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Download full textKogan, Deborah; Dickinson, Katherine P.; Fedrau, Ruth; Midling, Michael J.; Wolff, Kristin E. – 1997
This guide describes common One-Stop Career Center system-building goals and summarizes strategies used by states and local One-Stop sites to further each goal. Part I, Organizing and Governing One-Stop Systems, has these two chapters: Guiding One-Stop Systems: The State Role; and Building Local Partnerships and Governing One-Stop Systems. Part…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Centers, Cooperative Programs
Patel, Nisha; Greenberg, Mark; Savner, Steve; Turetsky, Vicki – 2002
This document is intended to provide business leaders, policymakers, and others with information about the operation and value of six work support programs designed to help low-income parents obtain the assistance needed to enter a job, retain employment, and better provide for their families' needs. The six programs profiled are as follows: the…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Support, Comparative Analysis, Eligibility
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2002
The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the state and local coordination of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Workforce Investment Act (WIA) services for TANF clients. Data were gathered though the following activities: (1) analysis of surveys of WIA officials in all 50 states that were conducted in 2001 and 2000; (2) visits…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Comparative Analysis, Coordination, Delivery Systems
Knitzer, Jane – 2000
As states respond to major welfare legislation in providing assistance and other interventions to help adults on welfare become ready to work, the challenge of helping these adults in their parenting skills and in promoting resilience in their children has often been ignored. This issue brief addresses the challenge of promoting resilience in…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs
Huddleston, Richard; Duran, Angela – 2002
Using data from several government and private sources and interviews with working families, this report examines the Arkansas economy, how Arkansas working families have fared economically in recent years, and their current challenges. The report offers suggestions about how the state can provide the tools families need to continue to move up the…
Descriptors: Children, Counties, Economic Factors, Educational Attainment
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, Boston, MA. – 1999
This document contains three commissioned papers and other materials from a 2-day conference. "Politics, Policy, Practice and Personal Responsibility: Adult Education in an Era of Welfare Reform" (Deborah D'Amico) examines the relationship between literacy, poverty, and welfare reform and the implications of those relationships for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Case Studies
PDF pending restorationGarland, Jane – 1994
This KIDS COUNT data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of New Jersey's children. The report begins with general state facts and trends in child well-being, county composite and quartile rankings for 1994, state composite rankings for the years 1991 through 1994, and state quartile rankings by county for the years 1993 and 1994. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. – 1995
The effectiveness of employment and training (E&T) programs in improving labor market outcomes can be assessed by measuring the impact on the future success of participants. The program with the greatest success in reducing dropout rates among at-risk youth is the Quantum Opportunities Project. Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Dislocated Workers
Baldus, Lorayne; Nelson, Orville – 1993
The Phase II Equity Staff Development project was revised in response to a need to develop an equity strategic planning model with a vision statement, goals, and objectives. The Equity Strategic Planning Model was presented to administrators of Wisconsin Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) colleges for their use in district strategic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Displaced Homemakers, Experiential Learning
Agenda for Children, New Orleans, LA. – 1994
This Kids Count data book presents statewide trends in the well-being of Louisiana's children. The statistical profile is based on key indicators of well-being in nine areas: (1) child poverty; (2) children in families receiving welfare services; (3) maternal and child health; (4) juvenile offenses; (5) public education; (6) child abuse and…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Tennessee State Commission on Children and Youth, Nashville. – 1998
This Kids Count report examines regional differences in the well being of Tennessee's children. The statistical portrait is based on 16 health, social, and economic indicators of child well being: (1) percent of population enrolled in TennCare, state health insurance program; (2) percent of births lacking adequate prenatal care; (3) percent of low…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Custody, Child Health
Voices for Illinois Children, Chicago. – 1998
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of Illinois' children, focusing on the impact of federal and state welfare reform. The statistical portrait is based on 14 indicators of well-being: (1) families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; (2) child support enforcement; (3) children enrolled in Head Start or…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1977
The aim of the research review reported here was to draw together empirical findings that illuminate the factors affecting Work Incentive Program (WIN) results and contribute to discussion of future welfare, work-training, and employment policies. (WIN, authorized in 1967, has sought to put people on Aid to Dependent Children (AFDC) to work…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Family Structure, Federal Programs
Fish, Mary – 1978
This monograph is a review and analysis of over fifty research and development projects sponsored by the Office of Research and Development which have dealt with welfare recipients and the low-wage employed. The author examines the process by which welfare recipients move into the employed ranks and the extent to which this is accomplished through…
Descriptors: Blacks, Dependents, Economic Change, Economic Factors
GAINES, EDITH; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE TEACHER ASSISTANT TRAINING PROGRAM WAS A JOINT EFFORT BY CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CUYAHOGA COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENT, AND THE CLEVELAND BOARD OF EDUCATION TO TRAIN 80 WELFARE CLIENTS, IN A FIVE MONTH PROGRAM, AS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER AIDES IN THE CLEVELAND SCHOOL SYSTEM, TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME SELF SUPPORTING, AND TO DEVELOP AND…
Descriptors: Art, Child Development, Counseling, Curriculum Guides
