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DOCUMENT RESUME
111) 275 878
CE 045 478
AUTHOR
Cook, Robert F.; And Others
TITLE
Transition Year Implementation of the Job Training
Partnership Act.
INSTITUTION
Sestet Research, Inc., Rockville, Md.
SPONS AGENCY
Employment and Training Administration (DOL),
Washington, D.C.
PUS DATE
Jan 85
CONTRACT
99-3-0584-75-104-01
NOTE
423p.; For related documents, see CE 045 476-479.
PUS TYPE
Reports - Evaluative/Feasibility (142)
EDRS PRICE
MF01/PC17 Plus Postage.
DESCRIPTORS
Decision Making; Dislocated Workers; Economically
Disadvantaged; *Smployment Programs; Federal
Legislation; *Federal Programs; *Job Training;
*Program Implementation; State Programs; *Statewide
Planning; Technical Assistance; Youth Programs
IDENTIFIERS
Employment Serviie; *Job Training Partnership Act
1982; Private Industry Councils; *Service Delivery
Areas
ABSTRACT
This report covers a number of aspects of the
implementation of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Chapter 1
is an introduction. Chapter 2 discusses state-level organization and
decision making, involving such questions as relations
among the
parties, designations of the Service Delivery Areas (SDAs), the state
role in Title III, and Title IIA set-asides. Chapter 3 examines the
nature of the relations between the state and the SDAs within the
sta*e. It covers state regulation and technical assistance. Chapter 4
discusses the organization, major actors, and decision making within
the SDAs. Chapter 5 examines private sector involvement at the state
and SDA level. Chapter 6 is concerned with targeting of Title IIA and
related set-asides by the state and within SDAs. Chapter 7 examines
the service mix under Title IIA and program outcomes. Chapter 8 is
concerned with youth programs, including the programs and service mix
and use of tryout employment or exemplary programs. Chapter 9
discusses Title III--state organization and allocation decisions, SDA
role, and service mix. Chapter 10 examines issues of performance
standards--the process used by the state to set, measure, and
calculate performance. Forms are appended. (YLB)
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TRANSITION YEAR IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE JOB TRAINING
PARTNERSHIP ACT
Robert F. Cook
Richard L. Beatty
H. Allan Hunt
Sarah F. Liebschutz
Gretchen E. Maclachlan
Bruce Maclachlan
Susan A. MacManus
Mark J. Morlock
Kenneth T. Palmer
Alex N. Pattakos
V. Lane Rawlins
Kalman Rupp
Wayne M. Turnage
and
Associates
Prepared for:
Division of Research and Evaluation
Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Development
Employment and Training Administration
U.S. Department of Labor
601 D Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
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This report was prepared under contract
No. 99-3-0584-75-104-01 with the Office of
Research and Evaluation of the Employment
and Training Administration, U.S. Department
Organizations undertaking such
of Labor.
projects under government sponsorship are
encouraged to state their findings and express
their judgments freely.
Therefore, points of
view or opinions stated do not necessarily
represent the official position of the
Department of Labor.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This report on the second round of
observation of the
implementation of Titles IIA and III of
the Job Training
Partnership Act in the States and Service
Delivery Areas is very
much a product of a Field Network Evaluation.
In addition to
carrying out the actual observations in their
jurisdictions, a
number of the Field Associates for this study
also wrote
chapters of the study report.
They spent time at Westat, Inc.,
read all of the field reports, and then
authored chapters
related to their particular areas of interest.
The authors of the chapters in this report
are as
follows:
Sarah F. Liebschutz of the State University
of New
York at Brockport and Susan A. MacManus of
Cleveland State
University wrote Chapter 21 The Dynamics
of State-Level JTPA
Organization.
Kenneth T. Palmer and Alex N. Pattakos,
both of
the University of Maine, authored Chapter
3 on State-SDA
Relations.
Gretchen E. Maclachlan of Clark College
and Bruce
Maclachlan wrote Chapter 4 on SDA Organization
and Politics.
H. Allan Hunt of the W.E. Upjohn Institute
for Employment
Research wrote Chapter 5 on Private-Sector
Involvement in JTPA.
V. Lane Rawlins of Washington State University,
Kalman Rupp of
Westat, and I wrote Chapter 6
on the Targeting and Selection
Process.
Richard L. Beatty and Wayne M.
Turnage of Westat wrote
Chapter 7 on Title IIA Service Mix and
Outcomes as well as
Chapter 9 on the Title III Program.
Mark J. Morlock of
4
California State University at Chico wrote Chapter 8
on Youth
Programming.
Finally, Kalman Rupp authored Chapter 10 on
Performance Standards.
Acknowledgment is also due to Madelyn Caan, Suzie
Jones, and Sharon Proctor, who produced the report; to David
Aiken and Carol Hannaford, who edited it; and to David Wright,
who performed the computer programming.
Robert F. Cook
Project Director
5
JTPA PROCESS STUDY
FIELD ASSOCIATES
Associate
State/SDA
Professor John S. Hall
Arizona
Arizona State University
Phoenix
Gila-Pinal Counties
Professor John J. Kirlin
California
University of Southern California
San Francisco
Professor Mark J. Morlock
Butte County
California State University, Chico
Professor Ruth Ross
Los Angeles
California State University,
Long Beach
Professor Peter S. Barth
Connecticut
University of Connecticut
Hartford
Danielson-Willimantic,
SDA #4
Professor Peter L. Halvorson
University of Connecticut
Professor Paul J. Andrisani
Delaware
Temple University
State SDA
Professor Gretchen E. Maclachan
Georgia
and Bruce Maclachan
Atlanta
Clark College
Northeast Georgia,
SDA #4
Professor Charles J. Orlebeke
Illinois
University of Illinois
Northwest Municipal
at Chicago
Conference Consortium,
SDA Region 8
Professor E. Allan Tomey
West Central Illinois
Saint Louis University
Valley, SDA Region 21
Professor Duane Sorenson
Danville Area,
Indiana State University
Vermillion County
6
Professor Charles E. Krider
Kansas
University of Kansas
Johnson, Leavenworth and
Wyandotte Counties,
SDA #3
Atchison-Washington
Counties, SDA #2
Professor Phillip W. Roeder
Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Bluegrass, SDA #1
North Central,
SDA Area A
Professor Kenneth
T. Palmer
Maine
University of
Maine
State SDA
Professor Alex N.
Pattakos
University of
Maine
Dr. H. Allan Hunt
Michigan
W.E. Upjohn Institute
Grand Rapids Area
for Employment Research
Employment and Training
Council II
Muskegon and Oceana
Counties
Professor George D. Wendel
Missouri
St. Louis University
City of St. Louis,
SDA #6
Professor E. Allan Tomey
Columbia - Jefferson
St. Louis University
Counties, SDA #5
Mr. David M. Snedeker
Montana
P-,edeker Scientific
Balance of Montana
Professor Carl D. Ekstrom
New York
State University of New York
City of Rochester
at Brocxport
Clinton-Hamilton
Counties
Professor Sarah F. Liebschutz
State University of New York
at Brockport
Professor Lawrence A. Wohl
North Dakota
Gustavus Adolphus College
Fargo Region
7
Professor R. Lynn Rittenoure
Oklahoma
University of Tulsa
Tulsa
Job Training Northeast
Professor Steve B. Steib
University of Tulsa
Professor Frank P. Corcione
Pennsylvania
University of Scranton
Lackawanna County
Lehigh Valley PIC
Professor Thomas N. Daymont
Philadelphia
Temple University
Professor John E. Gnuschke
Tennessee
Memphis State University
Fayette, Shelby Counties
SDA #14
Professor Lewis H. Smith
Benton-Weakley Counties,
University of Mississippi
SDA #12
Mid-Cumberland Council
of Governments, SDA #8
Professor Susan A. MacManus
Texas
Cleveland State University
Balance of Harris County
Professor Robert M. Stein
Rice University
Professor Robert D. Wrinkle
Cameron County
Pan American University
Professor David R. Knowles
Washington
Seattle University
Tacoma-Pierce County
Consortium
Professor V. Lane Rawlins
Washington State University
Professor Gregory C. Weeks
Pacific Mountain
The Evergreen State College
Consortium, SDA #2
Mr. Andrew Cohn
Wisconsin
Public-Private Research Associates
Milwaukee County,
SDA #18
Western Wisconsin,
SDA #16
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter
Page
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1
INTRODUCTION
1
The Study
1.1
1-1
1.2
Study Method
1-12
1.3
Organization of the Report
1-25
THE DYNAMICS OF STATE-LEVEL
2
JTPA IMPLEMENTATION
2.1
The Changing Role of State-Level
Actors
2-1
2.2
The Politics of Policymaking
2-17
2.3
Summary
2-34
STATE-SDA RELATIONS
3
3.1
Types of State-SDA Relations
3-1
3.2
The Local Setting in Perspective.
3-8
.
.
3.3
Defining the Parameters of
State-SDA Relationships
3-11
3.4
SDAs As Implementors of Both State
and Local Policies
3-18
Conclusions
3.5
3-20
SDA ORGANIZATION AND POLITICS
4
4.1
Administrative Entities
4-3
4.2
Private Industry Councils
4-8
4.3
PIC-Administrative Entity Relations
4-14
.
Role of Subcontractors
4.4
4-27
4.5
Service Delivery Area/Employment
Service Relations
4-36
Summary
4.6
4-40
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
Chapter
PRIVATE-SECTOR INVOLVEMENT IN JTPA
5
Expectations for Private-Sector
5.1
Involvement
5-1
Private-Sector Participation at
5.2
the State Level
5-4
Private-Sector Participation at the
5.3
5-14
SDA Level
Other Private-Sector Influences
5-19
5.4
.
. .
Summary
5-25
5.5
THE TARGETING AND SELECTION PROCESS
6
Eligibility Criteria and Participant
6.1
Characteristics
6-3
Eligibility Requirements and
6.2
Significant Segments
6-14
Screening and Selection Process
6-18
6.3
. .
.
Targeting in Practice
6-24
6.4
Conclusions
6-37
6.5
TITLE IIA SERVICE MIX AND OUTCOMES
7
JTLS Findings
7-2
7.1
Emphasis on OJT
7-9
7,2
Stipends and Need-Based Payments
7-18
7.3
.
.
YOUTH IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
8
Youth Participant Characteristics
8-1
8.1
.
.
.
Youth Related Issues at the
8.2
State Level
8-3
Service Mix for Youths
8.3 8-7
Special Target Groups for Youths.
8-9
8.4
.
.
The 40 Percent Youth Expenditure
8.5
Requirement
8-10
Summary
8-17
8.6
10