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Download full textLevenson, Alec R.; Reardon, Elaine; Schmidt, Stefanie R. – 1999
A study evaluated the basic skills and employment prospects of current adult Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) recipients. It performed an analysis for the United States as a whole and separate analyses for nearly all the 75 most populous U.S. counties, plus the District of Columbia. These counties contained 43 percent of the nation's…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Economically Disadvantaged
Connecticut State Dept. of Income Maintenance, Hartford. – 1992
The Job Connection, which meets the requirements stipulated in the Family Support Act of 1988, is structured to ensure that needy families with children obtain the education, training, and employment needed to help them avoid long-term welfare dependence. The Job Connection program is administered through Connecticut's Department of Income…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Employment Services
Schexnayder, Deanna T.; And Others – 1991
This paper reports results of a baseline analysis of Job Training Partnership Act-welfare coordination efforts in Texas. Following an introduction, section II provides a brief overview of the literature on welfare dynamics and program participation and describes Texas programs to move Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients into…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Cooperative Programs
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1967
ELEVEN STATES HAVE ASSISTED UNEMPLOYED PARENTS THROUGH COMMUNITY WORK AND TRAINING (CWT) PROGRAMS FINANCED BY STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS, WITH FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GRANTS, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, AND SOME SPECIAL SERVICES. TITLE V OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT AUGMENTS THE CWT PROGRAM. IT IS TOTALLY FINANCED BY THE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Benefits
Hogan, Lyn A.; Erden, James Van; Mower, Eleanor; Patel, Apurva; Mitchell, Steve – 1997
This guide is designed to help U.S. businesses successfully hire and retain individuals moving from welfare to work. Section 1 discusses the different circumstances created by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and how those changes affect business. Section 2 reviews bottom-line benefits realized by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Economically Disadvantaged, Employer Employee Relationship
National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education. – 1995
A study examined the use of, and the need for, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act funding reserves for sex equity programs and programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and single pregnant women. Of 34 local program operators interviewed, 17 received sex equity grants, and 22 received displaced homemaker,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Displaced Homemakers, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Peterson, Janice – 2002
Current debates about welfare reform center on the upcoming reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) legislation. The provisions of TANF include the elimination of the entitlement to cash assistance, block grant funding to the states, mandatory work requirements, sanctions, a 5-year limit on cash assistance, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Needs, Employed Women, Entry Workers
Fagnoni, Cynthia M. – 2000
The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined worksite-based activities currently in place to help recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) develop the skills required for successful transition to unsubsidized employment. Data were collected from the following sources: (1) data reported by states to the Department of Health and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Education Work Relationship, Educational Finance
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, DC. – 1999
This packet, which was developed as part of the Earned Income Credit Campaign 2000, contains an information booklet, a guide to outreach strategies, and accompanying materials to raise low-income workers' awareness of the Earned Income Credit (EIC) and other tax credits available to low-income taxpayers. The following are among the topics…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Consumer Education, Definitions, English (Second Language)
BCEL Newsletter for the Business & Literacy Communities, 1992
About 2 years after enactment of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Program, the Southport Institute for Policy Analysis began a 2-year study of how extensively JOBS was being implemented at the state level, in what manner, and with what results. The study included four elements: literature review, interviews and consultations with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Economically Disadvantaged
Quiroz, Julia Teresa; Tosca, Regina – 1992
This is the final report of the National Council of La Raza's (NCLR) Focus Study examining the opinions, attitudes, and needs of Mexican American single women, relating to implementation of national welfare reform legislation. Over a 2-year period NCLR staff held focus groups with Mexican American women in four communities: Phoenix, Arizona; Mora,…
Descriptors: Day Care, Employment Level, Fatherless Family, Federal Legislation
Literacy Beat, 1988
The Family Support Act of 1988 is based on the assumption that education, training, work experience, and support are the way to reduce welfare dependence. The Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training program in the act requires participation of many welfare recipients in state job training programs. Comprehensive welfare reform programs in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Economically Disadvantaged
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2002
The General Accounting Office assessed the extent to which states were coordinating their Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) services with their one-stop centers. Data were gathered through the following activities: (1) an autumn 2001 survey of workforce development agency officials in all 50 states and a similar survey conducted in…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Definitions
Weitekamp, Maurie; Kogan, Deborah – 1997
These matrices summarize the content of the certification/chartering requirements established by nine first-round and three second-round implementation states to deliver services in One-Stop Career Centers. Seven areas or dimensions of design/operations are compared. The narrative accompanying the matrices is divided into two sections--a matrix…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Centers, Certification, Comparative Analysis
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. – 2002
A Senate committee hearing received testimony on the implementation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 in American Indian and Alaska Native tribal communities. The act provided authority for tribal governments to administer welfare programs formerly administered by the states but did not provide funds to…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Reservations, Delivery Systems, Federal Aid
