An Independent Sector Assessment of the Job Training Partnership Act. Final Report [microform] : Program Year 1985 / Gary Walker and Others
- Bib ID:
- 5470041
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Walker, Gary
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED272733
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1986
- 133 p.
- Summary:
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This is the third and final report of a 2-year study analyzing implementation of Title II-A of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) of 1982. Title II-A, which accounts for about 50 percent of the funds appropriated under JTPA, provides job training for the economically disadvantaged. The report is based on management information and direct observations from 25 local service delivery areas (SDAs) in 15 states, together with telephone interviews with key JTPA officials in a separate group of 32 SDAs. During the October 1983-June 1984 period of the study, the SDAs under study substantially outperformed the Federal standards regarding placement rates and cost per placement for adults and welfare recipients. Some 68 percent of adult enrollees obtained jobs, bettering the standard of 55 percent, as did 60 percent of welfare recipients, compared to a 39 percent standard. However, the average wage ae per adult placement of $4.80 fell below the Federal standard of $4.91. Moreover, the SDAs did not meet the Federal standards for positive terminations of youth, attaining 74 percent instead of the 82 percent called for. JTPA management practices generally led to a better public image for employment and training programs. However, SDAs were most likely to fund relatively simple and brief training programs and to have high-but-hidden administrative costs. The implementation of JTPA has resulted in an emphasis on helping those most likely to be employed to take the last few steps needed for placement. However, it has chosen to pay less attention to those who need the most help in finding work. The key role of business representatives resulted in more efficiency but removed attempts to help those most in need. (KC)
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- Availability: Grinker Associates, 130 West 42nd Street, Suite 801, New York, NY 10036.
- Sponsoring Agency: Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY.
- Sponsoring Agency: Mott (C.S.) Foundation, Flint, MI.
- Sponsoring Agency: National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC.
- Sponsoring Agency: Ford Foundation, New York, NY.
- Contract Number: 99-4-0794-50-325-02.
- Educational level discussed: Postsecondary Education.
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Grinker Associates, Inc., New York, NY
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- Publication date:
- 1986
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