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Download full textRowe, Gretchen – Mathematica, 2021
In 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded pilot grants to 10 States--California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington--to test innovative strategies for providing employment and training services through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Program Implementation, Pilot Projects, Job Training
Rowe, Gretchen – Mathematica, 2021
In 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded pilot grants to 10 States--California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington--to test innovative strategies for providing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T). As part of the pilots, all grantees…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Job Training, Employment Services, Welfare Services
Nightingale, Demetra Smith – Youth Policy, 1986
Examines the shift from the Manpower Development and Training Act to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and the difference between these programs and the Job Training Partnership Act. Also discusses the training of welfare recipients and setting priorities for the future of such programs. (CT)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Job Training
Peer reviewedRudd, David V.; Strong, Kelly C. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1997
Presents a resiliency model of job training that emphasizes applicant recruitment, assessment, and development. The model can increase program success rates by using psychological assessment and professional development goals of the individual. Discusses the effectiveness of federal jobs training and the need for training versus the ability to use…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Federal Programs, Higher Education, Individual Development
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
Characteristics were examined of participants in and services provided through the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) and Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) programs in 1992. National data concerning 1992 JOBS program participants that had been collected by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) were analyzed along…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Educational Opportunities, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Agriculture. – 1987
This hearing seeks to examine the Family Welfare Reform Act, H.R. 1720, now pending, and determine what changes in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program and the Food Stamp Program are needed to ensure that the United States has an integrated welfare system. H.R. 1720 includes benefit reforms, a new employment and training…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Yzaguirre, Raul – 1987
This testimony on unemployed disadvantaged youth given before the Senate Subcommittee on Labor focuses on the condition of Hispanic and other disadvantaged youth in the labor force. The experiences of these youth with the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) are discussed, and the following problems are elucidated: (1) failure to meet the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Economic Status, Employment Experience
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1976
This 1976 annual report on the Work Incentive Program (WIN), a federally funded program directed to assisting the transition of individuals from welfare to self-sufficiency and economic independence, includes both discussion of the 1976 activities and presentation of a broader perspective including background, change, and future prospects of the…
Descriptors: Age, Annual Reports, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedSchiller, Bradley R. – Journal of Human Resources, 1978
Evaluation of the Work Incentive Program (WIN) indicates that this employment and supportive services program has been very effective in serving welfare recipients with poor work histories on a cost-effective basis. Subsidized public employment is particularly effective in increasing employment and earnings. (MF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs
Manpower, 1972
Study assesses impact of job training on individuals and institutions. (Editor)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Levitan, Sar A.; And Others – Workforce, 1993
Reviews education and training aspects of Clinton proposals and recommends funding of prenatal care, Head Start, and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); parenting training for WIC, Head Start, and welfare recipient parents; revival of career education; expansion of cooperative education and tech prep; assessment of national standards and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Federal Programs
Ghelfi, Linda M. – 1988
The extent to which the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) has been successful in preparing welfare recipients for employment may indicate the level of success to be expected from more comprehensive "welfare to work" programs now under Congressional consideration. In program year 1984, there were 542,000 adult JTPA-IIA participants; of…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Employment Potential, Federal Programs, Job Training
Peer reviewedBassi, Laurie J. – Evaluation Review, 1987
The cost effectiveness of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act was evaluated in terms of moving economically disadvantaged individuals toward financial independence. Data analysis indicated small savings in welfare payments for female recipients, but not males. Data deficiencies in the Continuous Longitudinal Manpower Survey were also…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Levin-Epstein, Jodie – 1993
A June 1992 survey was conducted to determine the number of teenage mothers receiving Aid for Dependent Children (AFDC) who were participating in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program of the Family Support Act of 1988, and who were receiving education, job training, and child care. Some of the findings from the statistics gathered…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Day Care, Early Parenthood, Federal Programs
Romero, Carol J. – 1994
A study examined the effectiveness of programs funded under Title II-A of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in raising female recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) above poverty. Data about the employment/earnings outcomes of nearly 6,500 women from 150 JTPA service delivery areas in 11 states who participated in a…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Legislation, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
