Project SPRUCE sought to increase employability of insurace claimants who seemed likely to exhaust their benefit rights without definite prospects of finding work. These persons were seen to be in need of special services because of some remediable inadequacy or problem but ineligible for the various programs intended primarily for the hardcore…

The supplement to the final report of Project SPRUCE (a program to increase the employability of insured workers who experience long-term unemployment and seem likely to exhaust their benefit rights) summarizes in detail the problems encountered in the administering of the project, the operational procedures followed, and the training program…

This course is aimed at the buyer or potential buyer of life insurance for the purpose of helping him to a better understanding of life insurance and of aiding him in making decisions about his own life insurance coverage. It is structured to be taught one evening a week for six to eight weeks. Each session would last about two hours. The course…

The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…

This hearing inquired into questions on the quality of care and the utilization of services in the child health area. Questions covered included: How does the government assist in preventive medicine programs? What are the gaps in current health care and delivery systems? How can current legislation in this field be better implemented? The early…

This document is the fifth in the series, BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON EDUCATIONAL TOPICS (BETS), providing topical searches of ERIC literature in the scope areas of teacher education and health education, physical education, and recreation education. Here, the subject of consumer health is treated bibliographically. Included are topics dealing with the wise…

Major political and economic forces, which affect the provision of primary health services, particularly to underserved populations, are reviewed. Technological, professional, governmental, fiscal, and societal solutions are proposed. (GC)

To give students the necessary basic economic concepts in the general business course, Monroe-Woodbury High School, Central Valley, New York, expanded the curriculum to offer seven quarter-courses in economics, the court system, principles of banking and insurance, consumer education, the working citizen, and business management. (MF)

Seven goals for the federal Employment and Training Administration (ETA) are described for fiscal year 1977. (ABM)

Describes how local area unemployment statistics are developed by state employment security agencies to provide the Bureau of Labor Statistics with data on the insured unemployed by county of residence. Includes a discussion of the handbook method, a consistent and uniform method of estimating total unemployment for states and areas. (Editor/TA)

Emphasizes the need for school administrators and board members to protect themselves against risks related to property, negligence, and civil liberties deprivations with insurance programs and to develop a greater knowledge of what constitutes due process. Some legislation and court litigation in the areas of safety and civil rights are…

The Government Accounting Standards Board's Insurance Issues Project has issued an invitation to comment on two issues: (1) whether governmental risk pools should follow the same accounting principles as commercial insurance companies and (2) financial statement disclosures required of entities with public accountability (MLF)

Liability suits against college sports programs can be devastating. Interest in liability insurance, which protects the institution and its personnel if an athlete sues, is on the rise, and half of all college-sports programs now own insurance policies that provide lifetime benefits to athletes who suffer catastrophic injuries. (MLW)

A fire destroyed an elementary school in the East Rockaway (New York) school system. A substitute facility, furniture, and textbooks were secured and classes opened, missing only four school days. Future precautions include insurance to cover actual reconstruction costs, smoke detectors, and a computerized inventory system. (MLF)