What Works for Job Training Programs for Disadvantaged Workers


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The authors of this brief examine the implementation and effectiveness of a New Orleans job training program that helped lower-skilled, unemployed, and underemployed individuals train for and find skilled jobs in particular industries.







Multiple Employment Training Programs


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Addresses concerns about the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal employment training system. Provides information on similar programs that target four groups - the economically disadvantaged, dislocated workers, older workers, and youth. Compares key program characteristics, including goals, clients, services, service delivery approaches, and federal funding mechanisms. Tables.




Federal Programs in Job Training and Retraining


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USA. Information booklet on government-sponsored training programmes for disabled workers - covers programmes for vocational training, vocational rehabilitation and retraining (incl. For young workers), characteristics thereof, benefits for participants, the administering agency, legal aspects thereof, etc., and includes a directory of responsible regional offices.




Jobs, Education and Training


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Multiple Employment Training Programs


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Lists 163 programs and funding streams that provide about $20 billion in employment training assistance. Covers: FY 1995 appropriation