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Issue: 2001
National Job Corps Study: Assessing Program Effects on Earnings for Students Achieving Key Program Milestones
DescriptionThis report is one of a series presenting findings from the National Job Corps Study. The main impact analysis results based on the experimental design are presented in a companion report. The impact analysis report focuses on the average impacts of the program on post-program earnings and other outcomes. The analysis reported here goes beyond simple average impacts in order to provide program …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps
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Issue: 2001
Improving the Evaluation of DOLETA Pilot and Demonstration Projects - A Guide for Practitioners
DescriptionNot available … Stephen Bell … The Urban Institute …
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Issue: 2001
National Job Corps Study: The Benefits and Costs of Job Corps
DescriptionThis report presents the findings of a benefit-cost analysis of Job Corps. In a benefit-cost analysis, a dollar value is placed on each program impact. By measuring impacts in dollars, a benefit-cost analysis enables policymakers to compare the diverse benefits of Job Corps with its costs. It provides a way of assessing the relative size of each impact and the cost-effectiveness of the program as …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps
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Issue: 2001
Summary of the National Job Corps Study
DescriptionSince its inception in 1964, Job Corps has been a central part of our country's efforts to improve the economic self-sufficiency of disadvantaged youths. Participants are between 16 and 24 years old; most come to the program without a high school diploma. The program's goal is to help youths become more responsible, employable, and productive citizens.It currently serves over 60,000 new …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps
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Issue: 2001
Overview of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000: Legislative Changes to the Senior Community Service Employment Program
DescriptionThis paper provides an overview of changes to the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) due to the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act (OAA Amendments), signed into law on November 13, 2000. SCSEP, administered by the U.S. Department of Labor, is the only Federally sponsored job creation program targeted to low-income older Americans. The program subsidizes part-time …
ProgramSenior Community Service Employment (SCSEP)
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis
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Issue: 2001
Interim Report for The Department of Labor Youth Offender Demonstration Project Process Evaluation
DescriptionA record number of 500,000 offenders will return to their communities in 2001, with juvenile offenders representing an important segment of this reentry group. Without structured aftercare supervision and services, youth offenders reentering their communities may relapse, commit crimes, and return to confinement in either juvenile or adult correctional facilities. Evidence shows that active …
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Issue: 2001
Improving Career Outcomes for Youth: Lessons from the U.S. and OECD Experience
DescriptionHigh youth unemployment and weak systems of career preparation are continuing concerns for modern societies. Over the last two decades, youth unemployment has become less of a priority issue in the United States, as policymakers increasingly focus on the quality of education and training. Other members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) are continuing to emphasize …
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Issue: 2001
Interim Report: A Report on Early State and Local Progress Towards WIA Implementation
DescriptionWIA was enacted in response to a variety of concerns about how employment and training programs were designed and operated. Among these concerns, it was noted that a multitude of employment and training programs¿including those operating under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), Vocational Rehabilitation, Adult Vocational Education, the Trade Adjustment Assistance Act, the Job Service, and a …
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Issue: 2001
Testing Different Methods of Estimating the Impacts of Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Systems
DescriptionPrior to the implementation of the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) program, USDOL sponsored a demonstration to test different program models that are consistent with the regulations governing WPRS. In 1995, the Job Search Assistance (JSA) Demonstration was implemented in the District of Columbia and in selected counties in Florida. Because the demonstration was based on the …
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Issue: 2001
National Job Corps Study: The Impacts of Job Corps on Participants' Employment and Related Outcomes
DescriptionThe Job Corps program has long been a central part of federal efforts to provide training for disadvantaged youths. Because of the high costs of the program's intensive services, which are provided mainly in a residential setting, policymakers need to know just how effective Job Corps actually is. This report presents the findings of the National Job Corps Study on impacts of the program on …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps