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Download full textFischer, David Jason; Mack, Melinda – Center for an Urban Future, 2015
New York's workforce system is a complicated entity that engages nearly a dozen state agencies and myriad funding streams originating at the federal and state levels, and operates on the ground in ten economic development regions, 33 designated workforce investment areas, community-based organizations, labor unions and 62 counties. This report…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, State Aid, Federal Aid, Economic Development
O'Shea, Dan; King, Christopher T.; Schroeder, Daniel; Norman, Patricia – 2001
In an attempt to provide feedback to state and local program directors on ways to improve current procedures, an analysis was made of the effects of non-custodial parents' referrals to the workforce. This employment assistance program was designed to increase the income-producing and parenting capacities of non-custodial parents in Bexar County…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Child Support, Coordination, Employment Counselors
O'Shea, Daniel P.; Long, Donald W. – 1995
An evaluation was conducted of the Better Opportunities for New Directions (BOND) demonstration that tested the conformance between the Texas Food Stamp Employment and Training (E&T) and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) programs. The research design was a longitudinal panel approach. First-round interviews with 54 individuals probed…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Demonstration Programs
O'Shea, Daniel P. – 1996
A process evaluation was conducted of the Better Opportunities for New Directions (BOND) demonstration that tested the conformance between the Texas Food Stamp Employment and Training (E&T) and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) programs. JOBS policies and procedures were applied to eligible Food Stamp recipients; staff serving the two…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Demonstration Programs
King, Christopher T.; McPherson, Robert E. – 1997
Texas is shifting to an integrated, systems-oriented approach to providing work force services for its residents and employers in which all services are guided by a single mission and vision. Implementation strategies are clearly focused on achieving common results. Accountability means being able to ensure taxpayers, residents, employers, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Services
King, Christopher T.; McPherson, Robert E.; Norris, Dave N.; Betsinger, Alicia – 1996
This paper offers an initial assessment of Texas' work force development evaluation and performance management efforts. Following an overview, section 2 clarifies distinctions between performance management and evaluation responsibilities such as purpose, definition, information produced, general question asked, and key questions addressed.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Services
O'Shea, Daniel; King, Christopher T. – 2001
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) was the first significant attempt to retool the nation's workforce development programs since the early 1980s. Titles I-V of the WIA do the following things: (1) establish the purposes, goals and operational framework of a workforce development system designed to increase participants' employment,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
