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Download full textOrganisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1974
The examination of Irish manpower policy is largely devoted to a consideration of the strategy for economic development and permanent job creation--as well as to a study of various aspects of the procedures and administrative arrangements adopted to attain these objectives. Attention is drawn to the fundamental imbalances in the Irish…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Change Strategies, Economic Development, Employment Level
Thomas, Leathia S.; Dickey, Sandy – 1974
The two-year report of the WAGES project (Women and Girls Employment Enabling Service) documents the growth, problems, and success experienced through efforts to open nontraditional fields of employment to women by way of a community-based program in Memphis, Tennessee. Staff and volunteers provided counseling and referrals to applicants. Personal…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Community Services, Counseling Services
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2003
The General Accounting Office (GAO) was asked to determine who is being served by the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program (FSE&T program), what services are being provided through the program, and what is known about the program's outcomes and effectiveness. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) does not collect nationwide data on…
Descriptors: Career Centers, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis, Data Collection
Weaver, R. Kent – 2002
The 1996 welfare reform legislation replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program with a new Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. This new program has a fixed funding level that is not altered by inflation or economic cycles or caseload size. Individual states' shares are based on the amount they…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Block Grants, Child Welfare, Employment Programs
Richer, Elise; Kubo, Hitomi; Frank, Abbey – 2003
The accessibility of work support programs at one-stop centers was examined in a study during which 33 telephone directors or managers of one-stop centers in 22 states were interviewed by telephone. The interviews established the existence of extensive differences between one-stop centers from the standpoint of all aspects of their operation,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Centers
Brinkmann, Christian – 1999
This paper addresses the emerging evaluation and controlling system of Germany's Bundesanstalt fuer Arbeit, which is responsible for employment promotion. Part 1 discusses changes in employment administration in European countries, a process that has occurred in the Federal Republic of Germany, although most of the basic structures have been…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Guidance, Education Work Relationship, Employer Employee Relationship
Perspective: Essays and Reviews of Issues in Employment Security and Employment and Training Programs, 1990
This volume of an annual journal contains 17 articles that focus on model local offices of the employment security (ES) and training systems. The articles are arranged in three parts. Part I, on developing new initiatives, contains the following five articles: "A Public Employment Service for the 1990s" (Elizabeth Dole); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Career Information Systems, Cooperative Programs
Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, Ottawa (Ontario). Employment Support Services Branch. – 1985
This collection contains 19 articles dealing with career education, employment counseling, and vocational rehabilitation in Canada. Included in the volume are the following articles: "A Comparison of Patterns of Values of Anglophone, Francophone, Native, and Immigrant Canadians," by M. Catherine Casserly; "Factor Analysis of the…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Programs, Career Choice, Career Counseling
Brady, Elaine – 1984
A study examined the level and type of integration and coordination that exist among local employment and training practitioners and local and state educational agencies and institutions in the delivery of employment and training services as mandated by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). To gather data for the study, researchers conducted…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Delivery Systems, Economic Development
Stocksdale, Cathy J. – 1985
This guide is designed to assist older worker program operators and managers as well as advocates for older workers in the field of employment and training. Described in the first two sections are the major components of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). The next two sections…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Check Lists
1980
A survey examined the involvement of 11 voluntary agencies in providing employment-related services and programs for youth. A field-tested survey was completed by 1,005 respondents from corporate units of the following organizations: American Red Cross Youth Services, Boys' Clubs of America, Boy Scouts of America, Camp Fire, 4-H Youth Programs,…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Demography, Employment Programs, Employment Services
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences. – 1978
This volume contains nine case studies describing the initial two-year experiences of local governments in implementing the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA). (An earlier volume published eight similar area studies on the transition from federally centralized to decentralized manpower programs.) Written by resident field…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Control, Community Cooperation, Community Organizations
Kato, Linda Yuriko – 2002
Immigration has made public housing populations increasingly diverse, a challenge met by administrators and staff at two housing developments participating in the Jobs-Plus Community Revitalization Initiative for Public Housing Families. Immigrants and refugees from Southeast Asia, East Africa, and Latin America have settled beside native-born…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Development, Community Support, Cultural Context
Norris, Davy N.; King, Christopher T. – 1997
Texas is developing a return-on-investment (ROI) measure to assess the cost-effectiveness of work force programs. Emphasis is on issues related to conducting cross-program ROI analysis at the level of the Local Workforce Development Board (LWDB) in career or one-stop centers. To make the most appropriate and effective use of ROI, the following…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs
Tibbitts, Felisa – 1991
The Massachusetts Council on Vocational Education surveyed 500 members of business and industry in 125 program advisory committees regarding involvement in the Job Training Partnership Act. The purpose of the survey was to document private sector perspectives on the content and value of their participation on vocational-technical education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Consultants
