the economy. (MF)

Messengers earn while they learn the life style of work. (Editor)

Describes a New York bank's behaviorally-oriented teller training program and the new relationship between the training staff and the other departments. (SP)

Growth of union participation in and sponsorship of manpower training programs, particularly in the last four years, with emphasis on preparation of minority and other disadvantaged youth. (MF)

This first annual report on the Work Incentive (WIN) Program covers theprogram from its inception in mid-1968 to April 30, 1970.

Examines the issues surrounding the controversial Workfare program, which establishes work effort as a requirement for receipt of welfare benefits. (SK)