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Issue: 2000-02
Assisting Unemployment Insurance Claimants: The Long Term Impacts of the Job Search Assistance Demonstration
DescriptionThe Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 authorized the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to conduct the Job Search Assistance (JSA) demonstration to test the feasibility of implementing job search assistance programs and measure their effectiveness in promoting rapid re-employment and reduced UI spells among Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants. The demonstration was designed to …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
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Issue: 2000-01
Unemployment Insurance in the One-Stop System
DescriptionDOL funded Social Policy Research Associates (SPR) to evaluate the existing linkages between UI and One-Stop systems in a sample of states and local areas that had relatively well-established One-Stop systems. The specific goals of this study were the following: describe the current connections between UI and One-Stop systems; assess these connections from the perspectives of: UI and One-Stop …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
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Issue: 2000
Tests and Other Assessments: Helping You Make Better Career Decisions
DescriptionYou are about to make a career decision ¿ taking a course, applying for college, interviewing for a job, accepting a new job. It is just one of the many career decisions that you will make throughout your working life. Tests ¿ also called assessments, inventories, or career decision-making tools ¿ are available to you, counselors, and employers to help make the best career decisions possible. …
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Issue: 2000
National Job Corps Study: Job Corps Applicants' Programmatic Experiences (Final Report)
DescriptionJob Corps plays a central role in federal efforts to provide employment assistance to disadvantaged youths ages 16 to 24. The program's goal is to help these individuals become "more responsible, employable, and productive citizens" by providing them with comprehensive services that include basic education, vocational skills training, counseling, and residential support. Each year, Job Corps …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps
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Issue: 2000
National Job Corps Study: The Short-Term Impacts of Job Corps on Participants' Employment and Related Outcomes
DescriptionThis report presents estimates of the short-term impacts of Job Corps on participants' employment and related outcomes during the 30 months after random assignment. The outcome measures for the analysis were obtained from interview data. The report answers three important research questions. How effective is Job Corps overall at improving the employability of disadvantaged participants in the …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps
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Issue: 2000
National Job Corps Study: The Impacts of Job Corps on Participants Literacy Skills
DescriptionThis report presents estimates of the impacts of Job Corps on participants¿ literacy and numeracy skills needed to function in the workplace. It builds on the analysis and findings presented in our report on short-term impacts. That report relied on interview data collected at baseline, and at 12 and 30 months after random assignment. The current report is based on an in-person literacy skills …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps
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Issue: 2000
Evaluation of the School-to-Work Out-of-School Youth Demonstration and Job Corps Model Centers -- Final Report for the Out-of-School Youth Demonstration
DescriptionThis report was prepared to conduct an Evaluation of the School-to-Work Out-of-School Youth (OSY) Demonstration and Job Corps Model Centers. The demonstration programs and Model Centers are alike in attempting to incorporate and adapt school-to-work principles in their services to out-of-school youth. This summary reflects the findings reported in the Final Report for the component of the study …
PopulationYouth
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Issue: 2000
Evaluation of the School-to-Work Out-of-School Youth Demonstration and Job Corps Model Centers -- Final Report for the Job Corps Model Centers
DescriptionThis report was prepared as an Evaluation of the School-to-Work Out-of-School Youth (OSY) Demonstration and Job Corps Model Centers. The demonstration programs and Model Centers are alike in attempting to incorporate and adapt school-to-work principles in their services to out-of-school youth. This summary reflects the findings reported in the Final Report for the component of the study focused …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps
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Issue: 2000
Retention in the United States Job Corps: Analysis and Recommendations
DescriptionThough this report is about the United States Job Corps, every youth program struggles with attrition. Our hope is that other programs may be able to gather insight relevant to their operations from these data and may learn more through the changes Job Corps may implement based upon these findings. Job Corps gathers data on the nearly 70,000 students per year who participate in the program. …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps
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Issue: 2000
Workplace Essential Skills: Resources Related to the SCANS Competencies and Foundation Skills
DescriptionWorkplace Essential Skills: Resources Related to the SCANS Competencies and Foundation Skills, a comprehensive report on necessary workplace skills, was developed by ACTTM under the direction of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, and the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. It provides the results of a comparison of the …