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Pearce, Diana M. – 1993
A study analyzed the effects of Wider Opportunities for Women's (WOW) Nontraditional Employment Training (NET) Project. NET was designed to identify and demonstrate strategies to increase the number of women entering and succeeding at nontraditional training in the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) system. Three sites reflected differences in…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Demonstration Programs, Federal Programs, Females
Guy, Cynthia A.; And Others – 1991
The Self-Employment Investment Demonstration (SEID) is a test, designed to run from 1988 to 1992, of the feasibility of operating a program to encourage self-employment among welfare recipients. Challenges facing SEID included selecting sites, developing curricula, recruiting clients, getting clients through business training, completing business…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Economic Development, Employment Opportunities, Entrepreneurship
Hamilton, Gayle; Friedlander, Daniel – 1989
From July 1985 through September 1987, the County of San Diego, California, operated the Saturation Work Initiative Model (SWIM) as a demonstration project. The demonstration tested the feasibility and effectiveness of requiring ongoing participation in employment-related activities by a high proportion of persons on welfare. SWIM provided job…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs
Wolf, Wendy C.; And Others – 1982
The development and operation of the Federally funded Ventures in Community Improvement Demonstration Project (VICI) and its impact on participant youths and communities are summarized in this report. VICI's purposes were (1) to provide young, minority, inner-city, high school dropouts with intensive skills training in the workplace that could…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Community Benefits, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Robson, R. Thayne, Ed. – 1984
This book contains four papers commissioned by the National Center on Employment Policy to review programs conducted by the Office of Policy, Evaluation, and Research in the Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration. The Council's policy statement entitled "Appraising Employment and Training Research" appears first. In…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Employment, Employment Programs
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Policy, Evaluation and Research. – 1981
This annual report on employment and occupational requirements, resources, use, and training is composed of four reports. The first reviews significant employment and unemployment developments in calendar 1980. In the second report employment and training program performance in fiscal 1980 is described. Activities are overviewed for Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Apprenticeships, Coordination
1981
This paper provides a non-technical summary of the plans and rationale for eleven CETA-Education Demonstration Projects. It also explains the design of the projects and indicates what is expected of the participating prime sponsors, education agencies, and federal departments. Seven principles relating to the need to alleviate youth unemployment…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Education, Demonstration Programs
Braunstein, Jean – 1975
Intimately involved in any equipment system is the human factor. The people operating the equipment at the remote installations for the Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD) were different from paid employees or from private consumers. The STD site operators were paid only token fees; thus, they are best describd as having been motivated by the…
Descriptors: Broadcast Reception Equipment, Communications Satellites, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, TN. Manpower Development Div. – 1973
The report is a description of the program activities carried on by Training and Technology (TAT) during the first six months of 1973. In the general category of manpower research and development, brief but detailed descriptions are given of each of the projects conducted in the development and extension of the TAT training model in Albuquerque,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Demonstration Programs, Industrial Training, Industry
Rieder, Corinne H. – VocEd, 1979
Youthwork, Incorporated, was created by the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) to keep track of youth employment and training programs. Privately-owned Youthwork administers federal demonstration grants across the country to help provide job guidance, work experience credit, private sector involvement, and…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Ferguson, Ronald F.; Clay, Philip L.; Snipes, Jason C.; Roaf, Phoebe – 1996
This report is a formative evaluation of the YouthBuild Demonstration Project that began in 1991 and ended in 1994. The YouthBuild Model, developed in earlier programs, was directed at young people who were largely disconnected from schools and jobs. Major components of the project were counseling, academic remediation with preparation for the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Building Trades, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Olson, Jerome A.; Schexnayder, Deanna T.; O'Shea, Daniel P. – 1997
A study of Hawaii's JOBS WORKS! waiver demonstration project determined its influence on participant self-sufficiency and receipt of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Hawaii received a waiver to lift the 8-week federal limitation on upfront job search, operate on less than a statewide basis, require 18 hours of work, and secure…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs
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Saks, Daniel H.; Smith, Ralph E. – Education and Urban Society, 1981
This paper examines vintage (cohort), environmental, and structural problems associated with youth employment, and discusses strategies for improving job opportunities. Evaluates effects of the Elementary Secondary Education Act, Vocational Education Act, Youth Entitlement Demonstration, Supported Work Demonstration, and Job Corps. (JCD)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems
O'Shea, Daniel P.; Long, Donald W. – 1995
An evaluation was conducted of the Better Opportunities for New Directions (BOND) demonstration that tested the conformance between the Texas Food Stamp Employment and Training (E&T) and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) programs. The research design was a longitudinal panel approach. First-round interviews with 54 individuals probed…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Demonstration Programs
O'Shea, Daniel P. – 1996
A process evaluation was conducted of the Better Opportunities for New Directions (BOND) demonstration that tested the conformance between the Texas Food Stamp Employment and Training (E&T) and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) programs. JOBS policies and procedures were applied to eligible Food Stamp recipients; staff serving the two…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Demonstration Programs
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