The hearing addressed the eight percent education set-aside under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). This provides for the promotion of service and coordination among JTPA programs and educational agencies. Implementation of the eight percent program was reviewed with respect to the following: (1) how states utilize the funds; (2) how…

In this congressional oversight hearing on the administration of the Job Corps Program, focus is on the success of the Job Corps as well as on areas for program improvement. Testimony includes statements and letters and other material submitted for the record by Representatives in Congress and individuals representing the: RCA Service Company;…

The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)--now Title V of the Older Americans Act--evolved from Operation Mainstream, a pilot project established under Title II of the Economic Opportunity Act. Operation Mainstream, which was first funded in 1965, provided jobs for chronically unemployed, poor adults in a wide range of activities to…

Interest in encouraging linkages between economic development efforts of various federal agencies with the job development and training activities of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) led, in 1979, to the development of an interagency effort, the Employment Initiatives Program, and the signing of six interagency agreements with…

Service Delivery Areas (SDAs) and Private Industry Councils (PICs) were surveyed concerning their implementation of Exemplary Youth Employment Programs described in Section 205 of the Job Training Partnership Act. Surveys were mailed to over 500 agencies. Of the 219 responding agencies, 77 percent were operating at least one Exemplary Youth…

The design of a national service program for youth is discussed. National service can be defined as a program in which all youth, or at least a large fraction, upon reaching some specific age are given the opportunity, and perhaps the obligation, to engage in organized public service--military service, community service, or public works--for a…

A study was conducted to develop a theoretical framework for unbiased estimation of the dynamic net impact of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs on participants' earnings. (The possibility of selectivity bias arises from the non-random nature of participation in the program. That is, if participation is a function of…

To help native Canadians derive the maximum benefits from economic developments of incoming industries and enable them to cope effectively with emerging problems characteristic of an industrializing society, the Preparation for Employment Program (PEP) was developed. In the preparation phase at this time and soon to enter the Infrastructure…

An analysis of efforts being undertaken by the federal government to provide much needed manpower and financial resources necessary to tackle unemployment plaguing American Indians, this study inventories ten manpower services being operated on reservations. The programs and services evaluated include: (1) concentrated employment program, (2)…

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)

Joan Wills, from the National Governor's Association (NGA), explains NGA's recommendation to eliminate CETA's five percent set-aside for vocational education. (This article summarizes her presentation at the annual vocational convention.) (Editor)

Recent evaluations of manpower training claim that: (1) nonexperimental methods produce unreliable estimates of program impacts and (2) randomized experiments are necessary for reliability. National Supported Work Demonstration data are used to reexamine nonexperimental estimates of net program impact on posttraining earnings of high school…

Two studies used experimental data to evaluate nonexperimental methods of program evaluation for employment and training programs. Results of both studies indicated that the nonexperimental methods might not accurately replicate the experimental estimates. Also, new methods for constructing comparison groups yielded little improvement over…

Estimates of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act's net impact on participant earnings, using Continuous Longitudinal Manpower Survey data, were compared to a similar sample from the Current Population Survey. The use of multivariate matching and weighting yielded acceptable results. (GDC)

Vocational education is a must if the United States wishes to compete with the Europeans and Japanese. It cannot be relegated to secondary status in schools. The federal government must play a major role in seeing to a balanced approach to the economic and social goals of vocational education. (CT)