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Download full textGregory, Vikki L. – 1988
To assess the scope of local employment and training (ET) activities as part of citywide efforts to reduce poverty, a project measured the current state of employment and training services in the District of Columbia. Interviews with local officials provided budget totals and information about the range of ET activities available to low-income…
Descriptors: Career Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Qualifications, Employment Services
Greater Washington Research Center, Washington, DC. – 1988
Researchers have investigated whether significant numbers of people can earn their way out of long-term poverty. Statistics show that between 1980 and 1986, the number of District of Columbia residents living in poverty increased by 8 percent. Between 1970 and 1980, the numbers of poor people living in the same area with other poor people…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Economic Opportunities, Economically Disadvantaged
LEVINE, LOUIS – 1963
THE INCREASING AMERICAN TECHNOLOGICAL LEVEL HAS DECREASED THE LEVEL OF AVAILABLE FARM OCCUPATIONS. BECAUSE OF THIS, RURAL YOUTH ARE URGED TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION, SINCE JOB PLACEMENT WILL PROBABLY BE IN URBAN AREAS. RURAL YOUTH WILL RECEIVE HELP FROM THE UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (U.S.E.S.), WHICH IS ATTEMPTING TO REDUCE AND PREVENT…
Descriptors: Agencies, Career Counseling, Counseling, Dropouts
