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Branscum, Shelba – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1982
The Work Again Project prepares older adults for employment or voluntary positions through a series of workshops and minicourses. The placement component has found positions for over 6,800 people in the categories of labor, business, education, housekeeping, and sitting. (SK)
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Job Placement, Job Training, Older Adults
Southeast Missouri State Univ., Cape Girardeau. – 1981
The Work Again Project entailed development and implementation of a center to place adults aged 58 and above into a variety of paid and volunteer positions, investigation of the effect of such placement on the self-image of participants, and education of the community as to the working needs of older adults. A project staff consisting of five…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Community Attitudes, Continuing Education, Educational Needs