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Download full textMcLaughlin, Megan E. – 1992
The centerpiece of the 1988 Family Support Act (FSA) is the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Act, which directs states to provide a broad range of educational, training, and employment services. FSA offers states an opportunity to design humane and effective programs to assist welfare recipients to move out of poverty. FSA also has…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Welfare, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1993
This document reports on and recommends for passage the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1993 (S. 1361), legislation proposed to establish a national framework within which states can create statewide School-to-Work Opportunities systems enabling youth to identify and navigate paths to productive and progressively more rewarding roles in the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Employment Programs
O'Neill, June – 1990
This evaluation of Massachusett's Employment and Training Choices (ET) program indicates that instead of saving taxpayers money, the program has been costly and has contributed little or nothing to reduce the state's welfare caseload. ET offers welfare recipients a wide variety of employment services, including career planning and job search,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Day Care, Employment Programs, Job Training
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1992
This document records the oral and written testimony of persons participating in a U.S. House of Representatives hearing on employment and training needs during the current recession. Testimony was given by leaders of youth education and jobs programs, congressional representatives, a college president, and several unemployed workers. Witnesses…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Economic Development, Employment Problems
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1992
Information was collected and compared on services provided to dislocated workers by the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and the Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance (EDWAA) programs. (TAA and EDWAA are the two major federal programs created to help dislocated workers make the transition to new employment.) Findings were based…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Morra, Linda G. – 1992
The two major programs to help dislocated workers make the transition to new employment are Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance (EDWAA). Both programs have shortcomings that hamper their ability to help dislocated workers: they are slow in providing assistance, the services offered are often…
Descriptors: Adults, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Dislocated Workers
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1990
The goal of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) is long-term employability. To obtain feedback on the effectiveness of JTPA programs in promoting retention in the labor force, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) requires states and service delivery areas (SDAs) to collect information on the postprogram outcomes of JTPA participants. This…
Descriptors: Adults, Data Collection, Employment Potential, Employment Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1991
An assessment was made of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)'s vulnerability to waste, abuse, and mismanagement and the adequacy of federal, state, and local program oversight to prevent and detect such practices. The study examined JTPA activities in 2 federal regions, 6 states, and 12 service delivery areas, mostly for the program year…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Compliance (Legal), Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Brady, Elaine – 1984
Of 596 service delivery areas (SDAs) administering the Job Training Partnership Act, 583 participated in a telephone survey regarding private industry council (PIC) and SDA activities. It was found that the number of local jurisdictions responsible for administering federally funded employment and training programs increased by 26 percent.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Anderson, Barbara J. – Manpower, 1975
Descriptors: Architecture, Career Ladders, Employment Programs, Engineering
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Ways and Means. – 1987
This document reports on proposed Federal reform of the welfare system. Amendments are suggested to proposed legislation that would accomplish the following goals: (1) replace the existing Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program with a new Family Support Program that emphasizes work, child support, and a need-based family support…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Day Care, Employment Programs, Family Financial Resources
Seta, Julie, Comp. – 1989
The compendium presents a view of 70 programs participating in the Illinois supported employment initiative. A preliminary chapter analyzes the implementation of supported employment in Illinois. It provides a brief history of the Illinois supported employment initiative, describes the Illinois Supported Employment Project, examines the impact of…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employment, Employment Programs
Ooms, Theodora; Herendeen, Lisa – 1989
This document contains a summary of a policy seminar, "Family Centered Social Policy: The Emerging Agenda," a background briefing report on the seminar, and a 50-item reference list. The first section summarizes presentations by K. M. Harris on a Baltimore study of teen mothers' welfare experience; Robert Lerman on young fathers; and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Employment Programs, Family Life Education
Nightingale, Demetra Smith; And Others – 1989
This policy memorandum provides a summary of what is known about voluntary activity in the United States in general and in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) service delivery areas (SDAs) in particular. It suggests possible short- and long-term policy strategies that might be used to increase the effectiveness of voluntary service in JTPA…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. – 1989
The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) has failed to provide Hispanic Americans with urgently needed training and education. Low educational attainment, limited English proficiency, and illiteracy pose barriers to Hispanic employment. A recent analysis of Hispanic participation in JTPA reported the following findings: (1) participation has been…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Dropouts, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
