What's Next after Work First. Workforce Development Report to the Field. Field Report Series.

Autor/inn/en	Elliott, Mark; Spangler, Don; Yorkievitz, Kathy
Institution	Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA.
Titel	What's Next after Work First. Workforce Development Report to the Field. Field Report Series.
Quelle	(1998), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Educational Policy; Employment Programs; Federal Programs; Job Training; Labor Force Development; Partnerships in Education; Policy Formation; Position Papers; Postsecondary Education; Poverty; Program Implementation; Public Policy; Recruitment; State Programs; Statewide Planning; Welfare Reform + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Employment program; Employment programme; Employment programmes; Beschäftigungsprogramm; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Arbeitskräftebestand; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Politische Betätigung; Positionspapier; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Armut; Öffentliche Ordnung; Recruiting; Rekrutierung; Regierungsprogramm; Planwirtschaft
Abstract	The impact of 1996 federal welfare reform legislation on state work force development programs was examined through a study of work force development programs and policies in 13 states: Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin. The study focused on the following: employer involvement (building on traditional employer engagement strategies and developing new strategies); redesign of education and training programs; and postemployment support services (support for inexperienced workers on the job; access to affordable high-quality child care; efforts to address the lack of transportation). It was concluded that, although moving people into the labor force quickly may indeed be the best first step in moving them out of poverty, rapid movement of welfare into the work force is not likely to achieve the more important work force development goals of enabling people to keep their jobs and leave poverty behind. Two programmatic elements--genuinely meeting employers' needs and having a clear impact on poverty alleviation--were deemed key to keeping former welfare recipients in the work force. (Nineteen successful work force development programs are listed along with their addresses and a contact person for each program.) (MN)
Anmerkungen	Public/Private Ventures, One Commerce Square, 2005 Market Street, Suite 900, Philadelphia, PA 19103 ($10).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC