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Download full textFrancis, Caroline M. – National Poverty Center, 2013
This bibliography summarizes recent research on the structure and effectiveness of workforce development programs. While the term "workforce development" can mean many things, this document focuses on programs to help low-skill, low-wage and displaced workers increase their employment and earnings, as well as labor market trends that…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Labor Force Development, Low Income Groups, Labor Market
Department of Labor, Chicago, IL. Region V. – 1989
This document is the first volume of a two-volume resource guide to help states and localities take advantage of new Federal initiatives to increase services to youth under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). It summarizes the performance management principles and options available to program administrators identified in discussion papers…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Department of Labor, Chicago, IL. Region V. – 1989
This document comprises the second volume of a two-volume resource guide to help states and localities take advantage of new Federal initiatives to increase services to youth under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). This volume comprises the discussion papers that formed the basis for the options summarized in the first volume. The papers…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Employment Programs
Peer reviewedGreenberg, David; And Others – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1994
Using a multilevel statistics framework, a study examined the role of multiple sites in evaluation of three programs: Greater Avenues to Independence (GAIN), Job Training Partnership Act, and Food Stamp Employment and Training. Although multisite evaluations have great potential, they are more difficult and expensive and have limited success in…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Job Training
Cook, Robert F.; And Others – 1984
A study investigated how 22 Service Delivery Areas (SDAs) were implementing the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). In 19 SDAs the same organization was the grant recipient and administrative entity. A number of arrangements existed between the Private Industry Councils (PICs) and the SDAs. The most common pattern was for the PIC to play an…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Florida State Legislature, Tallahassee. Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability. – 1997
Following a review of programs conducted under the Job Training Partnership Act in Florida, the following recommendations were implemented: long-term performance was evaluated; local training efforts were examined; and employment training program oversight responsibility was assigned to Enterprise Florida Jobs and Education Partnership. Further…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training
Scott, Gertrude M.; And Others – 1986
This guide describes the partnerships created by the Bay State Skills Corporation, which successfully united more than 100 people from government, education, and the private sector to train 332 people for jobs averaging $6.27 per hour to start; it also provides guidelines for establishing similar programs. The guide contains seven chapters. The…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
Nightingale, Demetra Smith; Burbridge, Lynn C. – 1987
There have been numerous attempts over the past seven years to replace the federally-funded Work Incentive Program (WIN) with another type of work program. As a result of increased flexibility, decreased federal funds, and continuing debate about welfare reform, there is now considerable variability among states in the types of employment and…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Family Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Washington State Board for Vocational Education, Olympia. – 1991
This paper describes 8 Joint Carl Perkins and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) 8 Percent projects and 18 JTPA 8 percent Education Coordination and Grants projects funded in the state of Washington during the 1991 program year. For the Joint Carl Perkins and JTPA 8 percent projects, the following information is provided in two-page summaries:…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs
King, Christopher T.; And Others – 1995
A study assessed the success of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs by examining current approaches, featuring operational and experimentally based measures, all using the individual as the unit observation. The research used Program Year 1990 JTPA termination and associated program participation records in Illinois and Texas. Two…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Education, Employment Patterns
Tapper, Donna M. – 1983
The 1983 Federal fiscal year is a year of transition from the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 (JTPA). Unlike CETA, which included public service employment provisions, the entire thrust of JTPA is on training for unsubsidized employment. The purpose of the new law is to prepare youth and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Minnesota State Office of the Legislative Auditor, St. Paul. Program Evaluation Div. – 1987
This report examines the effectiveness of employment and training programs in Minnesota and discusses the impact of the 1985 Jobs Bill state legislation. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to Minnesota's programs and to studies of employment and training programs conducted nationwide. Chapter 2 studies the use of Job Training Partnership Act funds…
Descriptors: Career Education, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1991
An assessment was made of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)'s vulnerability to waste, abuse, and mismanagement and the adequacy of federal, state, and local program oversight to prevent and detect such practices. The study examined JTPA activities in 2 federal regions, 6 states, and 12 service delivery areas, mostly for the program year…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Compliance (Legal), Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Cook, Robert F.; And Others – 1984
This report concentrates on the overall state organization of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and on the implementation of Title IIA and III in the states as well as related implementation issues. The study is introduced in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 discusses the overall state organization of JTPA, addressing both formal and informal…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Cook, Robert F.; And Others – 1985
This volume reports findings of a field network study of how the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) was implemented in 20 states and 40 Service Delivery Areas (SDAs). Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 describes the changing organizational and programmatic dimensions of state-level JTPA activities. Variations in the roles played by the…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
