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National Association of County Training and Employment Professionals, Washington, DC. – 1989
The National Association of County Training and Employment Professionals represents the service delivery areas (SDAs) that operate and administer programs funded by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). With renewal and overhaul of the JTPA on the legislative horizon, the association made the following recommendations: (1) eligibility should…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Download full textEmployment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1978
The articles in this document describe various aspects of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Program. Two articles compare the CETA program to the WPA Federal Arts Program of the 1930s and describe various job opportunities CETA has provided for out-of-work artists. A photographic essay project of older adults, undertaken by CETA…
Descriptors: Artists, Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Employment Opportunities
President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, DC. – 1972
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, this brochure traces the Committee's beginning and development after World War II. The individuals, groups, programs, and legislation involved in helping the handicapped to a better life are discussed in the narrative. (MF)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, History
Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC. Bureau of Recruiting and Examining. – 1972
Summarized in this report are efforts employed to secure for mentally retarded persons increased job opportunities in the Federal Service. Before actuating the project, extensive studies and job training programs were conducted, and the information obtained widely disseminated. Services of state vocational rehabilitation departments were used in…
Descriptors: Employees, Employment, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1974
The study was made: to review legislation authorizing the Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS) program and related Department of Labor policies and instructions; to examine records and documents relating to JOBS contracts at both Labor and selected contractors; and to discuss the contracts examined with Labor and contractor officials.…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Nightingale, Demetra Smith – Youth Policy, 1986
Examines the shift from the Manpower Development and Training Act to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and the difference between these programs and the Job Training Partnership Act. Also discusses the training of welfare recipients and setting priorities for the future of such programs. (CT)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Job Training
Manpower, 1972
Despite uncertainty over program goals, Mainstream is providing useful, satisfying jobs for enrollees. (BH)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Government Employees, Labor Force Development
Aun, Emil Michael – Manpower, 1972
Public employment program adds variety of workers to government payrolls. (Editor)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Government Employees, Labor Utilization
Peer reviewedBoone, Richard W. – Social Policy, 1982
Examines historic functions of young people in the labor force and discusses how social, demographic, and economic changes since the late 1950s have pushed youth into consuming goods and services and prevented them from entering the primary labor market. Focuses in particular on the economic plight of minority youth. (GC)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Labor Market, Minority Groups
Fratoe, Frank A. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1980
Efforts to determine the effectiveness of federal youth employment training programs have indicated that positive results are accompanied by persistent problems. Available from: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Rm. 456 GHI Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20250. (JD)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Lee, Chris – Training, 1995
Reviews the status of federal initiatives to reform the U.S. employment and training system (one-stop career centers, skill standards, School-to-Work Opportunities Act). Notes uncertainties regarding the effect the new Congress will have on attempts to improve the system. (SK)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Job Training
Ferrero, Lee – NAWDP Advantage, 1994
The most serious problem with the current work force preparation system is that many employment and training programs operate today to serve roughly the same people. Instead, these programs should be coordinated better to lower costs in the face of lowered funding. The General Accounting Office reports that about 125 federal programs do…
Descriptors: Adults, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Employment Programs
National Association of Private Industry Councils, Washington, DC. – 1989
This report presents data revealing the participation rates of people with disabilities in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs for the program year July 1, 1987 to June 30, 1988. Four charts are included in the paper. The charts display state-by-state participation rates for: both adults and youth with disabilities in the JTPA's Title…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedBarth, Michael C. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1974
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Research, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1980
The Department of Labor has fallen far short of requirements of auditing all organizations receiving Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) funds every two years. Overall, fewer than half the required audits have been performed, the principal reason being a lack of audit resources. An evaluation of three of ten regional offices…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Employment Programs, Expenditures
