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Download full textFarmer, Barbara Ann – 1993
This paper provides additional guidance to states in the form of supplemental questions and answers to facilitate the development of policy for service delivery areas (SDAs) and other subrecipients of funding under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Amendments, which took effect on July 1, 1993. Topics covered are the following: definitions,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Guidelines
Nadler, Leonard – Training in Bus and Ind, 1969
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Dement, Edward F. – 1985
A summary of a 50-state assessment of the organization, composition, staffing, and operations of State Job Training Coordinating Councils (SJTCCs), conducted through telephone interviews with Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) or SJTCC administrators, produced a sketch of SJTCC procedures and practices. Some of the findings of the summary…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Advisory Committees, Aging (Individuals), Cooperation
Training in Business and Industry, 1970
A capsulized report for fiscal 1969. (EB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Community Action, Employment Programs
Crawford, Clarence C. – 1994
According to the General Accounting Office (GAO), at least 154 programs administered by 14 federal departments/agencies provide approximately $25 billion in annual employment training assistance. The GAO reviewed 62 of those programs in December 1993, and a U.S. Senate committee requested basic information about 88 of the programs in June 1994.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1993
A number of findings and recommendations regarding the mission of Private Industry Councils (PICs) under the Job Training Partnership ACT (JTPA) were developed based on information collected in several ways: a focus group of PICs, roundtable discussions held nationwide with staff from nearly 100 PICs in 45 states, and canvasses of more than 200…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Institutional Mission
Clermont-Warren Employment Services Network, Lebanon, OH. – 1991
A project created linkages in Service Delivery Area 12, Clermont and Warren Counties, Ohio, to improve services for welfare recipients. During the project, the original grant seed money of $22,000 grew to more than $220,000 in grants for cooperative programs. In addition, integral, completed linkage treaties were forged between various agencies…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Agency Cooperation, Community Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
This document summarizes the changes to the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) sought by the Amendments of 1990 (H.R. 2039) and provides a line-by-line analysis of the proposed legislation. H.R. 2039 proposes to enhance the employment and training services delivered under the JTPA by targeting the least job-ready clients for job training services…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Crawford, Clarence C. – 1993
This report records the testimony presented by Clarence C. Crawford, Associate Director, Education and Employment Issues, Human Resources, of the General Accounting Office, on the effectiveness of Title IIA of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in meeting the employment and training needs of economically disadvantaged adults and youth. His…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Economically Disadvantaged
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1992
A review was conducted of two issues related to the participation rate requirements of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) component of the Family Support Act of 1988: (1) the extent to which states have served those most at risk of long-term welfare dependency--the least job-ready--relative to other Aid for Families with Dependent…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Compliance (Legal), Disadvantaged, Eligibility
Project READ, Dayton, OH. – 1990
Project READ (Reading Education for Adults in Dayton) sought to enhance the literacy of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)-eligible adults in the Miami Valley through improved coordination efforts. The major task of the activity to coordinate promotion of literacy resources was to create new awareness and linkages between the Human Services…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
MARK Private Industry Council, Mansfield, OH. – 1991
The Richland County (Ohio) Welfare Coordination Project had three main goals: (1) to examine the roles, functions, and allowable service activities of each of four agencies involved in adult education, training, and job placement efforts; (2) to develop a systematic approach to the selection of service providers for clients; and (3) to develop…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adults, Agency Cooperation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
This document reports oral and written testimony given at hearings by witnesses concerning House Bill (H.B.) 2039, the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Amendments of 1989, and related proposals. The proposed legislation is designed to correct shortcomings in JTPA and to redirect focus to the hard to serve; and provide more intensive services…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
PDF pending restorationDavis, David S. – 1992
Total quality management (TQM) is based on the fundamental philosophy that it is always more effective to do something right the first time than it is to correct deficiencies. It seeks to improve quality and increase customer satisfaction by restructuring traditional management and organizational practices. Common characteristics of TQM include…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training
Nightingale, Demetra; And Others – 1991
This report analyzes the incidence of learning disabilities among individuals in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and other employment training programs and the impact of these learning disabilities on programmatic approaches to functional literacy assessment and training. The report examines the proportion of target individuals likely to be…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Employment Programs
