Abstract
Available data show that JTPA has provided some economically disadvantaged black women with employment and training services. Many black women who had suffered employment setbacks or entry problems during the recession that ended in 1982 need assistance in gaining access to the labor market. This is particularly true of young black women. At the same time, it is not clear from available evidence whether single black women who are supporting families alone and who are considered the core group of impoverishment in the black community have been-or, under the present configuration, can be-served adequately by JTPA.
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There are two reports from the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Development, U.S. Department of Labor: “Summary of JTPA Administrative Data from the JASR/JQSR Reporting System for the Transition Year (October 1983–June 1984),” November 1984, and “Highlights of JTPA Program Performance for Titles IIA and III During the JTPA Transition Year (October 1983–June 1984),” November 1984.
Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, “Summary and Analysis of the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982,” November 1982. Washington, D.C.
Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.Money Income and Poverty Status of Families and Persons in the United States: 1983, Current Population Reports, Series P-60, No. 145 (Washington, D.C: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984). The poverty income thresholds for 1983 ranged from $5,061 for one person and $6,483 for two persons to $20,310 for nine persons or more. The average poverty threshold for a family of four persons was $10,178.
Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce,Characteristics of the Population Below the Poverty Level: 1983, Current Population Reports, Series P-60, No. 147, (Washington, D.C: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1985).
Bureau of the Census,Money Income, Series P-60, No. 145.
Bureau of Census,Characteristics of the Population, Series P-60, No. 147.
Ibid.
Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. JTLS Technical Paper, Job Training Longitudinal Survey. “Summary Description of JTLS Study Design,” September 1984, Washington, D.C.
U.S. General Accounting Office, “The Job Training Partnership Act: An Analysis of Support Cost Limits and Participant Characteristics,” GAO/HRD-8616, November 6, 1985. Washington, D.C.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Ibid.
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Harper, H. Black women and the job training partnership act. The Review of Black Political Economy 14, 115–129 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02689879
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