This collection of 16 case studies is intended to illustrate how the public and private sectors have managed to collaborate in helping workers adapt to changing employment circumstances. The case studies are grouped into three categories. The first six case studies are examples of programs that have been developed to assist in training for new jobs as a result of business relocation or expansion. They illustrate ways in which state assistance (either alone or coupled with local money) and community and/or regional economic development organizations can create new jobs by attracting business to an area. Next, five case studies show how employer-initiated efforts, in cooperation with local education and training institutions, can help prevent job loss by retraining existing workers so that they can meet changing workplace needs (such as the adoption of new equipment or processes). The five case studies presented in the third chapter, all of which are dislocated worker programs operated under the auspices of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), reflect strategies for retraining workers who have been laid off from their jobs with little or no prospect of ever returning to them. These programs exemplify how employers, unions, local governments, and JTPA Private Industry Councils can join forces to develop dislocated worker programs. (An annotated bibliography of 13 resources dealing with worker dislocation and training and retraining programs for unemployed and/or dislocated workers is appended.) (MN)