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Download full textBloom, Dan; Miller, Cynthia – MDRC, 2018
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that in 2016 over four million young people in the United States were "disconnected," meaning they had not been enrolled in school in the previous three months and were not working. Although this number has fallen in the years since the Great Recession (which officially ended in 2009), as the…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Employment Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Program Evaluation
Schaberg, Kelsey – MDRC, 2017
Individuals with low incomes often struggle to advance in the labor market, yet at the same time, some employers report difficulty finding workers with the necessary skills. WorkAdvance is a workforce development model that seeks to address the needs of both of these groups through its "dual customer" approach. The model offers training…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Models, Training Methods, Low Income Groups
Miller, Cynthia; Miller, Rhiannon; Verma, Nandita; Dechausay, Nadine; Yang, Edith; Rudd, Timothy; Rodriguez, Jonathan; Honig, Sylvie – MDRC, 2016
Family Rewards was an innovative approach to poverty reduction in the United States that was modeled on the conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs common in lower- and middle-income countries. The program offered cash assistance to low-income families, provided that they met certain conditions related to family health care, children's education,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Rewards, Incentives, Low Income
Rodriguez, Emily; Schenkman, Jerome G. – 1972
To develop and operationalize a model job training-employment program which utilizes the Federal Civil Service system to provide job training and subsequent employment for hard-core youth, a 26-week pilot program was conducted for 18 female trainees. The training program consisted of a 2-week orientation followed by a 3-month classroom training…
Descriptors: Consortia, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs, Females
Aronowitz, Stanley
Written by a manpower and economic development consultant for the Carlton Family Fund, this paper describes the pioneering role of Mobilication for Youth's New Health Occupations Program (NHOP) in the development of a new model for the use of non-professionals in human services. Innovative training concepts for Social Health Technicians employed…
Descriptors: Career Development, Community Health Services, Educational Innovation, Educational Needs
Quint, Janet; DiMeo, Cristina – 1997
Part of a much larger study of the JOBS (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills) program, profiles were developed of programs in four communities: San Diego (California); Brooklyn (New York); Philadelphia (Pennsylvania); and Tucson (Arizona), that served welfare clients in innovative and promising ways. The case studies were conducted through site…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Compliance (Legal)
Molina, Charles, Jr. – 1978
An integrated job preparation model with development rationale is presented for use by social action agencies in serving Puerto Rican/Hispanic youth clientele. Findings of background research to isolate demographic and cultural variables of the primary target audiences are summarized. An organizational evaluation is also described which studied…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Action, Community Organizations, Educational Assessment
City Univ. of New York, NY. – 1977
A three-year project was undertaken to establish the New York City Regional Center for Life-Long Learning, a model clearinghouse to provide adults in the New York City region with current information about continuing educational and postsecondary career training opportunities in the five boroughs. To date, the center has served over 21,500 adults…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Clearinghouses, Community Information Services
Weinbaum, Sandy; Wirmusky, Frank – 1994
The 14 Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)-funded youth employment programs to which the Academy for Educational Development (AED) has delivered technical assistance for the past 5 years illustrate several important conditions for effective programming and "best practices" in the field of youth employment and training. Four of the JTPA…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Sprengel, Donald P.; Tomey, E. Allan – 1974
The report describes the development of the Youth Training in the Private Sector Model for conducting on-the-job training for high school age youth. It is based on a two-year study of the Vocational Exploration in the Private Sector (VEPS) Program in New York City, which placed potential dropouts in work/training positions in the private sector…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Dropouts, Educational Programs, Models
Diaz, William A.; And Others – 1980
A study focused on the implementation and project feasibility of the Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects (YIEPP) during the latter period of the demonstration from September 1978 through August 1979. Program operations at 17 sites--Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Denver, Detroit, King-Snohomish Counties (Washington), Mississippi, Alachua…
Descriptors: Demography, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
Ball, Joseph; And Others – 1980
A study focused on the implementation of the Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects (YIEPP) in its initial period through September 1978. Program operations at 17 sites--Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Denver, Detroit, King and Snohomish Counties (Washington), Mississippi, Alachua County (Florida), Albuquerque, Berkeley, Dayton, Hillsborough…
Descriptors: Coordination, Demography, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Conway, Maureen – 1999
The Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC) was founded in 1984 by a 3-member partnership that included the local union, industry associations, and local government. GIDC's goal was to support New York City's garment industry, which had been steadily losing jobs. GIDC exhibits the following characteristics of sectoral initiatives: it…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Cooperative Planning, Corporations
Inserra, Anne; Conway, Maureen; Rodat, John – 2002
Cooperative Home Care Associates (CHCA) is a worker-owned cooperative and employer-based training program that provides home health aide services in New York City's South Bronx. Since 1985, CHCA has developed from an outsider advocating for change in the home health sector to an insider within the sector. CHCA exhibits the following…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies
