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Eyster, Lauren – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Community colleges, which are public, two-year institutions of higher education, have become a major provider of education and training that directly leads to a job in a particular occupation. To help community colleges build capacity to provide job training, the federal government has funded several grant programs over the past 15 years. Recent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Federal Programs, Job Training
Scott, Nena Parrish – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In 2010, the Office of National Coordinator (ONC), a branch of the federal government, launched a program called the IT Professionals in Health Care Program. The Program was intended to address the anticipated shortage of skilled workers in health information technology (HIT) and electronic health records (EHRs). According to the National Opinion…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Information Technology, Health Services, Skilled Occupations
Chaney, Denise M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This qualitative Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) study explored the subjectivity of the phenomenon of homelessness among women with children. The study examined the perceived critical incidents homeless women with children ascribe to their homelessness alongside the perceptions held regarding the accessibility of available resources…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Females, One Parent Family, Children
Gordon, Kimberley Hall – ProQuest LLC, 2012
A number of costs are associated with the implementation of trade agreements not the least of which is the cost to the American workforce. The information age ushered in an era of globalization unlike anything the world economy had experienced before. As countries raced forward to dominate emerging markets and grow market share, millions of…
Descriptors: Salary Wage Differentials, Job Training, Dislocated Workers, Program Evaluation
Garrison, Debra Linley – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study provides an in-depth analysis of the Community-Based Job Training Grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor from 2005 to 2008. The primary research question is designed to identify the most important factors in meeting grant-training outcomes; however, numerous secondary questions were addressed to provide the reader with in-depth…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Job Training, Classification, Grants
Gordon, Claudette Veronica – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) placed a lifetime capitation of five years on welfare benefits. This Bill consolidated welfare and employment programs into the block grant known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The benefit package allows operation of programs in accordance with…
Descriptors: Home Health Aides, Employment Programs, Phenomenology, Block Grants