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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1984
The Government Accounting Office (GAO) conducted an examination of patterns and causes of fraud in Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs to determine how implementation of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs might be made less vulnerable to exploitation. GAO's investigation found that fraud and abuse in CETA programs…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Ways and Means. – 1988
These hearings concern proposed legislation to replace Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with a new family support program. The new program would emphasize work, child support, and need-based family support supplements. Families would be assisted in obtaining education, training, and employment in order to avoid long-term dependence…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Day Care, Employment Potential, Employment Programs
Youth Programs: Practical Lessons from Research and Program Experience, 1987
This issue offers a synthesis of the lessons from work/education partnerships in 21 cities and discussions of a number of leading work/education partnership program models. "Effective Work/Education Partnerships" summarizes lessons of effective partnerships identified during an examination of 21 programs sponsored by the Edna McConnell Clark…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship
Establishing Service Goals for School Dropouts under the Job Training Partnership Act. Final Report.
Gentry, Larry; And Others – 1986
The State of Washington commissioned research into various issues involving services to school dropouts under the terms of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Data suggested that each service delivery area (SDA) had its own set of internal dynamics (economic, cultural, demographic variables) that resulted in a characteristic pattern of…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1983
Options for states in addressing questions relating to use of the Title III dislocated worker program of the Job Training Partnership Act are discussed. Two broad subjects are emphasized: short-term actions for aiding workers and communities suffering from economic dislocation and longer-term strategies to integrate displaced worker employment and…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Dislocated Workers, Economic Development
Bendick, Marc, Jr. – 1983
Federal initiatives should be undertaken to reduce long-term structural unemployment in the United States. Long-term structural unemployment has risen during the 1970s and 1980s but is still primarily a problem of disadvantaged workers, not dislocated ones. The impact of technological change on occupations is felt mainly by the employed who are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Career Education, Employment Programs
Hamilton, Mary Agnes – 1980
As part of research on 48 programs funded through the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) of 1977, this study addresses two issues behind the creation of viable work experience programs: design and implementation. The purpose of the study is to help those responsible for organizing youth employment programs to identify points…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1989
This report highlights the involvement of Illinois public community colleges in preparing individuals for employment, including instruction and services offered to students and businesses. After providing an overview of the state's community college system, the report describes the following components and aspects of employment preparation: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1989
Since its passage, the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) has provided nearly $10 billion to state and local agencies to provide job training to unskilled and economically disadvantaged individuals who need training to obtain employment. The General Accounting Office (GAO) studied hard-to-serve JTPA participants and compared the services they…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Grubb, W. Norton; And Others – 1989
Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs and vocational education programs in seven states (California, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, and Wisconsin) were studied to find out to what degree the programs were cooperating and how much they were duplicating each other's services. The researchers found little evidence of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), Compliance (Legal), Cooperative Programs
Briscoe, John A.; Buckheit, James – 1989
The Pennsylvania Summer Youth Service Corps (SYSC) is an effort to assimilate the ideals of community service exemplified by the Peace Corps, VISTA, and the Civilian Conservation Corps with the long-established Summer Youth Employment and Training Program (SYETP). SYSC differs from the existing summer youth employment program by its focus and…
Descriptors: Community Services, Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, Boston. – 1987
An evaluation identified the separate effects that the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare's Employment and Training Choices Program (ET) and the healthy Massachusetts private economy have had on welfare caseloads. The analysis was limited to the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) portion of the ET program. Regression equations…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors
Orfield, Gary; Slessarev, Helene – 1986
This book-length report, prepared for the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities of the House Committee on Education and Labor, describes the first comprehensive state-wide assessment of training programs--specifically the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)--in Illinois. The introduction assesses the JTPA in Illinois, a State with high…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Wiltberger, Heather E. – 1980
A study examined the process of awarding credit to youth participating in a special group of employment and training programs. Using a student questionnaire, field researchers collected data concerning 21 Youthwork, Inc., Exemplary In-School Demonstration Projects with one of the following four program focus areas: academic credit for work…
Descriptors: Credits, Employment Programs, Experiential Learning, Job Placement
Sheingold, Steven – 1982
Of the currently unemployed workforce, a portion (100,000 to 2.1 million) can be termed dislocated workers. Even as the economy recovers from the current recession, these involuntarily unemployed workers will face serious problems finding new jobs because of structural changes in the economy. Current unemployment and training programs often do not…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems, Employment Programs
