Second-Year Accountability Report for WorkFirst Training Programs.

Institution	Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia.
Titel	Second-Year Accountability Report for WorkFirst Training Programs.
Quelle	(2001), (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Accountability; Adult Vocational Education; Community Colleges; Economically Disadvantaged; Educationally Disadvantaged; Job Skills; Job Training; Low Income Groups; Outcome Based Education; Outcomes of Education; Poverty Programs; Program Effectiveness; Two Year Colleges; Welfare Recipients; Welfare Reform; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verantwortung; Community college; Community College; Produktive Fertigkeit; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Lernerfolgsmessung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Armenfürsorge; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin
Abstract	In 1998, Washington passed into law WorkFirst, its version of the federal welfare reform program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Colleges were funded for four training programs: (1) Pre-Employment Training; (2) Tuition Assistance; (3) Workplace Basic Skills; and (4) Families That Work. This paper presents the overall second-year findings for the 1999-2000 programs. A total of 12,000 welfare and low-income adults received WorkFirst training in 1999-2000, compared with 6,600 trained in the first year. Participants in Pre-employment Training (PET) receive up to 12 weeks training to learn skills they need to work for a specific employer or group of employers. PET met its target goals for training completion (73% completion) and job placement for completers (70%) in 1999-2000. Of those trained in the first year of PET, 69% left welfare the following year. PET completers leaving welfare are earning more per hour, retaining employment, and staying off welfare longer than the caseload as a whole. The Tuition Assistance program helps low-income working parents by paying for training to upgrade their skills for their current job, or to prepare them for new fields. Families That Work provides intensive training and services to long-term welfare parents who have less education, and generally have little or no work experience. Workplace Basic Skills provides training for workers employed in low-wage jobs. Appended are the Policy Issues and Questions for Accountability Report, and information on program partners and participants. (NB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC