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Download full textFrancis, Caroline M. – National Poverty Center, 2013
This bibliography summarizes recent research on the structure and effectiveness of workforce development programs. While the term "workforce development" can mean many things, this document focuses on programs to help low-skill, low-wage and displaced workers increase their employment and earnings, as well as labor market trends that…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Labor Force Development, Low Income Groups, Labor Market
Tapper, Donna M. – 1983
The 1983 Federal fiscal year is a year of transition from the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 (JTPA). Unlike CETA, which included public service employment provisions, the entire thrust of JTPA is on training for unsubsidized employment. The purpose of the new law is to prepare youth and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1985
In addition to its significance to educators as a major revision of a Federal education and training program, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act contains many provisions that will have an impact on the relationship of vocational education to employers and the job training partnership community. The law requires that 43 percent of each…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Programs, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Butler, Erik Payne; And Others – 1985
The resurgence of public interest in education highlights the connection between education and employment success. The emphasis on excellence puts concommitant pressure on the other end of the spectrum--remediation programs such as the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), a program that mandates closer collaboration between the public and private…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Community Services, Cooperation
Grubb, W. Norton; And Others – 1990
Case studies of a wide variety of state and local job related education and training programs revealed enough about the range of coordination activities nationally to permit generalizations about the current state of coordination. In a 2-year effort to examine the coordination of vocational education and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Cooperation, Education Work Relationship, Employment Practices
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1990
This document contains the results of a study of the responsiveness of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to the training and employment needs of homeless people. The first part contains recommendations to the president, the Congress, and the employment and training community on policies and practices concerning the homeless and employment…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Vocational Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Innovation
Wong, Kenneth K. – 1988
This report surveys the vocational education system, work experience programs, and job training programs for youths in Chicago. The report is organized in five sections. It begins with a brief review of the socioeconomic context that affects youth employment in the city of Chicago. Section 2 examines vocational training in the Chicago public…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1985
A study examined the organization and implementation of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs at the state and local levels. Data for the study were obtained from a questionnaire given to JTPA program administrators in the 50 States, the territories, and the District of Columbia. In addition, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) visited…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Community Planning, Cooperative Planning
Tindall, Lloyd W.; And Others – 1984
This booklet, which is intended to provide ideas on how Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funds can be used to serve disabled youth, lists and describes over 75 promising programs funded by the JTPA to provide vocational education, training, and employment services to handicapped youth. The following types of programs are described: State and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1994
This report summarizes the program activities and research and evaluation projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) during program year 1990 and fiscal year 1991. Chapter 1, which focuses on program activities, discusses the activities of advisory groups and other initiatives undertaken…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies
