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Natoshia L. Burney – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Communications Officers, the core of law enforcement emergency centers, are the first point of contact in an emergency. It is imperative to provide effective training and support geared towards retention and success in a comfortable environment. The purpose of this study was to create a training program evaluation supportive of persistence,…
Descriptors: On the Job Training, Law Enforcement, Communications, Emergency Programs
Rowe, Gretchen; Mabli, James; Hartnack, Julie; Monzella, Kelley – US Department of Agriculture, 2022
The Agricultural Act of 2014 authorized $200 million for the development, implementation, and evaluation of pilot projects to test innovative strategies to reduce dependency on and increase employment among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants. California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Mississippi,…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid, Pilot Projects
Mabli, James; Rowe, Gretchen; Hamilton, Gayle; Hartnack, Julie; Schochet, Peter – US Department of Agriculture, 2021
The Agricultural Act of 2014 authorized $200 million for the development, implementation, and evaluation of pilot projects to test innovative strategies to reduce dependency on and increase employment among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants. California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Mississippi,…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid, Pilot Projects
US Department of Agriculture, 2022
The Agricultural Act of 2014 authorized $200 million for the development, implementation, and evaluation of up to 10 pilot projects to test innovative strategies to increase employment and reduce the need for SNAP among program participants. The 10 States that received grants were California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Illinois,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation
US Department of Agriculture, 2021
The Agricultural Act of 2014 authorized $200 million for the development, implementation, and evaluation of up to 10 pilot projects to test innovative strategies to reduce dependency on and increase employment among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants. The 10 States that received grants were California, Delaware, Georgia,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Dotter, Dallas; Mabli, James; Carlson, Barbara; Hartnack, Julie; DeCamillis, Mason; Paxton, Nora; Defnet, Amy; Schochet, Peter; Hamilton, Gayle; Freedman, Stephen – US Department of Agriculture, 2021
This technical supplement to the SNAP Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) evaluation interim reports presents details of the authors' technical approach for creating analysis variables and estimating impacts of treatment group services on outcomes, including employment, earnings, and SNAP participation. It also describes the statistical…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Grants, Barriers
Dowell, Kathleen; Stevenson, Olivia – Grantee Submission, 2018
"12 for Life" is an Investing in Innovation (i3) development grant funded by the Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education. "12 for Life" provides a rigorous STEM curriculum, combined with on-the-job-training, work/life skills development, mentoring, and employment opportunities to high school students…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropouts, Dropout Prevention, Program Evaluation
Montgomery, H. Wynn – Transition from Education through Employment, 1988
The author discusses the establishment and objectives of private industry councils (PICs). Such topics as local decision making, private sector representation, on-site evaluations, and summer jobs programs are covered. Emphasis is on the Atlanta, Georgia PIC. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs
Yankelovich, Skelly and White, Inc., New York, NY. – 1966
THE AIMS OF THIS EVALUATION OF THE USE OF NONPROFESSIONALS IN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS WHICH WAS PREPARED FOR THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ARE--(1) TO PROVIDE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAMS, (2) TO ASSESS THE VALIDITY OF THE BASIC PREMISES OF A NONPROFESSIONAL PROGRAM, AND (3) TO IDENTIFY THE SUCCESSFUL AND…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Programs, Employment, Job Training
Georgia State Univ., Atlanta. – 1985
This handbook is intended as a management resource for postsecondary and adult vocational education programs. Its uses include assessment of the effectiveness of current programs; identification of the need for new or expanded programs; development of an action plan for initiation, improvement, expansion, or termination of programs; and the…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Budgets, Educational Planning, Job Training
Moore, Kristin A.; And Others – 1995
To learn more about how welfare reform affects children, a child-focused study was conducted as part of the larger Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) evaluation. This study assess the impacts of mothers' mandatory participation in welfare-to-work programs on outcomes for children using a sample of 790 participants. It provides an…
Descriptors: Day Care, Family Characteristics, Job Training, Mothers
Georgia State Council on Vocational Education, Atlanta. – 1995
A study analyzed and reviewed corrections education programs for adult criminal offenders in Georgia correctional institutions. The following educational services were available: literacy/remedial reading, adult basic education, General Education Development, special education, vocational and on-the-job training (OJT), and college-level programs.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Smith, Clifton L. – 1994
This planning guide begins with an overview of school-to-work transition. Section 1 also provides an overview of federal and Georgia state legislation and describes current school-to-work transition efforts, such as tech prep education, youth apprenticeship, cooperative education, entrepreneurial ventures and school-based enterprises,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Development, Career Education, Cooperative Education
Finn, Peter – 1998
Texas's Project RIO (Re-Integration of Offenders), which was developed in cooperation with the National Institute of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, and U.S. Department of Education's Office of Correctional Education, began in 1985 as a two-city pilot program to place parolees in jobs. Project RIO has since expanded steadily and now…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agency Cooperation, Correctional Education