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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
A study explored the extent to which 154 federal programs that provide employment training assistance overlap in the populations targeted and services provided and whether such overlap has any potentially adverse effects. The research was conducted in the following ways: categorizing the 154 programs by the primary target populations served;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Economically Disadvantaged
PDF pending restorationManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Job Corps. – 1983
As part of a multiphase evaluation of Job Corps vocational training in fiscal year 1982, the cost of Job Corps operations was analyzed. Because Job Corps is a social program that encompasses more than just vocational training, its costs exceed those of most other vocational education programs. The total Job Corps costs for operating 106 centers…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Expenditure per Student
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
Job Corps, administered by the Department of Labor, is an employment and training program aimed at providing severely disadvantaged youth with a comprehensive array of services, generally in a residential setting. A study conducted meetings with Department of Labor (DOL) officials, analyzed national data on program participants, and visited six…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
PDF pending restorationManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Job Corps. – 1983
As part of a multiphased evaluation of vocational training provided by the Job Corps in fiscal year 1982, an assessment was made of the relative effectiveness of current Job Corps training operations. To arrive at an estimate of overall effectiveness, the researchers weighed the following factors: job-placement percentage, average wage of job,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demand Occupations, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns
Hill, Jim – 1992
Created in 1985, the Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) program is a comprehensive effort by the state of California to provide education, employment, and support services to help welfare recipients enter the workforce. California's GAIN is now part of the national Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program, established in 1988. In…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1981
These Congressional hearings, held in Washington, D.C., in March 1981, contain 24 pieces of testimony on the implications of the proposed budget cuts for vocational education. Government agencies and private organizations represented at the hearings included the West Virginia Department of Education; the Kaiser Aluminum Company of Charleston, West…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgets, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Benefits
