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Download full textAdvance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2019
Youth apprenticeship programs can give students access to valuable work-based learning experiences that provide insights into how their interest can connect to education and the workforce. Although these programs are often beneficial for participants, there is little data to show the programmatic landscape and impact. There are many challenges…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Apprenticeships, Accountability, Data Collection
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2013
Section 107 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act), requires the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to conduct annual reviews and periodic on-site monitoring of programs authorized under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act to determine whether a vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency is…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Technical Assistance, Disabilities, Federal Legislation
Francis, Caroline M. – National Poverty Center, 2013
This bibliography summarizes recent research on the structure and effectiveness of workforce development programs. While the term "workforce development" can mean many things, this document focuses on programs to help low-skill, low-wage and displaced workers increase their employment and earnings, as well as labor market trends that…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Labor Force Development, Low Income Groups, Labor Market
Bellotti, Jeanne; Rosenberg, Linda; Sattar, Samina; Esposito, Andrea Mraz; Ziegler, Jessica – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law. Passed in response to the 2008 recession, the Act's purpose was to create jobs, pump money into the economy, and encourage spending. Through the Act, states received $1.2 billion in funding for the workforce investment system to provide…
Descriptors: Youth Employment, Focus Groups, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Opportunities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This document contains witnesses' testimonies and prepared statements from a Congressional hearing called to discuss successful programs and approaches to serving youth more effectively in the field of juvenile justice. In his opening statement, Representative Dale Kildee emphasizes that much of the progress made in the field of juvenile justice…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Programs, Delinquency
Cook, Robert F.; And Others – 1984
A study investigated how 22 Service Delivery Areas (SDAs) were implementing the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). In 19 SDAs the same organization was the grant recipient and administrative entity. A number of arrangements existed between the Private Industry Councils (PICs) and the SDAs. The most common pattern was for the PIC to play an…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Smith, Thomas J.; And Others – 1995
This report explores how the states carried out the first year implementation of AmeriCorps, the signature component of the 1993 National and Community Service Trust Act. This initial study is part of a larger study of the effectiveness of the 1993 Act. The report is based on: interviews with the staff of the Corporation for National Service,…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Federal Legislation, Field Studies, Government Role
Tapper, Donna M. – 1983
The 1983 Federal fiscal year is a year of transition from the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 (JTPA). Unlike CETA, which included public service employment provisions, the entire thrust of JTPA is on training for unsubsidized employment. The purpose of the new law is to prepare youth and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Cook, Robert F.; And Others – 1984
This report concentrates on the overall state organization of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and on the implementation of Title IIA and III in the states as well as related implementation issues. The study is introduced in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 discusses the overall state organization of JTPA, addressing both formal and informal…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Cook, Robert F.; And Others – 1985
This volume reports findings of a field network study of how the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) was implemented in 20 states and 40 Service Delivery Areas (SDAs). Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 describes the changing organizational and programmatic dimensions of state-level JTPA activities. Variations in the roles played by the…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
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
Christian, Susan M., Comp. – 1983
Fifteen national organizations involved in research, policy analysis, and/or implementation of state youth education and employment activities are described. This directory is intended to be a resource for persons responsible for adjusting programs to the requirements of the new federal employment and training legislation, the Job Training…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Federal Legislation, Federal State Relationship, Information Sources
Virginia Governor's Dept. of Employment and Training, Richmond. – 1989
This report provides highlights of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in Virginia. An overview details the focus of the report--programs and activities under Title II--and describes program organization and planning. Section II provides an overall picture of JTPA in Virginia. Topics include its funding history, client characteristics,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs, Federal Aid
Cook, Robert F.; And Others – 1985
This report covers a number of aspects of the implementation of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 discusses state-level organization and decision making, involving such questions as relations among the parties, designations of the Service Delivery Areas (SDAs), the state role in Title III, and Title…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Briscoe, John A.; Buckheit, James – 1989
The Pennsylvania Summer Youth Service Corps (SYSC) is an effort to assimilate the ideals of community service exemplified by the Peace Corps, VISTA, and the Civilian Conservation Corps with the long-established Summer Youth Employment and Training Program (SYETP). SYSC differs from the existing summer youth employment program by its focus and…
Descriptors: Community Services, Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
