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Download full textThompson, Jeffery W.; Turner-Meikeljohn, Susan; Conway, Maureen – 2000
This case study on Focus: HOPE is the fourth of six sectoral studies to provide an in-depth look at individual sectoral employment development programs and their interaction within distinct economic and industry environments. It explores HOPE, a Detroit civil rights organization with a highly developed machinist training program. Section 1…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Civil Rights, Economically Disadvantaged
Benus, Jacob M.; And Others – 1994
The Washington State Self-Employment and Enterprise Demonstration (SEED) was the first federally sponsored self-employment demonstration program for unemployed workers in the United States. Its primary purpose was to determine the viability of self-employment as a reemployment option for recipients of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits who do…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs, Entrepreneurship
Benus, Jacob M.; And Others – 1994
The first and longest section of this publication is a comparative analysis summarizing the impacts of the two Unemployment Insurance (UI) Self-Employment Demonstration Projects in Washington State and Massachusetts. Based on the first wave of post-project follow-up surveys, this evaluation report provides results on the net impacts of each…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs, Entrepreneurship
Shabecoff, Alice; And Others – Strategy Alert, 1993
A community-based approach can excel at putting people back to work. The community-based strategy for helping people find and keep jobs needs to provide comprehensive and integrated services. Collaboration is likely to be the most practical means to round up those services. Community groups usually have a dual purpose in pursuing a jobs program:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1982
Designed specifically for private industry councils (PICs), this guide introduces the subject of economic development and job creation and highlights the impact PICs can make through carefully chosen involvement in local economic development efforts. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to economic development: What it is; how it is related to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bibliographies, Career Education, Case Studies
Chinatown Resources Development Center, San Francisco, CA. – 1985
This resource guide provides practical information to educators directly involved with vocational education for the limited-English-proficient (LEP) population. Part I describes the nine major features of promising vocational education programs for LEP students: program approach, program duration, institutional support, staff commitment,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Job Development, Job Placement
Gilsinan, James F.; Tomey, E. Allan – 1980
A study compared the effectiveness of public and private sector work experience programs. In five locations equal numbers of jobs were developed in the private and public/nonprofit sectors. To equalize the incentives relative to the public sector, full wage subsidies were provided on an experimental basis in the private sector. Youth were matched…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged
Bruno, A. Lee; Wright, L. M., Jr. – 1980
This study examines how jobs are created in rural areas by or with the help of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs involved with local economic development activities. It consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 reviews literature pertinent to the historical perspective and key elements of economic development, economic…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Career Education, Case Studies
PDF pending restorationEmployment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1975
This report reviews the establishment and early performance of the comprehensive manpower system established by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). The report is divided into two major sections. Part 1 examines the background and first year results of the CETA program. The legislative and programmatic antecedents to CETA are…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Kosmo, Susan J.; And Others – 1978
This instructor's guide is divided into two major sections. The first section contains materials for pre-service preparation of placement personnel and is divided into an introduction and five instructional units. The introduction presents an overview of the materials. The five instructional units contain lesson plans on the following topics: (1)…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Inservice Teacher Education, Job Development, Job Placement
National Child Labor Committee, New York, NY. – 1978
This report on youth employment programs is intended to help prime sponsors and program operators implement innovative youth employment efforts under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and the Youth Employment and Demonstration Project Act (YEDPA). The content is in two chapters. Chapter 1 covers the introduction, meeting…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Community Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs
Martin, Warren Bryan – 1975
Faculty development programs in colleges and universities must be faulted for not having adequate theory, employing comprehensive approaches, or showing a deep intention. An adequate theory of faculty development will involve a sophisticated understanding of the process of professionalization and an integrating theory of human development.…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Faculty
National Rehabilitation Association, Alexandria, VA. – 1972
The Department of Labor funded a technical assistance contract with the National Rehabilitation Association to develop methodologies for increasing opportunities for handicapped people to become productive by training personnel to work effectively with the handicapped. This volume was designed to help administrators, program planners, training…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Development, Career Ladders, Conceptual Schemes
California State Legislature, Sacramento. Senate Office of Research. – 1997
This document explains the objectives and components of California Work Opportunities and Responsibility for Kids (CalWORKs), which is a seven-step program designed to move welfare parents into the workplace. Presented first are a list of the 14 principles behind CalWORKs and a flowchart illustrating the program's operation. After a discussion of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Day Care, Federal Legislation, Job Development
Corthell, David W., Ed. – 1991
This document, the result of the collaborative efforts of the members of the Prime Study Group of the Institute on Rehabilitation Issues, provides information concerning techniques, strategies, models, and resources for rehabilitation professionals who are working with persons with coexisting abuse problems and disabling conditions. Chapter I, an…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Attitudes, Clinical Diagnosis, Counseling Techniques
