United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-03-02 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:HEHS-94-88 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-94-88 P0b002ee18037c95b f:he94088 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-94-88 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-94-88 HEHS-94-88 Employment or training programs Disadvantaged persons Monitoring Aid for training or employment Statistical data Data collection operations Vocational education Education program evaluation Food Stamp Employment and Training Program Even Start Program Letter Report HEHS Federal agencies closely monitor the billions of dollars they spend on employment training for the poor. The federal government plans to spend an estimated $17 billion in fiscal year 1994 to help the economically disadvantaged compete in the workforce. Most agencies, however, neither collect information on participant outcomes nor study program effectiveness--both of which are needed to know how well programs are helping participants enter or reenter the workforce. As a result, agencies cannot be sure how successful the programs have been in preparing people to obtain jobs. Even when participants were hired, agencies did not know whether the employment resulted from program participation or whether participants would have found the same kind of jobs without federal assistance. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-94-88/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-94-88.htm GAO/HEHS-94-88 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-94-88 Letter Report GAO/HEHS-94-88; Multiple Employment Training Programs: Most Federal Agencies Do Not Know If Their Programs Are Working Effectively; Employment or training programs Disadvantaged persons Monitoring Aid for training or employment Statistical data Data collection operations Vocational education Education program evaluation Food Stamp Employment and Training Program Even Start Program