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Issue: 2006-08
Anatomy of Two One-Stops
DescriptionThis report tracks various aspects of the transactions between One-Stop staff and clients and describes job seeker and employer experience within two One-Stops located in central Missouri , one in Camdenton and the other in Columbia .   Focus on two One-Stops permits a close examination of the flow of transactions among One-Stop staff, partner agencies, and clients, while minimizing research …
PopulationAdult
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Issue: 2006-07
Anatomy of A One-Stop
DescriptionThis report includes findings from on-site observations conducted in the Baltimore City Eastside Career Center (ECC).   The report includes a description of the Maryland workforce development system; a brief overview of ECC services, the Baltimore economy and ECC neighborhood; an overview of ECC staff responsibilities; details on customer and staff interactions; findings from pre- and post-ECC …
PopulationAdult
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Issue: 2006-06
Youth Offender Demonstration Project Evaluation Final Report – Volume One
DescriptionBeginning in 1999, the U. S. Department of Labor (DOL) awarded 52 Youth Offender Demonstration Project grants over three competitive rounds to communities to assist youth at-risk of court or gang involvement, youth offenders, and gang members between the ages of 14 and 24 to find long-term employment at wage levels that would prevent future dependency and break the cycle of crime and juvenile …
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Issue: 2006-05
Implementing Personal Reemployment Accounts (PRAs): Early Experiences of the Seven Demonstration States
DescriptionPersonal reemployment accounts (PRAs) are a new strategy intended to help specific recipients of Unemployment Insurance (UI) build job skills and find work. PRAs are lump sum accounts of up to $3,000 that are fully managed by the unemployed worker and valid for one year. They are targeted to UI recipients who are likely to exhaust their benefits, and recipients can choose how and when to spend …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
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Issue: 2006-04
The Challenge of Repeating Success in a Changing World
DescriptionThe Center for Employment and Training (CET) in San Jose, California, was found to be exceptionally effective in providing training to young persons in two previous random assignment evaluations.  Therefore, in 1992, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration initiated an effort to provide technical assistance to other organizations interested in replicating the CET …
PopulationYouth
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Issue: 2006-03
Evaluating Grants to Build Collaborations Between the Workforce Investment System and Faith- and Community-Based Organizations: Early Findings
DescriptionThis report describes a select group of Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) that received federal grants to bring non-traditional partners – in particular faith-based organizations – into the workforce investment system.   The WIBS have developed a range of promising approaches for collaborating with faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) with the express purpose of expanding access to …
PopulationAdult
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Issue: 2006-02
Building Relationships Between the Workforce Investment System and Faith-Based and Community Organizations: A Background Paper
DescriptionThis report provides the foundation for an evaluation of federal grants supporting partnerships between the workforce investment system and faith-based and community organizations (FBCO). ; Traditionally, FBCOs have not collaborated with the federal and state workforce investment system; however, because they have a long history of providing social services in the United States and continue to …
PopulationAdult
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Issue: 2006-01
Estimating Public and Private Expenditures on Occupational Training in the United States
DescriptionThis report, commissioned of the Urban Institute, systematically examines public and private investments in occupational training to present a general picture of the total spending on occupational training (i.e., job training) from both public and private sources in the United States. The authors focus specifically on occupational training, using a definition that allowed comparability across …
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Issue: 2005-05
The Next Generation of Workforce Development Project: A Six-State Policy Academy to Enhance the Connections Between Workforce and Economic Development Policy
DescriptionThis report describes the results and lessons learned from Policy Academies in six states. The States of Idaho, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio and Virginia sought to help policy makers cope with problems of global competition. The states learned to promote effective economic development strategies and link economic development policies with workforce development policies. The report by the …
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Issue: 2005-03
The Effects of Customer Choice: First Findings from the Individual Training Account Experiment
DescriptionThe Individual Training Account (ITA) experiment tested three approaches to the administration of training vouchers, or ITAs, for customers of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) programs. The first (Approach 1) was a highly structured approach in which customers could receive generous, customized ITA awards but were directed to training expected to yield a high return on the investment in which …