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Download full textMCKEE, JOHN M.; AND OTHERS – 1965
AFTER RECEIVING VOCATIONAL TRAINING AT THE CENTER, 36 YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS WERE PAROLED AND PLACED ON JOBS. THOSE WORKING IN ALABAMA WERE BEING VISITED IN THEIR HOMES BY THE PLACEMENT OFFICER AND PERSONNEL COUNSELOR TO DETERMINE PAROLEE SUCCESS IN ADJUSTING TO SOCIETY. THE INSTRUCTORS WERE PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE SECOND GROUP OF TRAINEES…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs, Job Placement
MCKEE, JOHN M. – 1964
YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 23 ARE THE EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS IN A MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT PROGRAM, ESTABLISHED AUGUST 31, 1964. BASIC AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION WAS PROVIDED IN (1) FIVE 26-WEEK COURSES--WELDING, APPLIANCE REPAIR, AUTO REPAIR, BARBERING, AND BRICKLAYING, AND (2) TWO 52-WEEK COURSES--RADIO AND…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs
MCKEE, JOHN M. – 1967
PROGRESS IN THE AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC RELATIONS, THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM, COOPERATING AGENCIES, AND RECIDIVISM ARE ILLUSTRATED BY FOUR CASE STUDIES OF PAROLEE GRADUATES FROM THE CENTER'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. OF THE 980 INMATES WHO APPLIED FOR TRAINING DURING 33 MONTHS OF PROJECT OPERATION, 271 COMPLETED TRAINING, AND 74 WERE PRESENTLY…
Descriptors: Case Records, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Demonstration Programs
MCKEE, JOHN M. – 1967
THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE DISSEMINATION PHASE OF THIS EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WAS TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN GOOD PUBLIC RELATIONS. ACTIVITIES FROM SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 30, 1967, INCLUDED MAKING PRESENTATIONS AT NINE CONFERENCES, FILLING 104 REQUESTS FROM 24 STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CANADA, AND ENGLAND FOR PUBLICATIONS,…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs, Indemnity Bonds
This is a report on the first year's operation of a major job-readiness and job placement program in an "urban fringe" area near the San Francisco Bay. It includes contractor's categories and full information on types and numbers of placements. Also included are narratives of successful programatic breakthroughs and descriptions of areas which…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Greenfield, Richard – 1966
The job counseling center initiated an experimental and demonstration program to test the thesis that an urban school could provide a manpower training program to out-of-school, unemployed, and disadvantaged youth. Licensed school personnel were used in four centers in areas having high unemployment rates and a concentration of Negro and Puerto…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Counseling, Counseling Services, Demonstration Programs
Rehabilitation Research Foundation, Elmore, AL. Draper Correctional Center. – 1971
The primary goal of the Draper Project, begun in 1964, was to demonstrate the feasibility of operating a manpower training program in a correctional setting. As secondary goals, the project sought to individualize instruction, involve communities in the rehabilitation of the offender and disseminate the findings to correctional and educational…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Demonstration Programs
GEOFFRAY, ALICE R. – 1966
NINETY DISADVANTAGED WHITE AND NEGRO FEMALE TRAINEES, 18 TO 44 YEARS OF AGE, WERE GIVEN 950 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION IN TYPING, SHORTHAND, BUSINESS SPEECH, AND ANCILLARY COURSES DURING A 24-WEEK PERIOD. THE EXPERIMENTAL PHASE OF THE PROGRAM CONSISTED OF DEVELOPING ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE GROUP TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHING BUSINESS SPEECH TO ADULTS WHOSE…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Blacks, Counseling, Demonstration Programs
Tuskegee Inst., AL. – 1968
A project to provide basic education, counseling and occupational training to 125 unemployed or underemployed heads of families or households from rural areas of Alabama, and to secure employment for them at the conclusion of the program was conducted at Tuskegee. The four technical areas in which training was offered were brickmasonry, carpentry,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Bricklaying
Vermont State Employment Service, Montpelier. Dept. of Employment Security. – 1973
The purpose of this experimental and demonstration project was to provide work experience to unemployed, low-income clients to improve their employability so they can be moved into permanent, unsubsidized employment. Changes of attitudes and motivations as a result of project experience were studied. Study findings indicated that the post-project…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Employment Experience, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential
JOHNSON, LOUISE A. – 1967
AN EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECT DESIGNED TO PROVIDE BASIC EDUCATION, JOB TRAINING, COUNSELING, AND JOB PLACEMENT FOR 180 NEGRO MALES WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN JUNE 1, 1964, AND MAY 31, 1965, AT TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, A PREDOMINANTLY NEGRO PRIVATE COLLEGE IN ALABAMA. THE TRAINEES WERE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 50, RURAL RESIDENTS, HEADS OF…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Blacks, Career Counseling
STEVENSON, DIANTHA – 1967
TWO PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN THE 9-COUNTY EASTERN SHORE AREA OF MARYLAND SERVED ESSENTIALLY THE SAME TARGET POPULATION, THE UNDEREMPLOYED AND THE UNDERPRIVILEGED, IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THEIR OCCUPATIONAL POSITIONS. THE FIRST, SEPTEMBER 1963 TO SEPTEMBER 1964, WAS DEVOTED TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND GUIDANCE, AND THE SECOND, JUNE 1964 TO SEPTEMBER…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Blacks, College Programs, Counseling Services
WIRTZ, W. WILLARD – 1966
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF 1965, THE PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED, AND THE NEW DIRECTIONS THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (MDTA) PROGRAMS ARE TAKING TO MEET THE MANPOWER CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD ARE THE SUBSTANCES OF THIS REPORT. CONTENTS INCLUDE (1) PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS, (2) EXAMPLES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Correctional Institutions, Demonstration Programs
