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Measuring the Performance of Job Trainers under WIA: Results of a Survey of Chicago Providers
February 2000; Nik Theodore and James Lewis

Abstract
The study was conducted by the Chicago Jobs Council and the Chicago Workforce Development Partnership, a coalition of service providers and researchers convened by the University of Illinois at Chicago's Great Cities Institute and the Chicago Urban League and funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Survey responses were gathered from 64 job training and placement programs serving adults in Chicago. Interviews were conducted with program directors and administrators during June and July 1999. Program administrators were first asked a series of questions regarding client demographics, particularly barriers to work. These questions were derived from ongoing discussions concerning the establishment of performance and accountability requirements under the Workforce Investment Act. Program administrators were then asked about intake assessment procedures and requirements as well as about program costs, size, and length. Finally, administrators were asked about program performance including completion numbers and rates, placement numbers and rates, and average wages at placement. Information was collected for the most recent program year.

Publications:

Neighborhood Labor Market Studies
Welfare Reform
Career Ladders/Job Training

 

Neighborhood Labor Market Studies

• Humboldt Park Employment Challenges and Opportunities; (January 1998, Paper #432)
• Minority Male Survey of Residents of the Near West Side of Chicago; (January 1995, Paper #409)
• HPEP Economic Development Plan for Humboldt Park; (Paper #408)
• Work, Education, and Training: Experiences and Preferences of Public Housing Residents at ABLA, Horner and Rockwell Developments; (January 1995, Paper #395)
• South Suburban Economic Development Project; (Paper #389)
• Labor Force Characteristics and Employment and Training Opportunities in the Suburbs of Dixmoor, Ford Heights, Harvey, Phoenix and Robbins; (September 1993, Paper #347-A)
• Construction Training Report for the South Suburban Communities of City of Harvey and Villages of Dixmoor, Ford Heights, Phoenix, and Robbins; (July 1994, Paper #347-G)
• Jobs and Workers in Pilsen Analysis of Employment and Industry and Policy Recommendations; (March 1991, Paper #316(1))
• Training and Recruitment: Opportunities and Needs in the Pilsen Area - A Survey of Selected Industries; (March 1991, Paper #316(2))
• Lathrop Homes Economic Development Task Force Christopher House Job Skills Survey Results; (February 1990, Paper #301)
• Analysis of the Labor Force in the Mid-Southwest Area of Chicago;(April 1987, Paper #264)
• Skilled and Semi-skilled Metalworking Trades in West Town, A Chicago Neighborhood; (May 1980, Paper #117)
  
  

Welfare Reform

• Monitoring the Impact of Welfare Reform; (Paper #442)
• An Evaluation of the Paternal Involvement Demonstration; (June 1996, Paper #360)
• Paternal Involvement Demonstration: First Year Evaluation Report; (Paper #360-A)
• Paternal Involvement Demonstration: Year Two Six-Month Evaluation; (Paper #360-B)
• Paternal Involvement Demonstration: Second Year Evaluation Report; (Paper #360-C)
  

Career Ladders/Job Training

• Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals Health Care Career Ladder Bethel New Life, Program Evaluation; (1997-1999, Paper #434)
• Program and Policy Issues in Implementing Tech Prep in Illinois; (July 1993, Paper #361)
• Employer Participation in the South Suburban - Cook County One-Stop Career Centers; (Paper #347-I)
• Locational and Human Resource Requirements for Chicago's Financial Service Firms; (September 1990, Paper #336)
• Careers in Banking - A Study of Chicago Banks; (July 1991, Paper #324)

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