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Using Socio-Demographic Characteristics To Evaluate The Program Outcome Of Job Training Partnership Act Clients, Denise Vanasse Siegfeldt Jul 1991

Using Socio-Demographic Characteristics To Evaluate The Program Outcome Of Job Training Partnership Act Clients, Denise Vanasse Siegfeldt

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Management

The study was conducted to determine if there was a relationship between socio-demographic characteristics of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Title II-A applicants who were determined JTPA eligible, assessed and counseled, and subsequently referred by a counselor for on-the-job training (OJT), and their program outcome, as designated by (1) positive and negative terminations; and (2) enrollments and nonenrollments. The study was conducted on clients served by the Job Training Services (JTS), one of the Service Delivery Areas (SDA-13) in the State of Virginia. JTS is located in a largely urban area of the State.

The program outcome evaluation consisted of …