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Hollenbeck, Kevin; Kimmel, Jean; Eberts, Randall W. – 1997
A net impact evaluation was conducted of the Ohio JOBS (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills) Student Retention Program (JSRP) pursued by some JOBS program clients to fulfill their responsibilities and receive federal aid. JSRP was a support program designed to assist entry to and success in programs of study at two-year community or technical…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns, Employment Services
Download full textCoker, Charles C.; Flynn, Mary; Menz, Fredrick E.; McAlees, Daniel C. – 1998
This report details the outcomes of a study conducted in response to concerns about the impact of workforce development and welfare reform upon persons with disabilities being served by community rehabilitation programs. Twenty-three focus groups involving over 200 individuals were held in 13 different cities across eight states. Participants came…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Community Programs, Disabilities
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
Perspective: Essays and Reviews of Issues in Employment Security and Employment and Training Programs, 1988
This volume of an annual journal contains nine articles focusing on the internationalization of the world's economy and business and how employment security and employment and training programs can be involved. The opening article, "Foreign Investment Euphoria Hides Community Upheaval" (W. Scott Boyd), provides an overview of the volume…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Economics, Employment Services
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Johnston, Janet W. – 1989
This document provides background information on and recommendations for the development of a comprehensive strategy for improving job-related learning in the United States. An introduction discusses the relationship among human resource development, the earnings of individuals, and the productivity of institutions. A summary of the major…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship
Salkin, Melinda R.; Britton, Margaret D. – 1980
This report provides a national overview of programs and practices relating to vocational education opportunities for older persons as reflected in current literature, a review of state plans, and a survey of state programmatic efforts. In addition to providing a basis for further project development efforts, the report is intended as a resource…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Aging (Individuals), Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2002
This document reports on a Congressional hearing on assistance to workers dislocated or unemployed due to the serious economic deterioration impacting the country, partly due to the events of September 11, 2001. Testimony includes statements of United States Representatives John Boehner and George Miller; Michael Hannah, representing Local 13358,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Economic Change, Economic Impact
Thayer, Donald, Ed. – 1989
This report describes fiscal year 1989 activities of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) and other federal agencies in meeting the legislative mandates of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The first section of the report covers general provisions relating to the Office of the Commissioner, "American Rehabilitation" (RSA's…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Agency Cooperation, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal)
Lecht, Leonard A. – 1972
This study focused on estimates of employment in state and local governments arising from federal grants-in-aid, in order to appraise research priorities on the role of federal grant policies and programs in increasing public employment in other units of government. Employment generated by federal grants-in-aid to state and local governments is…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Employment Statistics, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
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. – 1997
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a hearing to assess the success of Public Law 102-477, the Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992. Specifically, the hearing looked at how well the Act is working in terms of enhancing program efficiency, reducing unemployment in Native communities, and improving…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Adult Education, American Indian Education, Employment Services
Lurie, Irene; Hagen, Jan L. – 1993
During summer 1991, a study reviewed efforts of local agencies to implement the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Program. Three local sites in each of 10 states were examined. The field research showed that formal client flowcharts designed by the states and local sites were not yet fully operational and often did not describe actual…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Basic Skills, Coordination
Gilli, Angelo C., Sr. – 1982
Higher education's past, current, and future responses to occupational training and employment programs and services are considered as part of the Council on Education's Higher Education/Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program, which was supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. In addition, demographic…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Education Work Relationship, Educational History
Johnson, Miriam; Sugarman, Marged – 1978
One of a series on Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program models, this monograph provides professionals employed in CETA programs with information on how job recruiting and searches take place to help them improve their job placement and development skills. The content is in four sections. The first section briefly covers the…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Practices, Employment Programs
