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Download full textBlanck, Peter David; Sandler, Leonard A.; Schmeling, James L.; Schartz, Helen A. – Iowa Law Review, 2000
Iowa's emerging workforce of entrepreneurs with disabilities and the design of Iowa's Entrepreneurs with Disabilities (EWD) program were examined in an exploratory study. The study focused on the following issues: organizational characteristics of the EWD program; the characteristics of EWD applicants and their motivations for choosing…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Career Choice, Disabilities, Educational Research
Comings, John; Reder, Stephen; Sum, Andrew – 2001
In the new economy, Americans need a strong foundation of basic skills and education to succeed in their adult roles as workers, family members, and citizens. Analysts estimate over 20 percent of Americans lack the foundation of basic skills and education they need. One way to understand how basic skills lead to success in the 21st century is to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Citizen Role
Callahan, Jim; McLaughlin, Brenda – 2002
This guide presents information and materials to help youth programs manage program intake, design an individual service strategy (ISS) as mandated in the Workforce Investment Act, and manage case files. The materials are based on information obtained from staff working in seven successful youth workforce investment programs in Maryland,…
Descriptors: Case Records, Case Studies, Caseworker Approach, Counseling Techniques
Kogan, Deborah; Koller, Vinz; Kozumplik, Richalene; Lawrence, Mary Ann – 1999
This document presents 22 tools that were developed for use in a five-module training package to assist employment and training service providers comply with the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and develop a one-stop training and employment services system. Each tool addresses a different aspect of the process of developing a one-stop delivery…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Brainstorming, Career Centers, Charts
Kerka, Sandra – 2001
The Perkins Act and the Workforce Development Act (WIA) brought major changes to the arena of nontraditional employment and training. Perkins eliminated set-asides for displaced homemakers, single parents, and single pregnant women but mandated increased enrollment in high-wage nontraditional training. With the WIA, the Nontraditional Employment…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Choice, Career Education
Maguire, Sheila – 2000
This booklet, which is intended for organizations making the transition to individual training accounts (ITAs) under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), explains how educational and training institutions can make vouchers work for them. After a brief overview of the WIA's main provisions regarding ITAs and the future of voucher programs, the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Greene, Deborah – 2001
Intended for the front-line practitioner, this toolkit provides tips, options, and practical how-tos for designing and implementing quality, youth-focused, and business-focused services for out-of-school youth (OSY) who are currently in, or about to enter, the workforce. It outlines an "income growth strategy" (IGS) that addresses what…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Kogan, Deborah; Koller, Vinz; Kozumplik, Richalene; Lawrence, Mary Ann – 1999
This document is part of a five-module training package to help employment and training service providers comply with the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 and develop a one-stop training and employment services system. It consists of the participant workbook, trainer manual, and activity worksheets for a module on building a process for…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavioral Objectives, Career Centers, Classroom Techniques
Integration of Welfare and Workforce Development Systems in the Midwest: Analysis of Implementation.
La Prad, Jeannine; Sand, Sharon – 1999
Progress in integration of state-level welfare and work force development systems in the Midwest was examined through case studies of 10 communities in 7 states. The case studies focused on local-level coordination and/or integration between the welfare and work force development systems. Despite legislative mechanisms to encourage collaboration,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2002
The U.S. Congress asked the Government Accounting Office (GAO) to determine the following: (1) to what extent states were spending their Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funds and whether the Department of Labor's (Labor's) data accurately reflected available funds; (2) what Labor did to assess how states were managing their WIA spending; and (3)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation
Kogan, Deborah; Koller, Vinz; Kozumplik, Richalene; Lawrence, Mary Ann – 1999
This document is part of a five-module training package to help employment and training service providers comply with the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 and develop a one-stop training and employment services system. It contains the participant workbook, trainer manual, and activity worksheets for a module on collecting and using customer…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavioral Objectives, Career Centers, Classroom Techniques
Kogan, Deborah; Koller, Vinz; Kozumplik, Richalene; Lawrence, Mary Ann – 1999
This document is part of a five-module training package to help employment and training service providers comply with the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 and develop a one-stop training and employment services system. It consists of the participant workbook, trainer manual, and activity worksheets for a module on designing a system for the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavioral Objectives, Brainstorming, Career Centers
Lewis, Morgan V. – 2001
The major needs of career and technical education (CTE) in the year 2000 were assessed. The regional needs-sensing networks of the National Dissemination Center and the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education were used to obtain input from members of the following stakeholder groups: state-level liaisons; representatives of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, American Indians, Attitude Change, Basic Skills
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 2001
Since the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) was enacted in 1998, considerable efforts have been expended at the federal, state, and local levels to effect the transition to the new system mandated by WIA. Several states phased into the new system in July 1999, and all other states followed in mid-2000. Active participation by partner agencies has…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Career Centers
Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 2002
The state of Washington's workforce development system agenda focused in 2002 on these four goals: (1) closing a perceived job skills gap; (2) training incumbent and dislocated workers in order to prepare them for changes in the economy; (3) achieving wage progression for low income individuals; and (4) integrating workforce development programs…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Agenda Setting, Basic Skills
