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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1988
This hearing reviews testimony concerning H.R. 2246, the Jobs for Employable Dependent Individuals Act (JEDI). JEDI is a voluntary program whereby states receive additional funds to fight the problem of chronic welfare dependency and poverty. The bill would require the existing Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to target job training efforts at…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Weissman, Harold H., Ed. – 1969
This is one of four volumes constituting an intellectual history of a pioneer inner city youth project: Mobilization For Youth, a multi-discipline social agency in New York's lower east side Puerto Rican slum, geared to demonstration, research, and social action in eradicating poverty and attendant ills. It offers insights into the techniques…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Community Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Opportunities
Levitan, Sar A. – 1967
This review of the Job Corps, the Neighborhood Youth Corps, and the Work Experience and Training Programs, all established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, was part of National Manpower Policy Task Force report requested by the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty. It was believed appropriate to examine, after nearly…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
