Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program
Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13:

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This document contains a record of the oral and written testimony of witnesses at a Chicago (Illinois) Congressional hearing on the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Training Program. Witnesses at the hearing included officials from various Illinois programs funded by the JOBS program, government officials, and unemployed persons. They testified that the high state match of funds and services works against the successful implementation of the JOBS program and the requirements of the Family Support Act of 1988 are burdensome. Witnesses noted that in times of recession, the states simply do not have enough money to set up the matches for federal funds. Witnesses also stated that the JOBS program's requirement that participants engage in 20 hours per week of education is unrealistic because most literacy programs or postsecondary programs require less than 20 hours of classroom work but presume home study time. The 20-hour rule works against participants improving their skills. Proposed changes in the JOBS legislation to lessen the amount of state money required and to make program requirements more flexible are included in these proceedings. (KC)

Hearing on the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program
Hearing on the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Human Resources

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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This document records the oral and written testimony of persons who testified before or prepared reports for a Congressional hearing on the usefulness of the JOBS (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program). Witnesses included persons who had participated in the programs as well as state and local administrators of JOBS programs, national organizations, and Congressional representatives. Testimony showed that the JOBS program had produced some useful results in training and placing people in jobs. Witnesses stressed that such efforts were successful only when they provided child care and job placement, especially if attention was paid to the types of jobs in which people were placed. Witnesses stressed the importance of the Earned Income Tax Credit and the need to pass some type of health care legislation for the working poor so that they are better off working than being on welfare. Problems with the JOBS program included the following: lack of money, resulting in long waiting lists; emphasis on participation rather than on outcomes; and lack of good of jobs available for people who were trained. (KC)

Multiple Employment Training Programs
Multiple Employment Training Programs

Author: DIANE Publishing Company

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1995-10

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780788122217

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Addresses concerns about the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal employment training system. Provides information on similar programs that target four groups - the economically disadvantaged, dislocated workers, older workers, and youth. Compares key program characteristics, including goals, clients, services, service delivery approaches, and federal funding mechanisms. Tables.