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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 …
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Issue: 2005-02
The Evaluation of the Individual Training Account / Eligible Training Provider Demonstration
DescriptionThe Workforce Investment Act of 1998 requires that, with certain exceptions, training services be delivered through the use of Individual Training Accounts (ITAs), which participants can use to procure the training of their choice, so long as the training program is on a state’s eligible training provider (ETP) list. In March 2000, the U.S. Department of Labor made grant awards to thirteen states …
PopulationAdult
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Issue: 2005-16
Evaluation of the WIA Performance Measurement System
DescriptionEnacted in 1998, the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) established a performance accountability system with the purpose of assessing the "…effectiveness of States and local areas in achieving continuous improvement of workforce investment activities."   The Evaluation of the WIA Performance Measurement System provides a comprehensive picture of the accountability system and examines the intended and …
PopulationAdult
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Issue: 2005-15
Community College Training and the Workforce Investment System
DescriptionThis report examines areas of research that might be of interest to the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) from the perspective of increasing the participation and effectiveness of community colleges in our national employment and training system.   The report begins by sketching the main elements of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and outlines the organization of the workforce …
PopulationYouth
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Issue: 2005-14
Programs to Support Out-of-School Youth
DescriptionThis report responds to the following four key questions that pertain to out-of-school youth: 1)   What is the economic and policy context within which current programs for out-of-school youth operate? 2)   Have the Department of Labor’s (DOL) policies and programs for out-of-schools youth significantly raised their earnings prospects? 3)   What role have DOL programs played in promoting the …
PopulationYouth
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Issue: 2005-13
Older Workers and the Labor Market/Labor Market Policies for the Older Worker
DescriptionThis report examines the retirement and related labor market literatures to describe the role of older workers in the labor market.   It then uses the available evidence to evaluate proposals for policy initiatives and recent arguments for expanding these programs.   This discussion is taking place against the backdrop of an expanding population of older Americans due to increasing life …
ProgramSenior Community Service Employment (SCSEP)
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Issue: 2005-12
Systemic Disincentive Effects of the Unemployment Insurance Program
DescriptionThis report introduces and describes the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program that provides short-term income support payments to eligible persons whose unemployment is caused by circumstances beyond their control.   This report summarizes and critically assesses the relevant UI research conducted since the mid-1970s.   This review is selective, and reflects the author’s judgment as to the most …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance