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 1996-03-04 monographic deposited born digital 42 p. GA 1.13:HEHS-96-40 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-40 P0b002ee18038f0a5 f:he96040 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-40 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-40 HEHS-96-40 Youth employment programs Labor statistics Employment or training programs Disadvantaged persons Proposed legislation Vocational rehabilitation Education or training Income statistics Unemployment rates CAREERS Act JTPA Job Training Partnership Act Program National JTPA Study Letter Report HEHS The federal government spends billions of dollars annually to support employment training programs, but little is known about their long-term effect on participants' earnings and employment rates. GAO analysis found some positive effects of the Job Training Partnership Act--the cornerstone of the federal employment training effort--in the years immediately following training. However, neither employment rates nor earnings were significantly higher for participants than for nonparticipants five years after training. In some earlier years, adults (but not youth) who received training had earnings or employment rates significantly higher than those of the control group. By the fifth year, each of the four treatment groups had earnings and employment rates that were nominally higher than those of the control group. Because none of the fifth-year differences were statistically significant, however, GAO could not attribute the higher earnings to training provided under the act rather than to chance alone. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-40/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-40.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-40/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-40.pdf GAO/HEHS-96-40 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-40 Letter Report GAO/HEHS-96-40; Job Training Partnership Act: Long-Term Earnings and Employment Outcomes; Youth employment programs Labor statistics Employment or training programs Disadvantaged persons Proposed legislation Vocational rehabilitation Education or training Income statistics Unemployment rates CAREERS Act JTPA Job Training Partnership Act Program National JTPA Study