ETR Volume 31: 9-1999 to 8-2000
ALABAMA
Southern state shortchanges disadvantaged students, 90
APPRENTICESHIPS
DOL, armed services agree on apprenticeship standards, 574
NY builders, unions join forces to enroll youths as apprentices, 802
APPROPRIATIONS AND ALLOCATIONS
Americorps, parent agency under fire in Congress; audit released, 52
Both houses pass Labor-HHS-ED conference report; veto “certain,” 147
Clinton requests an increase of $880 million for employment and training, 363
Congress fails to pass emergency appropriations bill; youth programs will suffer, experts warn, 538
Congress may eliminate Youth Opportunity grants funding, observer warns, 50
Department of Education Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Request (table), 75
Echoing committee’s cuts in labor bill, house courts Clinton veto, 667
ED gives states leeway in allocating funds to substate agencies, districts, 168
FY 2001 Education Appropriations (table), 589
FY 2001 Employment & Training Appropriations (table), 588
Fewer funds for serving youth in summer 2000 concerns mayors, 347
Fiscal integrity questions dog agency amid praise for results, 684
Funding allotments, Wagner-Peyser estimates released by ETA, 402
Funding for programs that help teenagers make transition from foster care would double under bill headed for White House, 226
House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Summary of Budget Authority, Markup for Fiscal Year 2000 (table), 76
DOL to allow governors to apply JTPA hold-harmless provision, 146
In ESEA round two House bills go to Senate; action expected by summer, 403
More than $360.5 million available for economically distressed areas, 355
New cost rules ease compliance yet local officials fear service cutbacks, 411
Panel slashes youth grants, trims adult training, grabs unspent funds, 67
President Clinton asks for additional $40 million for summer jobs for youth, 490
President and Congress agree to provide $35.7 billion for education, 194
Proposed WIA technical amendments package, 290
Round II zone grants forgotten, witnesses tell Congress, 651
Senate bill restores youth, dislocated worker funding, 83
Senate panel freezes training, plans small gains for rehab, 603
States launch new service programs to keep Feds out of the TANF kitty, 118
Title V funding formula debate holds up Older Americans reauthorization, 3
WIA adult, dislocation programs cut; Job Corps funds boosted, 587
ARKANSAS
Local areas in Arkansas ask to provide services, cite low funds, 683
AUDITS
Americorps, parent agency under fire in Congress; audit released, 52
Audit prompts TANF accountability rules for community agencies, 575
Billing error prompts Wisconsin audit of Maximus practices, 654
ETA, OIG have more work, fewer resources to monitor grants, 115
IG finds deja vu all over again in second-round TANF-WIA appraisal, 101
Failure to follow proposal plan yields risk; agency bouncing back, 736
Fiscal integrity questions dog agency amid praise for results, 684
New cost rules ease compliance yet local officials fear service cutbacks, 411
OMB circulars issued as supplement to ETR Reference File, 162
R.I. officials balk at bill left by bankrupt PIC; audit discloses details, 243
Texas auditor charges neglect where professionals see start-up pains, 68
WIA cost provisions concern OIG; DOL grant programs off to slow start, 246
Youth programs raise earnings; WIA costs need tweaking, says OIG, 636
BLACKS
Low jobless rate eases search for jobs, but rate still a factor, 753
Mass. minority scores prompt fears of higher dropout rates, 227
Minorities still lag academically behind peers, College Board finds, 134
Minority jobseekers need help with “soft” skills to close perceived gap, 163
Race bias, not skills gap, causes wage inequity, League paper says, 227
BUDGET, U.S.
see FEDERAL BUDGET
CALIFORNIA
ACLU suit claims investigation without cause is unconstitutional, 747
Calif. skills agency gets higher wages for trainees, 784
Faith-based groups set up personal network for clients leaving aid, 383
Kiosks, program partnerships tested as low-cost, no-staff service centers, 396
L.A. nears outsourced casework; Lockheed, Maximus bids reviewed, 396
L.A. Study of TANF privatization yields conflicting cost-benefit evidence, 493
Money-for-results link found missing in accountability program, 510
Peer outreach draws eligible ex-clients to child care subsidies, 594
CHARTER SCHOOLS
Charters’ growth prompts fund calls, 420
CHILD CARE
Cut back on work requirements, policy analyst suggests, 362
GAO praises joint efforts to broaden services for TANF parents, 299
Job outlook for welfare leavers, military day care model studied, 691
Peer outreach draws eligible ex-clients to child care subsidies, 594
Studies find job gains, state savings, low payoff for clients, 796
White House focuses human services funds on child care, head start, 365
CHILD SUPPORT
Agencies take village approach to secure noncustodial parent support, 449
Committee chair presses HHS on state establishment of child support units, 70
COLORADO
Nontraditional work focus eases clients’ fear of clerical jobs, 559
Two states look to form single areas to even out funding, 51
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
CBOs, community colleges become leading core, intensive providers, 732
Church-business venture turns into model adopted by 30 communities, 419
Church taps record donations to aid communities left behind by boom, 183
Faith-based groups set up personal network for clients leaving aid, 383
Minority, disabled communities join to promote high-tech learning strategy, 106
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
CBOs, community colleges become leading core, intensive providers, 732
Colleges offer low cost training; academics stressed for youth, 577
Competition, new requirements under WIA test 2-year schools, 640
Merger, closer links to WIA proposed for W.Va. two-year state schools, 332
Money-for-results link found missing in accountability program, 510
Significant decline of trained nurses by 2010 predicted, 705
States vie to make sure technical education goes to college, 415
Supported transition program develops into postsecondary track, 135
Technology tapped to keep clients in school through AA, 511
Two-year schools fill VR gap; students travel far for classes, 720
COMPETITIVENESS
Author proposes skills certificate to drive career-building education, 265
Labor, business battle lines form as foreign worker bill reaches senate, 413
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
Echoing committee’s cuts in labor bill, house courts Clinton veto, 667
House lawmakers drafting response to administration’s version of reauthorized ESEA, 2
Procedural debates and a controversial amendment threaten ESEA reauthorization, 634
Senate panel freezes training, plans small gains for rehab, 603
Training, education issues could decide congressional elections, 22
CONNECTICUT
State reports client placement rate doubling; nationally hunger persists, 384
States set up post-TANF safety nets as clients reach time limits, 626
CONTRACTING
Billing error prompts Wisconsin audit of Maximus practices, 654
Failure to follow proposal plan yields risk; agency bouncing back, 736
Florida taps WIA area agency as outsource contractor for services, 382
Getting training providers WIA certified, no picnic, 430
Match made in heaven? Agencies, religious groups go courting, 672
Nebraska workforce board selects private contractor, 571
Nonprofit subcontractors’ lax efforts halt Phila. venture, 609
Union urges federal outsourcing rules amid New York allegations, 556
Vendor closed down for poor performance; counterclaim entered, 20
COORDINATION
Final plan guide outlines changes on voc rehab, voc ed coordination, 316
GAO praises joint efforts to broaden services for TANF parents, 299
Grants steer agencies towards greater targeting, coordination, 686
Officials straddle programs, targeting to keep school links, 702
WIA one-stop operators plead with IV-A agencies for TANF referrals, 85
WIA-welfare Florida board merger could consolidate state policy, 593
CORE AND INTENSIVE SERVICES
CBOs, community colleges become leading core, intensive providers, 732
CREDENTIALS
Author proposes skills certificate to drive career-building education, 265
Checklists vs. portfolios: cost drives states’ skills test method, 592
Crime has transferable skills, too, counselors advise clients, 608
Critical enrollment gap found in programs preparing instructors, 547
Critics pan Delaware plan for three-tier high school diploma, 338
DOL, armed services agree on apprenticeship standards, 574
Portfolios piloted as gauges of disabled students’ readiness, 557
Project offers credentials for skills from on-the-job training, 737
Staff certification seen likely to replace MSW, similar degrees, 638
Translations of military skills into civilian job credentials urged, 37
DELAWARE
Critics pan Delaware plan for three-tier high school diploma, 338
DISABLED WORKERS
Bay State seeks to rein in costs, reduce rules in revamping special ed, 88
Blind groups stake out turf as “one-stop” policy merges services, 542
Charter schools become public venue for specialized learning, 467
Council finds IDEA compliance improving, calls for enforcement, 417
Critical enrollment gap found in programs preparing instructors, 547
Disabled should be employed in integrated setting, say proposed rules, 698
Disability programs’ place in fed structure debate rekindled, 506
ETA promoting one-stop centers to new disability intiative, 656
Funding allotments, Wagner-Peyser estimates released by ETA, 402
Growth in IDEA mainstreaming suggests upward trend, 558
Groups rally around targeting amid flexible funding debate, 544
Guide covers federal policies, intervention strategies for the blind, 230
Ill. focuses on learning problems to help TANF recipients keep jobs, 251
Joint venture seeks to increase job opportunities for disabled, 301
Managers worried about costs try new accessibility solutions, 798
Mass. supporters, critics draw wagons round report’s findings, 496
Minority, disabled communities join to promote high-tech learning strategy, 106
More comprehensive return-to-work strategy urged at congressional hearing, 730
New policies needed for older-worker-friendly workplace, 131
Officials urge groups to speak up in WIBs to ensure needs are met, 764
Panel asks for launch of youth work initiative, new entity in FY 2001 budget, 315
Pilot program seeks to employ workers with disabilities, 589
Portfolios piloted as gauges of disabled students’ readiness, 557
Program molds high school students with disabilities into leaders, 232
Public colleges found to be most open to disabled graduates, 57
States press Medicaid agency on guidelines to help with special ed, 448
Supported transition program develops into postsecondary track, 135
Tech-driven assist expected to open labor market to impaired job seekers, 36
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 signed into law, 274
Transitional benefits, employment services bill headed for enactment, 196
Vocational counseling, guidance render Oregon youths ready, 122
Voc ed trimmed in 2001 proposal; gains offered for tech prep, disabled, 366
Wis. halts, delays VR services; officials blame budget overrun, 639
DISPLACED WORKERS
Jobs created outpace jobs lost, say Council of Economic Advisors, 242
Layoffs prompt three-way reemployment program partnership, 74
Long-term UI recipients need better focused services to regain jobs, 5
Options narrow for eastern miners as coal jobs disappear, 749
Republicans protest using UC for family leave, 378
Senate bill restores youth, dislocated worker funding, 83
Strategies easing claimants to work lack long-term effects, 688
WIA adult, dislocation programs cut; Job Corps funds boosted, 587
W.Va. moves to direct economy away from mountaintop mining, 181
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Vendor closed down for poor performance; counterclaim entered, 20
DROPOUTS
After-school programs keep teens learning, prevent early pregnancies, 480
Mass. minority scores prompt fears of higher dropout rates, 227
Out-of-school females stay out of work half their youth years, 623
Study backs counseling, alternative schools as prevention strategies, 87
EARNINGS
Contingent work up despite roaring economy, says report, 296
Earnings rise for clients, but benefits gap prevents retention, 576
House witnesses favor lifting Social Security earnings cap, 395
Nontraditional workers underpaid agency confirms, 768
Options narrow for eastern miners as coal jobs disappear, 749
Senate panel seeks answers on gender-based pay gap, 652
Short-term workplace training pays off as much as long-term instruction, 133
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Americans support measures to help people find and keep new jobs, even if it costs more, 618
“Baby UI” could cost nationally over $28 billion, economist warns, 556
Education, training policies seen central to future prosperity, 381
Employers see worker scarcity persisting in third quarter, 657
Figures prompt call for work prep, opening up nontraditional fields, 292
Jobless rate hikes back up, 4.1 percent in May, says BLS, 635
“Living wage” movement stumbles in Vermont; goal remains in WIA plan, 491
More than $360.5 million available for economically distressed areas, 355
Republicans protest using UC for family leave, 378
Skilled, unskilled workers needed in counties seeking to woo businesses, 169
Skilled worker shortage to continue, says survey, 202
Strong hiring trend to continue, says employment firm’s quarterly survey, 25
Strategies to improve job readiness of welfare clients primary challenge, CED suggests, 394
Unemployment falls below 4 percent for first time in 30 years, 570
W.Va. moves to direct economy away from mountaintop mining, 181
EDUCATION
Alternative funding streams to prop up programs, says AYPF, 738
Bay State seeks to rein in costs, reduce rules in revamping special ed, 88
“Blank check” plan draws fire from GAO; bill heads for ESEA markup, 432
Budget proposals would encourage college, vo-tech studies, 330
Charter schools become public venue for specialized learning, 467
Charters’ growth prompts fund calls, 420
Checklists vs. portfolios: cost drives states’ skills test method, 592
College prep plus voc ed yields broader employment options, 56
College teacher prep should lead efforts to improve schools’ quality, 234
Council finds IDEA compliance improving, calls for enforcement, 417
Critics pan Delaware plan for three-tier high school diploma, 338
Democrats’ plan proposes merging Americorps into “teaching corps,” 73
ED, HHS agencies’ youth tracking needs tweaking, GAO finds, 201
ESEA heads for Senate floor amid partisan acrimony, 442
Experts propose revamped education system to close wealth, income gaps, 261
Functional math in high school can enhance knowledge for life, work, 282
Funding of education and training stymied by budget debate, 258
Groups rally around targeting amid flexible funding debate, 544
Growth in IDEA mainstreaming suggests upward trend, 558
Guidance restricts “Ed-Flex” waivers, 120
Harvard team pans standardized tests; Texas minorities case cited, 293
House approves Title I measure; poverty threshold at issue, 119
House lawmakers drafting response to administration’s version of reauthorized ESEA, 2
In ESEA round two House bills go to Senate; action expected by summer, 403
Ky. stresses early transition planning to cement choices, 53
Math, science development doesn’t always add up for teachers, 137
Minorities still lag academically behind peers, College Board finds, 134
President and Congress agree to provide $35.7 billion for education, 194
Procedural debates and a controversial amendment threaten ESEA reauthorization, 634
Programs attract students when school-to-college links are solid, 595
Push to give rural schools more access to federal grant money, 130
School-business links seen having long-term effects among youths, 480
School liaison position aims to link special ed, adult assistance programs, 38
School outreach determines whether business supports academic goals, 166
Schools for “bad apples” gain ground as safety expulsions grow, 6
States press Medicaid agency on guidelines to help with special ed, 448
States rated weakest at flexible hiring, strongest at quality control, 300
Tap TANF for learning centers, 420
Training, education issues could decide congressional elections, 22
Without education, training, young workers leery of future, 19
Work-based learning reforms helped balance focus on academics, tech, 319
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (ED)
Both houses pass Labor-HHS-ED conference report; veto “certain,” 147
Deadline to submit proposed state voc ed accountability measures nears, 474
Department of Education Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Request (table), 75
ED gives states leeway in allocating funds to substate agencies, districts, 168
Guidance restricts “Ed-Flex” waivers, 120
EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT
See LABOR MARKET INFORMATION; UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Business has narrow reach in workers’ homes, say witnesses, 349
Contingent work up despite roaring economy, says report, 296
Employers see worker scarcity persisting in third quarter, 657
Feds can create real full employment, say economists, 40
Mass terminations fall to lowest level in four years, says BLS, 561
More than $360.5 million available for economically distressed areas, 355
Skilled worker shortage to continue, says survey, 202
Strong hiring trend to continue, says employment firm’s quarterly survey, 25
Telework praised by executives at hearing; lawmakers eye legal issues, 148
Unemployment falls below 4 percent for first time in 30 years, 570
Witnesses urge learning, jobs link-up to ease worker shortage, 399
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
Can employment services be delivered by non-merit staff?, 71
ETA proposes new, WIA-like ES performance measurements system, 795
Part-time, low-wage workers, women would gain under reform, 747
EMPOWERMENT ZONES
Round II zone grants forgotten, witnesses tell Congress, 651
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
EEO experts advise on compliance with WIA universal access rules, 780
Some programs may be subject to charges of national-origin discrimination, 794
EX-OFFENDERS
Consider job creation rather than prisons, economists propose, 733
Crime has transferable skills, too, counselors advise clients, 608
Face to face with jail-smart clients calls for caution, 671
Shortage goads employers to seek workers in prisons, 782
Welfare reform law helps SSA stop prisoners receiving SSI, GAO says, 231
Work readiness programs lock prison doors from the outside, 799
FEDERAL BUDGET
$2 billion boost in tax credits proposed, 314
Budget proposals would encourage college, vo-tech studies, 330
Clinton requests an increase of $880 million for employment and training, 363
Department of Education Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Request (table), 75
Funding of education and training stymied by budget debate, 258
House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Summary of Budget Authority, Markup for Fiscal Year 2000 (table), 76
In ESEA round two House bills go to Senate; action expected by summer, 403
Panel asks for launch of youth work initiative, new entity in FY 2001 budget, 315
President and Congress agree to provide $35.7 billion for education, 194
Senate panel freezes training, plans small gains for rehab, 603
Voc ed trimmed in 2001 proposal; gains offered for tech prep, disabled, 366
White House focuses human services funds on child care, head start, 365
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Clarification on use of federal formula funds for WtW issued by ETA, 746
ETA releases proposed changes to WIA administrative cost classifications, 714
Fiscal integrity questions dog agency amid praise for results, 684
IG grant award survey prompts investigation; case said typical, 718
New cost rules ease compliance yet local officials fear service cutbacks, 411
R.I. officials balk at bill left by bankrupt PIC; audit discloses details, 243
FLORIDA
Can employment services be delivered by non-merit staff?, 71
Extend hours, explain WIA to new customers, say center operators, 685
Florida legislature’s proposed staffing change elicits DOL query, 539
Florida taps WIA area agency as outsource contractor for services, 382
Getting training providers WIA certified, no picnic, 430
WIA-welfare Florida board merger could consolidate state policy, 593
FOOD STAMPS
Bonuses to states awarded, new rules planned for next year, 279
Experts weigh whether TANF caseload decline spells hunger for ex-clients, 24
Poor families keep cars, still get food stamps under proposed rule, 410
Project Bread spreads the word about food stamp eligibility, 658
Some drop in food stamp use due to welfare reform, says study, 717
States, FNS cuffed on lagging electronic fraud detection, 560
States waiving recipient work rule cite scattered jobs, transport gaps, 150
FRAUD AND ABUSE
ACLU suit claims investigation without cause is unconstitutional, 747
Proprietary school for asbestos removal closed by Indiana, 493
WIC programs vendors commit more fraud than clients, says GAO, 18
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
“Blank check” plan draws fire from GAO; bill heads for ESEA markup, 432
GAO explores influence of TANF on Medicaid enrollment decreases, 124
GAO finds few sanctions; states look for ounce of prevention, 527
GAO outlines common firms’ practices for GPRA compliance, 513
WIC program’s vendors commit more fraud than clients, says GAO, 18
GOVERNMENT GRANTS
Education Department
Push to give rural schools more access to federal grant money, 130
Who’s on first? Confusion reigns on use of Pell grants, WIA funds, 443
Labor Department
Amendments ease training eligibility for TANF recipients in grant programs, 278
Clarification on use of federal formula funds for WtW issued by ETA, 746
Complexity burdens DOL program; agencies fear spending on ineligibles, 151
Congress may eliminate youth opportunity grants funding, observer warns, 50
DOL grants startup examined; Medicaid rolls drop critiqued, 495
ETA issues, seeks comments on draft YOG measures, 575
ETA to fund forums on top programs, 498
ETA, OIG have more work, fewer resources to monitor grants, 115
Failure to follow proposal plan yields risk; agency bouncing back, 736
Grants steer agencies towards greater targeting, coordination, 686
Interim final and final rules for welfare-to-work grants expected within next six months, 554
IG finds deja vu all over again in second-round TANF-WIA appraisal, 101
IG grant award survey prompts investigation; case said typical, 718
Labor’s final regs will speed up training grants’ coordination fix, 432
New eligibility rules for formula grantees, 778
NYC’s slow intake pace worries feds; targeting delays startup, 541
Second survey finds funds flow, programs run, enrollment lags, 734
Health and Human Services Department
Round II zone grants forgotten, witnesses tell Congress, 651
HARD-TO -SERVE
Indian reservations remain home to hardest cases, worst conditions, 335
Mathematica offers recipes for serving the hard-to-serve, 198
Ticking TANF clock sounds alarm on SSI-ineligible yet impaired clients, 465
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Both houses pass Labor-HHS-ED conference report; veto “certain,” 147
Committee chair presses HHS on state establishment of child support units, 70
Groups press states on expenditures; HHS shows funds committed, 451
Inspector General faults counties, states on sanctions, penalty notices, 155
White House focuses human services funds on child care, head start, 365
HERMAN, ALEXIS
Tech-driven assist expected to open labor market to impaired job seekers, 36
HISPANICS
Investment in Hispanics needed to achieve employment, school parity, 104
Low jobless rate eases search for jobs, but rate still a factor, 753
Mass. minority scores prompt fears of higher dropout rates, 227
Minorities still lag academically behind peers, College Board finds, 134
HOMELESSNESS
Analysts suggest housing aid as poverty intervention priority, 370
Food aid, housing requests rose in 1999; urban needs unmet, say mayors, 319
HUD study points to the hardships, relief needed by homeless, 263
N.Y. bishops ask for leavers data, use of surplus to aid transition, 689
NYC homeless required to work as plan clears legal hurdles, 200
Welfare reform’s subsidies ease pressure on homeless project, 512
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Analysts suggest housing aid as poverty intervention priority, 370
HUD study points to the hardships, relief needed by homeless, 263
Rental housing for low-income families out of reach of many working Americans, 34
IDAs
Researchers prove IDAs, adopted by Gore, Bush, yield savings, 765
ILLINOIS
Ill. focuses on learning problems to help TANF recipients keep jobs, 251
Options narrow for eastern miners as coal jobs disappear, 749
Program molds high school students with disabilities into leaders, 232
Supported transition program develops into postsecondary track, 135
IMMIGRATION
Bill would direct H-1B visa fees to Department of Labor, 586
English-only form denies equal access to TANF program, suit alleges, 354
H-1B visa applications surge, 642
High-tech visas reach quota limit, 482
Labor, business battle lines form as foreign worker bill reaches senate, 413
Some programs may be subject to charges of national-origin discrimination, 794
INCUMBENT WORKERS
Calif. skills agency gets higher wages for trainees, 784
Career ladders shown to propel youths to high-tech high pay, 719
Early implementers use WIA funds to supplement skill upgrading programs, 428
“Training Czar” proposed for Minn. in response to worker shortage, 316
INDIANA
Hoosiers find wrinkles in colocation, aim to develop common intake form, 367
One-stop approaches VR services with an integrated strategy, 785
Proprietary school for asbestos removal closed by Indiana, 493
JOB CORPS
Managers worried about costs try new accessibility solutions, 798
Study finds program raises pay, academics, lowers crime activity, 525
WIA adult, dislocation programs cut; Job Corps funds boosted, 587
JOB CREATION
Consider job creation rather than prisons, economists propose, 733
Feds can create real full employment, say economists, 40
Job creation reduces income inequality, urban poverty rates, 656
Jobs created outpace jobs lost, say Council of Economic Advisors, 242
Metro areas outpace all other units; mayors, counties want retargeting, 185
JOB DEVELOPMENT
Catholic groups set up leavers in employee-owned care businesses, 248
Employers seek to do good, but need workers to do well, study finds, 297
Executive offers “straight talk” on employer view of clients, 674
Joint venture seeks to increase job opportunities for disabled, 301
Temp firm gives low-income jobseekers shot at employment, 184
JOB SERVICE
See EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
States grapple with core service definition, performance measures, 84
JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT (JTPA)
See AUDITS; DISLOCATED WORKERS; FRAUD AND ABUSE; JOB CORPS
Few substantive changes in nondiscrimination and equal opportunity provisions of JTPA and WIA, 178
Local area count still reflects JTPA, nomenclature in flux, 355
W.Va. officials look to mitigate impact of transition from JTPA, 731
KENTUCKY
Kentucky defers adding customer measures until after transition, 476
Ky. stresses early transition planning to cement choices, 53
One-stop approaches VR services with an integrated strategy, 785
Options narrow for eastern miners as coal jobs disappear, 749
LABOR DEPARTMENT (DOL)
Agencies want policy cover before charging for training, project finds, 4
Agency puts reorganization theory mandated under WIA into practice, 116
Baby UI rules released to chorus of mixed emotions, 669
Both houses pass Labor-HHS-ED conference report; veto “certain,” 147
Business has narrow reach in workers’ homes, say witnesses, 349
Client support services help boost placements, says DOL, 555
Clinton requests an increase of $880 million for employment and training, 363
Disability programs’ place in fed structure debate rekindled, 506
DOL’s one-stop software to be tested in five states, 523
ETA official responds on rules, outlines system’s challenges, 619
ETA proposes new, WIA-like ES performance measurements system, 795
ETA seeks record data, quarterly and annual report input, 515
ETA to fund forums on top programs, 498
ETA, OIG have more work, fewer resources to monitor grants, 115
Florida legislature’s proposed staffing change elicits DOL query, 539
Funding allotments, Wagner-Peyser estimates released by ETA, 402
H-1B visa applications surge, 642
House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Summary of Budget Authority, Markup for Fiscal Year 2000 (table), 76
Labor-HHS-ED conference report; veto “certain,” 147
New ETA guidance examines measuring process, points to early setup issues, 460
New paper outlines WIA Title I incentive and sanction policy, 477
Rep. Johnson rebukes DOL for “Baby UI” regulations; GOP bill weighed, 446
LABOR MARKET INFORMATION
BLS finds mass dislocation decline, 707
Focus on earning power, not job placements urges Bay State paper, 464
Jobless rate hikes back up, 4.1 percent in May, says BLS, 635
Jobless rates lower in 220 metropolitan areas, says BLS, 265
Joblessness up in 75 metro areas over the year, says BLS, 185
Mass terminations fall to lowest level in four years, says BLS, 561
Metro areas outpace all other units; mayors, counties want retargeting, 185
New labor classifications released by OMB; replaces 1980 version, 202
Skilled, unskilled workers needed in counties seeking to woo businesses, 169
Skilled worker shortage to continue, says survey, 202
LAYOFFS
BLS finds mass dislocation decline, 707
Mass terminations fall to lowest level in four years, says BLS, 561
Options narrow for eastern miners as coal jobs disappear, 749
LEARNING TO WORK
Witnesses urge learning, jobs link-up to ease worker shortage, 399
Work-based learning reforms helped balance focus on academics, tech, 319
LEGISLATION
(For bills with assigned bill numbers only. For information on bills without assigned bill numbers, see subject matter.)
HR
2, Student Results Act of 1999, would send more dollars to the classroom, Goodling (R-Pa) introduces, mention, 453
5, Senior Citizens’ Freedom to Work Act, would amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the earnings test for individuals who have reached retirement age, Johnson (R-Texas) introduces, 395, passed by House, 469, passed by Senate, 484, signed into law by President Clinton, 516
325, Fair Minimum Wage Act of 1999, would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage, Bonior (D-Mich) introduces, 458
364, Veterans Employment and Training Bill of Rights Act of 1999, mention, 164
625, Veterans Education Benefits Equity Act of 1999, mention, 164
782, Older Americans Act Amendments of 1999, would distribute more funds in the Senior Community Service Employment Program to states, Barrett (R-Neb) introduces, approved in House Education and the Workforce Committee, 60, mention, 752
833, Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999, containing an amendment to raise the minimum wage over the next two years, Gekas (R-Pa) introduces, passed by the Senate, 386
1180, Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, would amend the Social Security Act to provide people with disabilities meaningful opportunities to work, Lazio (R-NY) introduces, conference report approved, 196, President Clinton signs into law, 274, mention, 730
1482, Welfare to Work Amendments of 1999, would help hardest to serve welfare recipients, Cardin (D-Md) introduces, 35
1637, Older Americans Act Amendments of 1999, would keep the present funding formula of 78 percent to national grantees and 22 percent to state agencies, Martinez (D-Calif) introduces, 3
1830, Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1999, would expand eligibility and adjust administrative funding of UI program, Levin (D-Mich) introduces, 427
1995, Teacher Empowerment Act, McKeon (R-Calif) introduces, mention, 453
2101, Work Opportunity Tax Credit Reform and Improvement Act of 1999, sponsored by Houghton (R-NY), would permanently extend the WOTC and allow certain tax-exempt organizations a credit against employment taxes in the amount equivalent to the WOTC allowable to taxable employers, mention, 572
2300, Academic Achievement for All Act, would offer states increased flexibility in using federal education dollars in return for academic success, Goodling (R-Pa) introduces, 432, mention, 453
3070, Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, would provide vouchers for people with disabilities to obtain rehabilitation and employment services, Hulsof (R-Mo) introduces, approved by House Ways and Means Committee, alternative to HR 1180 introduced by Lazio (R-NY) in March 1999, 125
3073, Fathers Count Act of 1999, would extend eligibility for public and private programs to help increase income to long-term welfare recipients and noncustodial parents with children on public assistance, Johnson (R-Conn) introduces, Ways and Means Committee approves, 157, markup, 172
3081, the Wage and Employment Growth Act of 1999, would increase the federal minimum wage and amend the tax code to provide tax benefits for small businesses, Lazio (R-NY) introduces, referred to Ways and Means and Education and the Workforce committees, 125, mention, 458
3150, The Welfare Tracking Act of 1999, would require tracking of several key measures of family well-being, Maloney (D-NY) introduces, 172
3172, Welfare-to-Work amendments, passed by House Education and the Workforce Committee, 172
3174, Employment Security Financing Act of 1999, would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Social Security Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act and the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, McCrery (R-La) introduces, 157, mention, 427
3443, Foster Care Independence Act, would increase funding for programs that help teenagers make the transition from foster care, introduced by Johnson (R-Conn), 226, signed by President Clinton, 283
3530, Home Workplace Preservation Act, would amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to relieve employers of responsibility for safety violations in home offices, Shaw (R-Fla) introduces, 349
3539, Home Protection Enhancement Act, would amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to exclude work performed in employees’ residences, Hayworth (R-Ariz) introduces, 349
3708, Parity for Part-Time Workers Act, would allow eligible unemployed part-time workers to collect UI benefits, Cardin (D-Md) introduces, 427
3983, Helping to Improve Technology Education and Achievement Act, would raise the current cap on H-1B visas, Dreier (R-Calif) and Lofgren (D-Calif) introduce, 482
4141, Education OPTIONS Act, would further cut strings to federal education funding and increase local control over schools, Goodling (R-Pa) introduces, approved by Education and the Workforce Committee, 580
4402, Training and Education for American Workers Act, would direct to the Department of Labor fees employers pay to obtain H-1B visas, Goodling (R-Pa) introduces, passed committee, 586
4678, Child Support Distribution Act of 2000, to provide more child support money to families leaving welfare, Johnson introduces, approved by House Ways and Means committee, 756
4765, 21st Century Veterans Employment and Training Act, would create an electronic one-stop career center, entitle veterans to priority of service in federal employment and training programs, Quinn (R-NY) introduces, 715
4781, Apprenticeship Enhancement Act of 2000, would amend the National Apprenticeship Act, Wicker (R-Miss) introduces, 756
4923, Community Renewal and New Markets Act of 2000, would provide tax incentives for the renewal of distressed communities, Watts (R-Okla) introduces, passed by House, 756
S
1203, Older Americans Act Amendments of 1999, would keep the present funding formula of 78 percent to national grantees and 22 percent to state agencies, Mikulski (D-Md) introduces, 3, mention, 752
1317, Welfare to Work Amendments of 1999, would help hardest to serve welfare recipients, Akaka (D-Hawaii) introduces, 35
1509, would amend the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to strengthen job creation on reservations, Campbell (R-Col) introduced, reported in the Senate, 602
1536, Older Americans Act Amendments of 1999, would change the distribution of funds, allocating 55 percent to national organizations and 45 percent for state agencies, DeWine (R-Ohio) introduces, 3, mention, 752
1814, Agricultural Job Opportunity Benefits and Security Act of 1999, would establish a system of registries of temporary agricultural workers, Graham (D-Fla) introduces, 157
2045, the American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act, would increase the cap on H1-B visas to 195,000 over the next three years, Abraham (R-Mich) and Hatch (R-Utah) introduce, 386
2254, Public Education Reinvestment, Reinvention, and Responsibility Act, would increase federal spending by $35 million, Lieberman (D-Conn) introduces, 516
2284, Minimum Wage Increase Act of 2000, would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the federal minimum wage, Daschle (D-SD) and Kennedy (D-Mass) introduce, 500
2764, National and Community Service Amendments Act of 2000, would amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, Jeffords (R-Vt) introduces, reported out of Senate HELP committee, 756.
2825, Tax Relief For Working Families Act of 2000, would increase earned income tax credit for families with three or more children, Rockefeller (D-WVa) introduces, 756
2966, Wage Awareness Protection Act, would prohibit employers from having confidentiality policies regarding sharing of salary information by employees, Jeffords (R-Vt) introduces, 762
LITERACY
Skills standards for adults defined in new literacy institute guide, 318
LOUISIANA
Shortage goads employers to seek workers in prisons, 782
LOCAL WORKFORCE AREAS
Local area count still reflects JTPA, nomenclature in flux, 355
Local areas in Arkansas ask to provide services, cite low funds, 683
Local areas’ umbrella memos keep partnerships from raining on parade, 331
Ohio merges areas for federal purposes, creates subdivisions, 620
W.Va. doubles workforce areas to pass control from state to locals, 459
W.VA. officials look to mitigate impact of transition from JTPA, 731
MAINE
States vie to make sure technical education goes to college, 415
MANPOWER DEMONSTRATION RESEARCH CORPORATION (MDRC)
State reports client placement rate doubling; nationally hunger persists, 384
MANUFACTURING
Job security linked to “right skills,” manufacturers’ group emphasizes, 21
Layoffs prompt three-way reemployment program partnership, 74
MARYLAND
Intensive training aims to change attitudes as prelude to work, 771
States update worker profiling, reemployment service methods, 801
Treatment leads to job training under Maryland pilot program, 197
MASSACHUSETTS
Bay State seeks to rein in costs, reduce rules in revamping special ed, 88
Clients far from Mass. transit get their own wheels to keep job, 90
Focus on earning power, not job placements urges Bay State paper, 464
Mass. minority scores prompt fears of higher dropout rates, 227
Mass. supporters, critics draw wagons round report’s findings, 496
Mayor antes up in political game over youth funding, 781
MICHIGAN
Career ladders shown to propel youths to high-tech high pay, 719
Suit halts Michigan TANF drug screening; could affect training, 179
MIGRANT WORKERS
ED, HHS agencies’ youth tracking needs tweaking, GAO finds, 201
MINNESOTA
Earnings rise for clients, but benefits gap prevents retention, 576
English-only form denies equal access to TANF program, suit alleges, 354
Split functions aim to breathe new life into research entity, 604
States find different vehicles, outcomes for parental leave, 509
States update worker profiling, reemployment service methods, 801
Survey in Minnesota finds more job training programs than expected, 398
“Training Czar” proposed for Minn. in response to worker shortage, 316
MISSISSIPPI
Rural Miss. leavers seen facing tougher barriers to employment, 23
MISSOURI
Board directors adjust to WIA-wrought changes in Missouri, 291
NATIVE AMERICANS
Bill would strengthen job creation on reservations, 602
Indian reservations remain home to hardest cases, worst conditions, 335
Minorities still lag academically behind peers, College Board finds, 134
NEBRASKA
Nebraska workforce board selects private contractor, 571
NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire law eases redress for gender pay bias, 605
NEW JERSEY
Agencies take village approach to secure noncustodial parent support, 449
NEW YORK
Harvard team pans standardized tests; Texas minorities case cited, 293
MOU partners need to agree on accountability, says NYDOL, 414
NY builders, unions join forces to enroll youths as apprentices, 802
NYC homeless required to work as plan clears legal hurdles, 200
NYC’s slow intake pace worries feds; targeting delays startup, 541
New York state plan ought to be rewritten, says poverty group, 526
Technology tapped to keep clients in school through AA, 511
Temp firm gives low-income jobseekers shot at employment, 184
Union urges federal outsourcing rules amid New York allegations, 556
NORTH CAROLINA
Church-business venture turns into model adopted by 30 communities, 419
OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK
Options narrow for eastern miners as coal jobs disappear, 749
Significant decline of trained nurses by 2010 predicted, 705
OHIO
Ohio merges areas for federal purposes, creates subdivisions, 620
Split functions aim to breathe new life into research entity, 604
Stand-alone Ohio agency develops replicable transportation aid model, 352
Two states look to form single areas to even out funding, 51
OLDER WORKERS
House witnesses favor lifting Social Security earnings cap, 395
New policies needed for older-worker-friendly workplace, 131
Older Americans Act bill moves out of Senate committee, 752
Title V funding formula debate holds up Older Americans reauthorization, 3
ONE-STOP CAREER CENTERS
Blind groups stake out turf as “one-stop” policy merges services, 542
Capitol Hill: Are WIA’s new career centers serving welfare leavers?, 699
DOL’s one-stop software to be tested in five states, 523
ETA promoting one-stop centers to new disability intiative, 656
Extend hours, explain WIA to new customers, say center operators, 685
Four-state consortium to use Pennsylvania one-stop system, 508
Guide to help boards certify one-stops, measure success, 462
Hoosiers find wrinkles in colocation, aim to develop common intake form, 367
Kiosks, program partnerships tested as low-cost, no-staff service centers, 396
Local areas’ umbrella memos keep partnerships from raining on parade, 331
More than one way to build a one-stop, operators find, 670
MOU partners need to agree on accountability, says NYDOL, 414
New ETA guidance examines measuring process, points to early setup issues, 460
Notice outlines cost-sharing methods for one-stop partners, 682
Officials urge groups to speak up in WIBs to ensure needs are met, 764
One-stop approaches VR services with an integrated strategy, 785
Staff certification seen likely to replace MSW, similar degrees, 638
WIA local centers seen leveraging education, rehabilitation programs, 350
WIA one-stop operators plead with IV-A agencies for TANF referrals, 85
OREGON
Pilot program seeks to employ workers with disabilities, 589
Vocational counseling, guidance render Oregon youths ready, 122
PAY EQUITY
Legislation prohibits businesses from preventing employees’ sharing salary information, 762
Nontraditional workers underpaid agency confirms, 768
Panelists debate employer role in reducing wage gap between the sexes, 121
Race bias, not skills gap, causes wage inequity, League paper says, 227
PENNSYLVANIA
Four-state consortium to use Pennsylvania one-stop system, 508
More than one way to build a one-stop, operators find, 670
Nonprofit subcontractors’ lax efforts halt Phila. venture, 609
Pa. areas illustrate diversity of substate structures under WIA, 275
Pa. snapshot shows jobs, traditional reasons spurred leavers, 300
PERKINS REAUTHORIZATION
Perkins community casts wary glance at WIA implementation, 624
Proposed guidance for WIA, Perkins unified plan released, 102
POLITICS
ESEA heads for Senate floor amid partisan acrimony, 442
Education, technical amendments, reauthorization of TANF, likely order of congressional focus, aides say, 346
Funding of education and training stymied by budget debate, 258
IRS report on low-income credit snags becomes fodder for debate, 334
Procedural debates and a controversial amendment threaten ESEA reauthorization, 634
Training, education issues could decide congressional elections, 22
POVERTY
$2 billion boost in tax credits proposed, 314
Agencies take village approach to secure noncustodial parent support, 449
Americans support measures to help people find and keep new jobs, even if it costs more, 618
Analysts suggest housing aid as poverty intervention priority, 370
Book outlines family budget, critiques poverty measures, 591
Church-business venture turns into model adopted by 30 communities, 419
Church taps record donations to aid communities left behind by boom, 183
Democrats’ plan proposes merging Americorps into “teaching corps,” 73
Depression dogs single mothers, 433
Earned income tax credit expansion proposed, 522
Food aid, housing requests rose in 1999; urban needs unmet, say mayors, 319
House approves Title I measure; poverty threshold at issue, 119
House lawmakers drafting response to administration’s version of reauthorized ESEA, 2
HUD study points to the hardships, relief needed by homeless, 263
Job creation reduces income inequality, urban poverty rates, 656
NYC Homeless required to work as plan clears legal hurdles, 200
New York state plan ought to be rewritten, says poverty group, 526
Panelists urged to focus on policy evaluations of PRWORA, 98
Poor families keep cars, still get food stamps under proposed rule, 410
Poor families’ high housing costs prompts HUD call for vouchers, 529
Push to give rural schools more access to federal grant money, 130
Researchers prove IDAs, adopted by Gore, Bush, yield savings, 765
State reports client placement rate doubling; nationally hunger persists, 384
States should consider raising minimum wage, benefits says report, 333
TANF reserves leverage funds to propel leavers up economic ladder, 497
Tax credits, training, family visa curb urged to pare down immigrant poor, 56
Tax relief for poor families growing; some states still levy on low incomes, 479
Wage campaigns seek higher pay; critics see low-skill jobs shutout, 368
Wage hike kicks in too slowly to help poor, say analysts of Senate bill, 181
Watch funds targeting for high-poverty youth, GAO urges, 721
PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCILS (PICs)
R.I. officials balk at bill left by bankrupt PIC; audit discloses details, 243
PRIVATIZATION
L.A. nears outsourced casework; Lockheed, Maximus bids reviewed, 396
L.A. Study of TANF privatization yields conflicting cost-benefit evidence, 493
Nebraska workforce board selects private contractor, 571
Welfare outsourcing spurred by caseloads, service mix, policy, 606
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Audit prompts TANF accountability rules for community agencies, 575
ETA releases proposed changes to WIA administrative cost classifications, 714
IG grant award survey prompts investigation; case said typical, 718
New eligibility rules for formula grantees, 778
Possible UI data disclosure raises ruckus in Wyoming, 540
PROGRAM PERFORMANCE
Bonuses to states awarded, new rules planned for next year, 279
Client support services help boost placements, says DOL, 555
Deadline to submit proposed state voc ed accountability measures nears, 474
ETA proposes new, WIA-like ES performance measurements system, 795
ETA seeks record data, quarterly and annual report input, 515
GAO outlines common firms’ practices for GPRA compliance, 513
Kentucky defers adding customer measures until after transition, 476
Locals question use of UI records; SESAs worry about confidentiality, 475
Measuring WIA results will call for balancing act, say ETA officials, 277
Money-for-results link found missing in accountability program, 510
MOU partners need to agree on accountability, says NYDOL, 414
New ETA guidance examines measuring process, points to early setup issues, 460
New paper outlines WIA Title I incentive and sanction policy, 477
New pilot program to test UI wage record sharing, privacy system, 507
Reckon “return on investment” to show WIA payoff in business terms, 704
Rehabilitation Act evaluation and performance regs released, 650
State proposes 15 extra program measures; locals fear numbers, 444
States grapple with core service definition, performance measures, 84
Vendor closed down for poor performance; counterclaim entered, 20
PUBLICATIONS
Department of Education
An Institutional Perspective on Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education, 57
Designing Effective Professional Development: Lessons from the Eisenhower Program, 137
Making Joint Commitments: Roles of Schools, Employers and Students in Implementing National Skills Standards, 167
Nondiscrimination in High-Stakes Testing: A Resource Guide, 42
Twenty-first Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 558
Vocational Education in the United States: Toward the Year 2000, 415
Department of Health and Human Services
Early Implementation of the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program: Findings from Exploratory Site Visits and Review of Program Plans, 495
Further Progress, Persistent Constraints: Findings from a Second Survey of the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program, 734
Helping Families Achieve Self-Sufficiency: A Guide on Funding Services for Children and Families through the TANF program, 199
Training and Employment Guidance Letter 11-99, 734
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rental Housing Assistance: The Worsening Crisis, 529
Department of Labor
Assisting Unemployment Insurance Claimants: The Long-Term Impacts of the Job Search Assistance Demonstration, 688
Dislocated Worker Program Report: Findings from the Career Management Account Demonstration Project, 195
Emergency Unemployment Compensation: The 1990s Experience, 5
Evaluation of Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services: Final Report, 166
Futurework: Trends and Challenges for the 21st Century, 36
Integrating Year-Round and Summer Employment and Training Services for Youth Under the Workforce Investment Act: Technical Assistance Guide, 751
National Job Corps Study: The Short-Term Impacts of Job Corps on Participants’ Employment and Related Outcomes, 525
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, 623
Program Guidance for Implementation of Comprehensive Youth Services Under WIA During the Summer of 2000, 348
Resource Sharing for Workforce Investment Act One-Stop Centers: Methodologies for Paying or Funding Each Partner Program’s Fair Share of Allocable One-Stop Costs, 682
Second Round Welfare to Work Survey, 101
Semiannual Report to the Congress October 1, 1999 - March 31, 2000, 636
Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 1-00, 714
Training and Employment Guidance Letter 11-99, 734
WIA Performance Accountability, 277
General Accounting Office
Amid Declines, Sate Efforts to Ensure Coverage After Welfare Reform Vary, 124
Better Use of Electronic Data Could Result in Disqualifying More Recipients Who Traffic Benefits, 560
Contingent Workers: Incomes and Benefits lag Behind Those of Rest of Workforce, 768
Early Childhood Programs and Services for Low-Income Families, 299
Efforts to Control Fraud and Abuse in the WIC Program Can Be Strengthened, 18
Food Stamp Program: How States Are Using Federal Waivers of the Work Requirement, 150
Human Capital: Key Principles From Nine Private Sector Organizations, 513
Medicaid and Special Education: Coordination of Services for Children with Disabilities is Evolving, 448
Migrant Children: Education and HHS Need to Improve the Exchange of Participant Information, 201
School Finance: State and Federal Efforts to Target Poor Students, 545
Supplemental Security Income: Incentive Payments Have Reduced Benefit Overpayments to Prisoners, 231
Title I Program: Stronger Accountability Needed for Performance of Disadvantaged Students, 721
Welfare Reform: State Sanction Policies and Number of Families Affected, 527
Welfare Reform: Work-Site Based Activities Can Play an Important Role in TANF Programs, 767
Other
2000 Economic Report of the President, 381
A Guide to Disability Rights Laws, 656
A Hand Up: How State Earned Income Tax Credits Help Working Families Escape Poverty, 228
A Nation of Opportunity: Building America’s 21st Century Workforce, 700
A National Survey of American Attitudes Towards Low-Wage Workers and Welfare Reform, 618
Back to School on Civil Rights: Advancing the Federal Commitment to Leave No Child Behind, 417
Back to Shared Prosperity: The Growing Inequality of Wealth and income in America, 261
Be All That We Can Be: Lessons from the Military for Improving Our Nation’s Child Care System, 691
Beyond Eighth Grade: Functional Mathematics for Life and Work, 282
Blind and Visually Impaired Students: Educational Service Guidelines, 230
Blueprint for the Capital Region: Regional Policy Report, 498
Business Participation in Welfare-to-Work: Lessons from the United States, 152
Changes in Income Inequality Within U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 656
Charter Schools and Special Education: Balancing Disparate Visions, 467
Career Academies: Impacts on Students’ Engagement and Performance in High School, 353
Crime and Work: What we can learn from the low-wage labor market, 733
Current and Former Welfare Recipients: How do they Differ?, 250
Devolution of Employment Services, 71
Down and Out in the United States, 40
Education = Success: Empowering Hispanic Youth and Adults, 104
Effects of Agency Structure and Client Characteristics on Rehabilitation Services and outcomes for Consumers Who are Blind, 544
Employer Demand for Welfare Recipients By Race, 753
Employer Involvement in Work-Based Learning Programs, 297
Encouraging Work, Reducing Poverty: The Impact of Work Incentive Programs, 607
Ensuring A Strong U.S. Scientific, Technical, And Engineering Workforce in the 21st Century, 546
Equipped for the Future Content Standards: What Adults Need to Know and Be Able to Do in the 21st Century, 318
Finding Jobs: Work and Welfare Reform, 691
Full Employment Has Not Been Achieved, 40
High Hopes, Little Trust: A study of young workers and their attitudes towards employers, jobs and the new economy, 19
Housing the Poor: Federal Programs for Low-Income Families, 628
How Can We Help? Lessons from Federal Dropout-Prevention Programs, 88
How Much is Enough: What is an Adequate Family Income for a Working Family?, 591
Immigration’s Impact on the Size and Growth of the Poor Population in the United States, 56
Implications of an Aging Registered Nurse Workforce, 706
Jobs First: Implementation and Early Impacts of Connecticut’s Welfare Reform Initiative, 384
Learning in the Labor Market: the Changing Importance of Education and Training After Formal School Ends, 133
Living Wage Policy: The Basics, 769
Looking Forward: School-to-Work Principles and Strategies for Sustainability, 738
Making the Grade?: What American Workers Think Should be Done to Improve Education, 706
Minnesota Inventory of Employment and Training Programs, 398
Myths and Tradeoffs: The Role of Tests in Undergraduate Admissions, 42
National Disability Policy: A Progress Report, November1, 1997, to October 31, 1998, 543
National Plan for Training Personnel to Serve Children with Blindness and Low Vision, 547
National Taxpayer Advocate’s FY 1999 Annual Report to Congress, 334
New Opportunities for Older Workers, 131
No Shortage of “Nonstandard” Jobs, 296
Nothing But Net: American Workers and the Information Economy, 380
Opportunity Knocks: Training the Commonwealth’s Workers for the New Economy, 464
Out of Reach, 34
Paid Family Leave: At What Cost?, 556
Performance Excellence in One-Stop Career Center Operations, 462
Paradox of our Times: Hunger in a Strong Economy, 385
Pathways to Good Paying Careers: How Young Adults Obtain Good Paying Jobs Without Four-Year Degrees, 719
Pulling Apart: A State by State Analysis of Income Trends, 333
Reassessing a Decade of Reform: Workforce Development and the Changing Economy, 319
Reaching All Job-Seekers: Employment Programs for Hard-to-Employ Populations, 198
Reaching the Top, 134
Recent Changes in the Impact of the Safety Net on Child Poverty, 321
Re-charting the Course: If Not Now, When?, 506
Remember the Children: Mothers Balance Work and Child Care under Welfare Reform, 434
Skill Wars: Winning the Battle for Productivity and Profit, 265
Special Education in Massachusetts, 496
State Income Tax Burdens on Low-Income Families in 1999, 480
Steady Work and Better Jobs, 132
Steady Work and Better Jobs: How to Help Low Income Parents Sustain Employment and Advance in the Workforce, 787
Steps to Success: Helping Women with Alcohol and Drug Problems Move from Welfare to Work, 180
Tech Prep Implementation and Preliminary Student Outcomes for Eight Local Tech Prep Corsortia, 595
The American Community College Turns 100: A Look at its Students, Programs and Prospects, 577
The Decline in Food Stamp Program Participation in the 1990s, 717
The EITC: Expectation, Knowledge, Use, and Economic and Social Mobility, 628
The Growing Impact of Charitable Choice: A Catalogue of New Collaborations Between Government and Faith-Based Organizations in Nine States, 673
The Initial Impacts of Welfare Reform on the Economic Well-Being of Single-Mother Families, 24
The Low-Wage Labor Market: Challenges and Opportunities for Economic Self-Sufficiency, 401
The Minimum Wage Increase: A Working Women’s Issue, 82
The Quest for Better Teachers: Grading the States, 301
The Role of Intermediaries in Linking TANF Recipients with Jobs, 606
The State of Charter Schools, 420
The State of the American Workforce, 21
The State of Black America, 1999, 227
Ticket to Nowhere: The Gap Between Leaving High School and Entering College and High-Performance Jobs, 280
Title I in Alabama: The Struggle to Meet Basic Needs, 90
Title I in Midstream: The Fight to Improve Schools for Poor Kids, 91
To Touch the Future: Transforming the Way Teachers are Taught, 234
Tracking of TANF Clients, 23
20 Million Jobs: January 1993-November 1999, 242
U.S. Metro Economies: Gross Metropolitan Product by State, 186
U.S. Metro Economies: The Engines of America’s Economic Growth, 186
Using TANF to Finance Out-of-school Time and Community School Initiatives, 420
Vermont Job Gap Study, 491
Welfare Reform After Two Years, 300
REFERENCE FILE SUPPLEMENTS
340, 11/15/99, contains OMB circulars on audits and financial management
341, 2/7/00, contains the 2000 Workforce Investment System directory
342, 7/17/00, contains final rules on Vocational Rehabilitation outcomes, LLSILs
343, 8/28/00, contains final regulations governing WIA
REGULATIONS
Baby UI rules released to chorus of mixed emotions, 669
Clarification on use of federal formula funds for WtW issued by ETA, 746
DOL to allow governors to apply JTPA hold-harmless provision, 146
Disabled should be employed in integrated setting, say proposed rules, 698
EEO experts advise on compliance with WIA universal access rules, 780
ETA official responds on rules, outlines system’s challenges, 619
ETA releases draft revision of WIA “administrative cost” definitions, 260
ETA releases WIA final rules late, but with few changes, as promised, 779
Few substantive changes in nondiscrimination and equal opportunity provisions of JTPA and WIA, 178
Final WIA and interim final and final welfare-to-work grants rules expected within six months, 554
Labor’s final regs will speed up training grants’ coordination fix, 432
Proposed use of UI funds for family leave stirs debate; states weigh idea, 244
Rehabiliation Act evaluation and performance regs released, 650
Rep. Johnson rebukes DOL for “Baby UI” regulations; GOP bill weighed, 446
States, ETA caught behind schedule drafting plans, issuing regulations, 259
WIA cost provisions concern OIG; DOL grant programs off to slow start, 246
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Competition, new requirements under WIA test 2-year schools, 640
ETA issues, seeks comments on draft YOG measures, 575
ETA seeks record data, quarterly and annual report input, 515
New ETA guidance examines measuring process, points to early setup issues, 460
Proposed guidance for WIA, Perkins unified plan released, 102
RHODE ISLAND
R.I. launches work support to stop TANF clock with help from business, 262
R.I. officials balk at bill left by bankrupt PIC; audit discloses details, 243
SCHOOL-TO-WORK PROGRAMS
Alternative funding streams to prop up programs, says AYPF, 738
Employers seek to do good, but need workers to do well, study finds, 297
Officials straddle programs, targeting to keep school links, 702
WIA panels may help school-to-work programs past STWOA’s 2001 sunset, 452
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Author proposes skills certificate to drive career-building education, 265
Career ladders shown to propel youths to high-tech high pay, 719
Early implementers use WIA funds to supplement skill upgrading programs, 428
Education, training policies seen central to future prosperity, 381
Functional math in high school can enhance knowledge for life, work, 282
Job security linked to “right skills,” manufacturers’ group emphasizes, 21
Joint venture seeks to increase job opportunities for disabled, 301
Math, science development doesn’t always add up for teachers, 137
Minority, disabled communities join to promote high-tech learning strategy, 106
Minority jobseekers need help with “soft” skills to close perceived gap, 163
Nation at risk for want of high-tech skills, says panel, 700
Nontraditional workers needed for high-tech jobs, report warns, 546
Project offers credentials for skills from on-the-job training, 737
Skills standards for adults defined in new literacy institute guide, 318
Temp firm gives low-income jobseekers shot at employment, 184
Without education, training, young workers leery of future, 19
Workers “concerned” about students’ job preparation, 706
Workers found favoring tax breaks to spur paid computer training, 380
STANDARDS
Checklists vs. portfolios: cost drives states’ skills test method, 592
College teacher prep should lead efforts to improve schools’ quality, 234
Research council weighs in on SAT, ACT use, impact on college diversity, 42
School graduates, college entrants should meet same standards, 280
School outreach determines whether business supports academic goals, 166
Staff certification seen likely to replace MSW, similar degrees, 638
States rated weakest at flexible hiring, strongest at quality control, 300
STATE PLANS
Florida legislature’s proposed staffing change elicits DOL query, 539
Only nine states have met requirements to implement training program under WIA, 666
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Suit halts Michigan TANF drug screening; could affect training, 179
Treatment leads to job training under Maryland pilot program, 197
SUMMER YOUTH
Congress fails to pass emergency appropriations bill; youth programs will suffer, experts warn, 538
Fewer funds for serving youth in summer 2000 concerns mayors, 347
Mayor antes up in political game over youth funding, 781
New draft guidance highlights ways to overcome youth funding shortfall, 348
President Clinton asks for additional $40 million for summer jobs for youth, 490
School-linked coordinators can mesh summer, year-round effort, 751
States tap TANF as alternative source for summer jobs funding, 622
SURVEYS
Employers see worker scarcity persisting in third quarter, 657
Public supports paying taxes to help working poor, pollster finds, 655
Workers “concerned” about students’ job preparation, 706
TANF
Amendments ease training eligibility for TANF recipients in grant programs, 278
Audit prompts TANF accountability rules for community agencies, 575
Bonuses to states awarded, new rules planned for next year, 279
Cut back on work requirements, policy analyst suggests, 362
Education, technical amendments, reauthorization of TANF, likely order of congressional focus, aides say, 346
English-only form denies equal access to TANF program, suit alleges, 354
Forget about “MOE” money, officials say; use direct TANF funds instead, 199
Groups press states on expenditures; HHS shows funds committed, 451 <