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Minning, Deborah – Worklife, 1978
Characteristics of the 1.3 million participants enrolled in CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) programs during the first quarter of fiscal year 1978 are presented primarily by way of a data table. Some of the statistical categories included are enrollment by program title, sex, age, education, socioeconomic status, military status,…
Descriptors: Age, Employment Statistics, Federal Programs, Job Training
The New CETA Targets the Disadvantaged.
Hashian, J. T. – Worklife, 1978
Summaries of eight titles of the reauthorized (for fiscal years 1979 through 1982) Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA) are presented and discussed. The new CETA will serve, essentially, to increase the earned income of the economically disadvantaged. (MF)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Job Corps Charts a Coed Course
Neill, Shirley Boes – Worklife, 1977
One of the biggest changes in the Job Corps program has been the conversion of many single-sex centers to coeducational facilities. Interviews with program administrators at the national and center levels indicate that "coeding," the catchword for the conversion, is both popular and effective. (WL)
Descriptors: Coeducation, Federal Programs, Job Training, Program Improvement
STIP, the Private Sector Connection
Stevenson, Gloria – Worklife, 1978
Skill Training Improvement Program (STIP), a Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program, provides up to eighteen months of training in highly skilled industrial jobs. Discusses STIP guidelines and describes several STIP projects being conducted in various communities. (EM)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Accentuating The Affirmative
Neill, Shirley Boes – Worklife, 1976
Affirmative action, equal employment opportunity, and comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA) employment goals are more than catch words in the Los Angeles (CETA) affirmative action program. (ABM)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, City Government, Employment Qualifications, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
CETA Pioneers in the North Country.
Pfeil, Mary Pat – Worklife, 1978
Describes the Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated Employment Program, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsor for ten northern Wisconsin counties. Primary occupations available to program participants are in wood products, paper industry, tool and die manufacturing, welding, meat cutting, and resorts and recreation. (MF)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
Where the "T" in CETA Is Very Important.
Garza, Oziel – Worklife, 1978
Describes the job training programs at the Hampden District Regional Skills Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, financed under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. The center trains 650 persons at a time and places more than 800 trainees a year in jobs through involving industry in the planning and training. (MF)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Placement, Job Training
Putting It All Together in Suffolk County
Baker, B. Kimball – Worklife, 1976
The Suffolk County Coordinated Manpower Program in New York is a pilot project whose purpose is to eliminate duplication in employer contacts and services delivered. Agencies at the Federal, State, and local levels work together for a common goal. Definitive results await data analysis, but developments are encouraging. (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Organizations, Coordination, County Programs
Help Wanted: Jobs for "Unwanted" Youth.
Hashian, J. T. – Worklife, 1978
Reviews various youth employment programs and demonstration projects authorized by federal legislation. (MF)
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation