With a major focus on manpower legislation's influence on vocational training programs in Wisconsin, this article traces the history and decentralization of manpower legislation from the 1961 Area Redevelopment Act (ARA) to the present federal administration's proposals and indicates that future manpower programs should focus on training youth and…

The study finds (1) that vocational-technical training taken under the GI Bill raises earning capacity more than does similar training taken under Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) and Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and (2) that the earnings effect of training are significantly greater for blacks. (EM)

This update presents some of the major issues affecting education occurring at the national level. These include: Higher Education Act Extended for One Year; New Law Increases Loan Forgiveness for Teachers; Domestic Appropriations Measures Completed; Change in Federal Student Aid Rules; Bush Advisor Nominated To Be Education Secretary In Second…

A study was conducted of the use of outcome measurement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and states to determine whether JOBS (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills) program participants are finding employment and leaving welfare. In order to assess the progress that HHS has made in establishing outcome indicators and goals,…

Attributes the lack of success among youth employment/education programs over the past 50 years in part to inadequate evaluation of concept development, program implementation, and individual outcomes. Discusses objectives, implementation, and results of various private and government-supported youth employment and school to work plans. (JCD)

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)

Responses from 22 automotive/electronics small businesses in Wales were compared with a 1996 survey. Results show that government initiatives such as Modern Apprenticeships had limited impact on small businesses. Barriers to training such as time, cost, and motivation also appeared, suggesting that mere availability of training programs does not…

This paper discusses the need for child care for infants and toddlers with disabilities and chronic illnesses; types of child care; shortage of and need for specially trained caregivers; influence of federal programs; the importance of family involvement; and a program providing preservice training to caregivers in public and private child care…

The Farmers and Ranchers Demonstration Project, funded by the Economic Dislocation and Workers Adjustment Act, provided funding for employment and training services to dislocated and at-risk farmers and ranchers and their dependents and employees in four states (Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota) from July 1, 1990 to September 30,…

This document records the oral and written testimony of persons who testified before or prepared reports for a Congressional hearing on the usefulness of the JOBS (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program). Witnesses included persons who had participated in the programs as well as state and local administrators of JOBS programs, national…

The Western Job Training Partnership Association (WJTPA) supports the periodic evaluation of the scope and effectiveness of national, state, and local work force preparation and work force education programs. The WJTPA believes that future programs must correct the problems inherited from earlier work force preparation programs, such as the…

Today, 163 federal programs scattered across 15 federal agencies provide employment training assistance. Although they frequently target the same clients, share the same goals, compete for funds, and provide similar services, agencies maintain separate administrative structures that devote staff and other resources to administer, monitor, and…

This document reports on a congressional hearing on race and sex discrimination in the operation of the Job Training Partnership Act. It examines findings of a General Accounting Office investigation that revealed that women received disparate treatment in job training services in nearly two-thirds of the localities surveyed and that black males…

This report records the testimony presented by Clarence C. Crawford, Associate Director, Education and Employment Issues, Human Resources, of the General Accounting Office, on the effectiveness of Title IIA of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in meeting the employment and training needs of economically disadvantaged adults and youth. His…

The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the labor market links and vocational training performance of the Job Corps, which is an employment and training program aimed at providing severely disadvantaged youth with a comprehensive array of services in residential settings. Data were collected from the following: interviews with Job Corps…