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Implementation of the Job Training Partnership Act: Final Report.

Robert F. Cook, Caricia J. Fisher, H. Allan Hunt, Sarah F. Liebschutz, Gretchen Maclachlan, Susan A. MacManus, Mark J. Morlock, Kenneth T. Palmer, Alex N. Pattakos, V. Lane Rawlins, Kalman Rupp, Wayne M. Turnage

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This volume reports findings of a field network study of how the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) was implemented in 20 states and 40 Service Delivery Areas (SDAs). Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 describes the changing organizational and programmatic dimensions of state-level JTPA activities. Variations in the roles played by the actors are examined. Chapter 3 studies state-SDA relations. Focus of Chapter 4 is private sector involvement in JTPA. Chapter 5 discusses the targeting and selection process. Chapter 6 examines the content of training received by participants in the JTPA Title IIA programs. Chapter 7 presents a summary and analysis of findings related to youth implementation issues. Chapter 8 focuses on how the states and SDAs adapted performance standards to local conditions and on the measurement of actual SDA outcomes. Chapter 9 discusses the major features of state Title III programs: organizational arrangements and allocation strategies, sources of

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This volume reports findings of a field network study of how the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) was implemented in 20 states and 40 Service Delivery Areas (SDAs). Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 describes the changing organizational and programmatic dimensions of state-level JTPA activities. Variations in the roles played by the actors are examined. Chapter 3 studies state-SDA relations. Focus of Chapter 4 is private sector involvement in JTPA. Chapter 5 discusses the targeting and selection process. Chapter 6 examines the content of training received by participants in the JTPA Title IIA programs. Chapter 7 presents a summary and analysis of findings related to youth implementation issues. Chapter 8 focuses on how the states and SDAs adapted performance standards to local conditions and on the measurement of actual SDA outcomes. Chapter 9 discusses the major features of state Title III programs: organizational arrangements and allocation strategies, sources of

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This volume reports findings of a field network study of how the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) was implemented in 20 states and 40 Service Delivery Areas (SDAs). Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 describes the changing organizational and programmatic dimensions of state-level JTPA activities. Variations in the roles played by the actors are examined. Chapter 3 studies state-SDA relations. Focus of Chapter 4 is private sector involvement in JTPA. Chapter 5 discusses the targeting and selection process. Chapter 6 examines the content of training received by participants in the JTPA Title IIA programs. Chapter 7 presents a summary and analysis of findings related to youth implementation issues. Chapter 8 focuses on how the states and SDAs adapted performance standards to local conditions and on the measurement of actual SDA outcomes. Chapter 9 discusses the major features of state Title III programs: organizational arrangements and allocation strategies, sources of

Key concepts: General partnership, Training (meteorology), On-the-job training, Job training, Business, Public relations, Operations management, Medical education

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