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 1994-08-04 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-HEHS-94-221 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-94-221 P0b002ee180390f23 f:the94221 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-94-221 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-94-221 T-HEHS-94-221 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 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 Testimony HEHS 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. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-94-221/html/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-94-221.htm GAO/T-HEHS-94-221 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-94-221 Testimony GAO/T-HEHS-94-221; Multiple Employment Training Programs: How Legislative Proposals Address Concerns; 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 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