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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
Yagi, Kan – 1982
The State Disadvantaged Child Project provides supplementary support services for 6,000 children residing in a low income core area and attending 10 elementary schools and 1 high school in Portland, Oregon. The project also covers other children, allocating funds to the Albina Youth Opportunity School (AYOS), Early Childhood Education Centers, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Enrichment
Savane, Marie-Angelique – Prospects, 1975
Cultural, economic, and health factors influencing population trends in Senegal are described. The advantages of family planning and sex education are enumerated. (DE)
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Comparative Education, Cultural Influences, Developing Nations
Fontaine, Cletus – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1975
The primary objective of the Agri-Development Program is to elevate the student's level of competency to a level that provides him with the confidence needed to enroll in the regular farm training program. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Palley, Marian Lief – Teaching Political Science, 1975
As part of a course entitled "The Politics of Poverty," students at the University of Deleware worked in social work organizations for the poor. Analysis of the program's effectiveness as measured by an opinion survey of participating students is included. (DE)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Economically Disadvantaged, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1990
Research was conducted to determine the extent to which the states have been able to spend their Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) 3-percent set-aside funds for assistance to economically disadvantaged workers 55 years old and older, to compare the expenditure rate of the older worker set-aside with the expenditure rates of other JTPA programs,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Expenditures, Federal State Relationship
Dorn, Jenna – 1989
A number of factors have led to the crisis of work force unpreparedness that the United States now faces, including revolutionary changes that mean businesses now succeed on the qualities of their human rather than material resources. Jobs are demanding better reading, writing, and reasoning skills, and mental agility has replaced manual dexterity…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Morehouse, Ward; Dembo, David – 1988
In September 1988, 13.1 million people in the United States wanted jobs, a jobless rate more than twice the official unemployment rate. The official rate does not count the people who have stopped looking for work because they believe that none is available. However, joblessness is only part of the problem. Also important is the phenomenon of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Economic Change, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns
Moore, Mary T.; Steele, Diane – 1988
This report presents nationally representative data to contrast and compare programs developed under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 with special education programs for mildly handicapped pupils in elementary schools, called for by Part B of the Education of the Handicapped Act. The report describes differences…
Descriptors: Demography, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation, Elementary Education
Short, Kathleen S.; Littman, Mark S. – Current Population Reports, 1990
This report presents data from the complete 1985 panel file of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) on changes between 1985 and 1986 in the income and poverty status of persons. SIPP data make it possible to gauge movement along the whole income distribution and into and out of poverty for the same persons in two consecutive…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Economic Change, Economic Factors, Economic Status
Current Population Reports, 1990
This demographic overview summarizes some major findings from national surveys reported by the Census Bureau in 1990. Statistical data are drawn from the Current Population Survey, the Survey of Income and Program Participation, and the American Housing Survey. The following trends are reported: (1) the decline in average household size begun in…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Day Care, Demography, Disabilities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Hunger. – 1986
The proceedings of a House hearing on poverty, hunger, and the welfare system are provided in this document. The hearings focus the Federal agenda for addressing these problems: the increasing number of people, particularly children, living in poverty and consequently threatened by hunger; increasing numbers of families headed by women alone…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Family Income, Federal Legislation, Government Role
Murray, Charles; Laren, Deborah – 1986
Using findings of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), this report discusses how people become poor and why they stay that way. The PSID reveals that the requirements for getting out of poverty in the United States are so minimal that it takes a mutually reinforcing cluster of behaviors to remain in poverty, even for blacks and females. The…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Early Parenthood, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
The amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act refine the existing statute without disrupting basic program operations. The major provisions make adjustments in the following areas: (1) definition of economically disadvantaged; (2) designation of service delivery area; (3) the Literacy and Dropout Prevention Program; (4) protection for the…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
Bell, Nathan – 1986
About 60 percent of Binghamton's pupil population come from low income families; close to 1,000 pupils are provided remediation under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. This program provides educationally and economically needy people with ways to succeed. The program's attributes for success are as follow: (1) clear…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
