Multiple Employment Training Programs: How Legislative Proposals Address
Concerns (Testimony, 08/04/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-221).

More than 150 federal programs provide employment training assistance to
adults and out-of-school youth.  Although these programs are well
intended, they raise several concerns.  First, they are difficult for
jobseekers and employers to access and for administrators to implement.
Second, they overlap and duplicate one another, adding unnecessary
administrative costs to program operation. Third, they fail to meet
client needs.  Fourth, many programs lack the basic monitoring and
evaluation systems to determine whether the programs are achieving
desired results. During the past year, Members of Congress introduced 13
bills to restructure parts of the federal employment training system.
In GAO's view, these proposals represent a significant stride in the
development of a customer-oriented system that will address the concerns
already mentioned.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-HEHS-94-221
     TITLE:  Multiple Employment Training Programs: How Legislative 
             Proposals Address Concerns
      DATE:  08/04/94
   SUBJECT:  Vocational education
             Employment or training programs
             Aid for training or employment
             Program management
             Education program evaluation
             Disadvantaged persons
             Administrative costs
             Data collection operations
             Proposed legislation
             Cost effectiveness analysis
IDENTIFIER:  CAREERS Act
             Job Training Consolidation Act of 1994
             Reemployment Act of 1994
             Independence for Families Act
             Local Flexibility Act of 1993
             Working Off Welfare Act
             School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1993
             
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