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Peer reviewedThomas, Dorothy – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1985
This article describes two employment and training programs for older people funded by the government of the United States and carried out by a variety of agencies: the Senior Community Services Employment Program and the Job Training Partnership Act. The examples demonstrate the ability of older adults to learn new skills and perform new jobs.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Skills
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1992
This document records the oral and written testimony of persons participating in a U.S. House of Representatives hearing on employment and training needs during the current recession. Testimony was given by leaders of youth education and jobs programs, congressional representatives, a college president, and several unemployed workers. Witnesses…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Economic Development, Employment Problems
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1992
This document reports the text and analysis of the proposed Job Training and Basic Skills Act of 1992. The purpose of the act is to provide improved job training and education services to economically disadvantaged persons most in need of assistance. The act would maintain the federal-state-local partnership of the Job Training Partnership Act,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Employment Programs
Attivo, Barbara J.; And Others – 1981
A study was conducted to examine methods through which Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) participants may be awarded credit for participation in CETA-sponsored programs in Pennsylvania. To accomplish this, CETA prime sponsors, CETA program operators, and a group of randomly selected potential program operators were surveyed. After…
Descriptors: College Credits, Credits, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
Colombo, Louis; Cantwell, Glo – 1981
The Albuquerque Office of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Administration (OCETA) contracted with the Albuquerque Urban Observatory to conduct a study of employability skills needed by OCETA participants, to identify training programs that might be available to teach these skills, and to suggest a new model for OCETA job preparation…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adults, Educational Needs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This hearing was held to review the Labor Department's proposed closing of six Job Corps centers and elimination of 1,200 training slots to meet Gramm-Rudman-Hallings budget cuts. The proposed cuts will prevent 2,500 youths from participating in Job Corps training. The program, designed for disadvantaged youth and in existence for 20 years, has…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Skills
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1984
In this congressional oversight hearing on the administration of the Job Corps Program, focus is on the success of the Job Corps as well as on areas for program improvement. Testimony includes statements and letters and other material submitted for the record by Representatives in Congress and individuals representing the: RCA Service Company;…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Geldof, Dick J.; And Others – 1985
Service Delivery Areas (SDAs) and Private Industry Councils (PICs) were surveyed concerning their implementation of Exemplary Youth Employment Programs described in Section 205 of the Job Training Partnership Act. Surveys were mailed to over 500 agencies. Of the 219 responding agencies, 77 percent were operating at least one Exemplary Youth…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Leonardson, Gene; Nelson, David M. – Worklife, 1977
This article, based on a research project covering rural employment and youth programs, examines success and failure of various federal public job programs, concluding that the programs generally have not provided rural workers with needed employable skills. (MF)
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Skills
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
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1991
This report is an analysis of available data on the participation of people with disabilities in the nation's Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. Covering program year 1989, this report includes information about people with disabilities served by JTPA in every service delivery area (SDA) in the country. The narrative section briefly…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disabilities, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1990
This document reports the oral and written testimony of witnesses at a Congressional hearing held to review the vocational program and examine H.R. 3053, which would allow the Secretary of Veterans' Affairs to issue exemplary rehabilitation certificates for certain persons discharged from the Armed Forces. Witnesses included Members of Congress,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Hearings
Berneman, Louis P.; And Others – 1980
The Corporate Career Demonstration Project is a Federally funded program designed to provide economically disadvantaged young adults with specialized training, counseling and educational experiences. The project's major goal is to prepare these youth for entry level corporate career positions they would otherwise be unable to obtain. Applicants…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1993
Only about 15 percent of incoming high school freshmen graduate and then complete a four-year college degree program within 6 years of high school graduation; however, most of the efforts of U.S. schools are directed toward those students. A review of literature and other research shows that a comprehensive school-to-work transition strategy would…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Employment Programs
National Commission on Resources for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1982
This handbook provides Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsors and youth program planners with information on planning and implementing youth participation in their employment programs. (Youth participation means projects in which young people assume responsibility for work that meets genuine community needs.) Section 1…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Education, Case Studies, Economically Disadvantaged
