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Whitener, Leslie A. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1991
Describes the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program (JOBS) which creates education, training, and employment opportunities for those who receive Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Questions the effectiveness for rural areas resulting from: (1) limited employment opportunities; (2) characteristics of the eligible rural population; and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Quiroz, Julia Teresa; Tosca, Regina – 1990
The Focus Study, conducted by the National Council of La Raza's Poverty Project, used structured discussions by focus groups to examine Mexican American women's opinions, needs, and attitudes as they relate to the implementation of the 1988 Family Support Act (FSA). FSA's primary objective is to move people off welfare through education, training,…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Community Programs, Day Care, Discussion Groups
Download full textGreenberg, Mark; And Others – 1991
JOBS (Job Opportunities in the Business Sector) participation data from federal reports for December 1990 were reviewed for 9 of the 10 states of the South (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee). Kentucky information was not available at the time of review. Although federal…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Employment Programs, Federal Aid
Toledo Area Private Industry Council, OH. – 1991
The Toledo Area Welfare Coordination Task Force, coordinated by the Private Industry Council and funded by the Job Training Partnership Act, brought together more than 20 community leaders representing private and public organizations that have a role to play in implementing the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program in Lucas and Wood…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Agency Cooperation, Community Programs
McLanahan, Sara; And Others – 1985
Five papers which criticize Charles Murray's book, "Losing Ground: American Social Policy 1950-1980" are presented in this report. In general, the papers dispute Murray's thesis that the poor did not benefit from social policies but were, instead, substantially harmed by these programs. The papers (and their authors) are: (1)…
Descriptors: Blacks, Crime, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
Mudrick, Nancy R. – 1980
The interaction of public assistance and student aid is examined, and the effects of these uncoordinated yet overlapping programs on individuals enrolling in postsecondary education programs are assessed. Focus is on the major financial support program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), and the most important student aid program,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Eligibility, Family Income
Gross, Alan E.; And Others – 1973
The paper reports on a program of field and laboratory research designed to investigate some positive and negative psychological effects of seeking and obtaining help. The author reviews the reactance model and attribution theory, both of which focus on the recipient's perceptions of the basis on which help is rendered and the implications of this…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Helping Relationship
Koon, Richard L. – 1997
This book provides background for evaluating public policy choices in the area of welfare reform. Although it focuses on Missouri's Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program, it incorporates and compares national data and it raises the same fundamental questions about the fate of welfare in the United States. The eight chapters of the book…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
A study obtained information on examples of county or local Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) or JOBS-like programs that emphasize job placement, subsidized employment, or work experience positions for welfare recipients. It also identified the extent to which county JOBS programs nationwide used these employment-focused activities and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Tout, Kathryn; Martinson, Karin; Koralek, Robin; Ehrle, Jennifer – 2001
This brief summarizes information collected during visits to Hennepin County (Minnesota's largest urban county) in 1999 and 2000 to document changes and progress since 1997. It updates a 1997 report that reviewed the benefits and services in the state and described the economic and political context shaping Minnesota's agenda for serving…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Fagnoni, Cynthia M.; Posner, Paul L. – 2002
A study determined the extent to which states spend federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and state maintenance-of-effort (MOE) funds for cash assistance and non-cash services and how this compares to welfare spending in fiscal year (FY) 1995. It also identifed the extent to which states use TANF and MOE funds to provide services…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Change, Employment Programs, Family Programs
Blank, Susan – 1992
Most discussions of welfare reform ignore two factors: its effect on children; and the fact that a welfare reform law, the Family Support Act of 1988 (FSA), already exists. FSA created state Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) welfare-to-work programs, and if the JOBS program is adequately funded, it can improve the lives of welfare…
Descriptors: Child Health, Childhood Needs, Day Care, Family Life
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
Noting Congressional interest in encouraging low-income mothers to seek employment as an alternative to receiving welfare, this report describes a study of the impact of child care expenditures on mothers' decision to work and compares the differences in costs for poor, near-poor, and non-poor mothers. The study developed measures for predicted…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Rearing, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Cruz, Jose E. – 1991
An assessment of welfare-related experiences and perspectives of Puerto Rican Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients in New York City (New York), Newark (New Jersey), and Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) was conducted. Data were developed through 8 self-contained focus groups involving 63 participants. An additional focus group was…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Economically Disadvantaged, Family Problems, Family Programs
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1985
The National Women's Employment and Education project (NWEE), sponsored by the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor, was a fast-paced effort designed to serve 20 women each month, 240 each year. The training concept was quite different from traditional programs in that NWEE's thrust was to move women quickly into jobs. The program…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Potential, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
