Analyzes low literacy levels among Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) applicants in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Discusses how cutbacks in CETA funding will adversely affect attempts to decrease illiteracy among unemployed, low-income, urban adults. (GC)

This paper presents the results of an experiment in which private employment agencies were used to place public assistance clients in jobs. Contains brief descriptions of the experiment and the AFDC clients who participated in it. Key experimental findings are outlined and policy implications are discussed. (CT)

The author outlines what has been learned from the Private Sector Initiative Program thus far. Though extensive evaluation is still under way, Ginzberg feels that there is proof that the program is working. He recommends expansion on an already well-established base. (CT)

Discusses how the Youth Employment and Demonstrations Project Act (YEDPA) communicates with local school systems. The dropout issue has been one point of conflict. CETA agencies tend to blame the school systems, and school administrators argue that CETA is a way by which people who have left the system can return. (CT)

Defines the concept of direct job creation and identifies primary government activities in this area during the l970s. Discusses the political and economic rationale for direct job creation measures and possible unintended side effects of such policy interventions. Suggests alternative approaches to the problems of direct public provision of jobs.…

The Kintock Group's community-based postrelease program provides ex-offenders with case assessment, substance abuse treatment, life skills, and employment referral, placement, counseling, and support. Two-year tracking of 107 Kintock participants and 423 other parolees showed that 72% of the Kintock group and 65% of the others were not…

Eugene Lehrmann, vice-chairman of the board of the American Association of Retired Persons, makes a case for continuing contributions of retired adults in the work force, emphasizing the role of vocational education in the transition to a postretirement career. (SK)

A paper by M. Hill et al., titled "Benefit-Cost Analysis of Supported Competitive Employment for Persons with Mental Retardation," is criticized due to logic concerns, certain omissions, and some imprecision. The study's conclusions are generally supported, but the certainty of taxpayers benefitting from the employment programs is…

A survey administered to 91 supported employment job coaches and 86 supervisors revealed that confusion exists over what constitutes an aversive intervention versus a nonaversive intervention for persons with disabilities. When asked to rate 20 vignettes describing interventions, respondents' ratings ranged from nonaversive to severely aversive on…

The Marriott Foundation's "Bridges" program is a transitional model designed to help people with disabilities find employment by matching skills with employer needs and creating a welcoming environment. Competitive paid work experience has a significant effect on vocational outcomes, and lasting relationships grow from complementary needs. (SK)

Discusses issues that rehabilitation counselors must confront when responding to employment issues in the workplace. Counselors are adapting traditional practice methods to 21st century demands. Impetus for developing new strategies is growing, increasing the importance of professional development and research. Challenges to counselors include…

This article examines the employment and child care responses of families participating in 10 experimental welfare reform programs conducted in the United States between 1989 and 2002. For the programs analyzed, child care use increases by about the same amount as the increase in employment. Most of the increased child care comprises informal care…

The report is a finding aid to the sources which document the 1937 federal policy decision mandating that 50% of the enrollees in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Alaska must be Alaska Natives and provides a list of the Native CCC projects in Alaska. The finding aid section is organized according to the location of the collections and…

Analysis of survey responses from 98 Wisconsin education/job programs administrators resulted in the following recommendations, among others: (1) Private Industry Council (PIC) members must play a more meaningful role in the oversight of local programs and should receive inservice education from the Division of Employment and Training Policy…

This article provides a brief description of the Sun Valley-Las Casitas (Colorado) Youth Employment program. This program was developed in response to increasing anti-social activity among Chicano youths. A brief evaluation of the program is included. (RWP)