CETA Demonstration Provides Lessons On Implementing Youth Programs.
Abstract
The Department of Labor's Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects (Entitlement) is a $222 million demonstration designed to test whether a guaranteed jobs program would induce economically disadvantaged youths to remain in or return to school and, provide jobs to reduce the high unemployment rate among these youths. GAO found that: (1) most worksites provided adequate work experiences, but others had problems in job quality, supervision, job development, counseling, and worksite monitoring, (2) many sponsors experienced serious operational problems implementing or complying with program requirements, and (3) labor and the Corporation frequently intervened in sponsor operations, thus raising the questions of whether the demonstration was a fair test of the guaranteed job concept and whether sponsors are capable of implementing complex programs such as Entitlement.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 08, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA092722
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office