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Lessons Learned from Past Block Grants: Implications for Congressional Oversight. Report to the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives.
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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1982
The conclusions of the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) concerning the effects of consolidating federal categorical aid programs into block grant programs are presented in this report. The block grants reviewed were established before 1981 under the Partnership for Health Act, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, the Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Accountability, Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Federal Aid
Evaluating Adult Literacy and Language Training Programs.
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McManus, Walter – 1983
Modeling and data collection efforts needed to develop a test of the effectiveness of adult literacy and language training programs in increasing the earnings of trainees are reviewed. After reviewing the framework developed for the Manpower Development and Training Act and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) evaluations and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
Where Have All the Farmworkers Gone? (The Statistical Annihilation of Hired Farmworkers). An Analysis of the Federal Effort to Define and Count Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers. Research Report No. 1.
Rural America, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1977
Federal statistical services grossly underestimate the size of the farmworker population; as a result, the current federal farmworker programs (CETA, Migrant Education, Migrant Headstart, Farm Labor Housing, and Migrant Health) are unable to identify a total target population in need of services and unable to allocate funds in ways which reflect…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Census Figures, Classification, Definitions