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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This report, the second of two volumes, provides descriptions and legislative histories of Federal programs that affect the rights of children to education of high quality, opportunities for self-sufficiency, healthy bodies, and safe and liveable environments. Programs and related legislation are grouped under the headings of these four rights.…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Community Involvement, Education, Employment
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1986
Two reviews have been initiated regarding the extent of worker dislocation and efforts by the public and private sectors to assist dislocated workers. One assignment obtained information on the extent of business closures and permanent layoffs from a random sample of 2,600 such establishments via a telphone interview. Information on the assistance…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Dislocated Workers, Employment Patterns
Lundh, Wendela – 1986
Discussion focuses on Swedish population demographics, child-oriented political reforms, research on the declining birth rate, the provision of child health care centers for children, legally mandated parent education, the law against corporal punishment of children, and aspects of community child health and maternity health care services. The…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Children, Family Health, Federal Legislation
Smith, Edward J. – 1986
The Carnation-ILWU (International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union) Project attempted to find employment for a group of unskilled and semiskilled manufacturing workers displaced by the closing of the Carnation Company of Oakland, California. Although more than 2,000 employers were contacted in Alameda County in the year following the…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employer Attitudes, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This subcommittee hearing addresses the issues and problems currently facing libraries, including the absence of responsibility for library programs resulting from the reorganization of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) and the implications of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-130. Statements, letters, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1986
This report evaluates the cost effectiveness of the Civilian Conservation Centers (CCCs) which are part of the Job Corps program but operated under inter-agency agreement by the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior. Data are from the program year beginning July 1, 1984. Information is presented on: (1) the costs, job placements, and…
Descriptors: Budgets, Cost Estimates, Expenditures, Federal Programs
Weller, Carolyn R., Ed.; Brandhorst, Ted, Ed. – 1985
A broad range of education-related topics are addressed in this annotated bibliography, which presents citations and abstracts for 142 publications produced by the 16 ERIC Clearinghouses in 1984. An introduction explains the ERIC system, clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography, and the availability of clearinghouse…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Clearinghouses, Education
Weller, Carolyn R., Ed.; Brandhorst, Ted, Ed. – 1986
A broad range of education-related topics are addressed in this annotated bibliography, which presents citations and abstracts for 176 publications produced by the 16 ERIC Clearinghouses in 1985. An introduction explains the ERIC system, clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography, and the availability of clearinghouse…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Clearinghouses, Education
Worthington, Robert M. – 1984
This document provides examples of the work of the Department of Education's Rural Education Committee during FY84, beginning with its FY84 management plan. Next, "A Rural Education Policy for the 80s," a speech presented by Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education and chair of the Rural Education Committee, Dr. Robert M.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Committees, Conferences, Elementary Secondary Education
Bailis, Lawrence Neil – 1984
This report examines the status of coordination at State and local levels between the activities funded by the Service Delivery Areas and other employment and training programs on the one hand, and between these programs and private sector employers on the other. The status of coordination in Fiscal 1983, the last year of the Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Tapper, Donna M. – 1983
The 1983 Federal fiscal year is a year of transition from the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 (JTPA). Unlike CETA, which included public service employment provisions, the entire thrust of JTPA is on training for unsubsidized employment. The purpose of the new law is to prepare youth and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
A Congressional staff study was undertaken to analyze the Literacy Management Information Project Report (LMIPR), released by the U.S. Department of Education in May 1986, and to determine whether its findings were valid. The LMIPR found that there are 79 literacy-related programs administered by 14 federal agencies and that $347.6 million was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Federal Aid
Weller, Carolyn R., Ed.; Brandhorst, Ted, Ed. – 1988
A broad range of education-related topics are addressed in this annotated bibliography, which presents citations and abstracts for 239 publications produced by the 16 Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses in 1987. An introduction describes the ERIC system, clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Clearinghouses, Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Federal Programs. – 1987
Information about the utilization of Chapter 1 funds in South Carolina is presented for the years 1982-86. Tables and descriptions illustrate the impact of Chapter 1 programs and identify those projects exhibiting the greatest gains in terms of student achievement. Projects covered readiness, reading, and mathematics. The following types of data…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of National Security and International Affairs. – 1988
This report reviews the progress of demonstration projects that reduce refugee welfare dependency, promote earlier refugee employment and self-sufficiency, and foster coordination among public and private agencies that work with refugees. The projects used the following three methods: (1) removing welfare provisions that took away some cash…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs, Health Services
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