This guide was developed to help concerned community members, groups, and organizations learn about major federal and state funds for employment-related youth programs and to direct them to additional funding resources. The guide discusses several types of employment-related activities that help young people become healthy and productive adults.…

Can a multicomponent employment initiative that is located in public housing developments help residents work, earn more money, and improve their quality of life? The Jobs-Plus Community Revitalization Initiative for Public Housing Families (Jobs-Plus, for short) sought to achieve these ambitious goals in difficult environments. Operated as a…

A re-examination of career management programs, particularly civilian career programs in the Department of Defense, is advocated by the author. He suggests their contents be reviewed for effectiveness, adequacy, and utility every three to five years. (AG)

The Work Incentive Program was designed to motivate welfare recipients to upgrade their academic and vocational skills so that they become independent from welfare rolls. (Author/RK)

A successful program for minority group training. (Editor)

Occupational training programs for employed as well as unemployed workers at every skill level and public systems of continuous training and education for adults, expanding in three Western European countries, merit American attention. (MF)

Supervisors rate former welfare recipients equal to or better than regular workers. (Editor)

A successful program must be able to offer participants the jobs which they consider superior to their presently available alternatives. (Editor)

Discusses the results of the Training and Technology (TAT) projects and their implications for vocational education, the employment process, and coordination of school and industry. (SB)

Kenya National Youth Service is designed to provide employment and training for young persons while at the same time involving them in the social and economic development of their countries. (RB)

This special issue of Manpower is entitled Making Prison Training Work." (BH)

This special issue of Manpower is entitled Making Prison Training Work." (BH)

Briefly sketches responses of consumer and homemaking educators to the personal dilemmas caused by unemployment. Programs described range from skills development, employability enhancement, and career exploration, to stress management and therapeutic counseling. (SK)