Material contained in this publication is in the public domain and may be reproduced, fully or partially, without permission of the Federal Government. Source credit is requested but not required. Permission is required only to reproduce any copyrighted material contained herein. This material will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. TDD* phone: 1-800-326-2577 *Telecommunications Device for the Deaf. Training and Employment Report of the Secretary of Labor Covering the Period July 1995 - September 1996 U.S. Department of Labor Alexis M. Herman, Secretary Employment and Training Administration Raymond J. Uhalde, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor Office of Policy and Research Gerard F. Fiala, Administrator Contents Page Transmittal Letter of the Secretary of Labor .......................... Abbreviation and Acronym List ...................................... Chapter 1–Program Activities Introduction ........................................................ One-Stop Career Center Systems and Labor Market Information Initiatives ..... One-Stop Career Center Systems.................................. America’s Labor Market Information System .......................... Improving the Nation’s Employment and Training System .................. Skill Standards and Certification ...................................... National Skill Standards Board ..................................... Demonstration Programs......................................... Business/Trade Association Initiative ................................ National Youth Apprenticeship Program ............................. WorkPlus..................................................... Information Dissemination........................................ School-To-Work Opportunities ....................................... Other Project Highlights............................................. What is Working in Employment and Training ......................... Conference on Building a Reemployment System................... Publication on “What is Working”................................ Serving Dislocated Workers: The Enterprise Project.................... Promoting Customer Choice for Dislocated Workers.................... Training Survey ................................................ Study of Job Skills and High Performance ............................ Special JTPA Initiatives............................................. National Dialogue on Improving Job Training Services .................. Emergency Grants.............................................. Flood Relief ................................................. Earthquake Aid.............................................. Oklahoma City Bombing ....................................... Job Training Partnership Act Programs ................................. JTPA Overview ................................................... Technical Assistance and Training .................................. Dialogue on the Disadvantaged.................................... Adult Programs, Title II-A............................................ Background ................................................... Highlights of PY 1993 and 1994 Activities ............................ Year-Round Services for Youth, Title II-C ............................... Background ................................................... Highlights of PY 1993 and 1994 Activities ............................ Summer Youth Programs, Title II-B.................................... Background ................................................... Highlights of Calendar Year 1994 and 1995 Activities ................... Dislocated Worker Programs, Title III .................................. Background ................................................... PY 1993 National Reserve Projects and Special Initiatives ............... National Reserve Projects ...................................... Special Initiatives ............................................ PY 1994 National Reserve Projects and Special Initiatives ............... National Reserve Projects ...................................... Special Initiatives ............................................ PY 1993 and 1994 Program Results and Participant Characteristics ....... Performance Standards .......................................... Response to Special Dislocations in PY 1993 and 1994 ................. Defense-Related Dislocations................................... Clean Air Employment Transition Assistance ....................... National Programs, Title IV .......................................... Overview ..................................................... Indian and Native American Programs ............................ Background .............................................. Highlights of PY 1993 and 1994 Activities ....................... Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Program ....................... Background .............................................. Highlights of PY 1993 and 1994 Activities ....................... Job Corps .................................................. Background .............................................. Highlights of PY 1993 and 1994 Activities ....................... Pilot and Demonstration Programs ............................... School-To-Work Transition and Youth-Related Projects ............ National Youth Apprenticeship in the Customer Service Industry ........................................ Union-Based School-To-Work Mentoring Project ............... High School Career Academies Demonstration ................ Transition to Work Demonstrations for Disabled Youth Using a Natural Supports Model ...................... Project FocusHOPE..................................... At-Risk Youth School-To-Work Pilot Project .................. Preparing Out-of-School Youth for a Career Path Project ........ Quantum Opportunities Project ............................ Youth Year-Round Training Demonstrations .................. Out-of-School Pilot Projects ............................... Youth Fair Chance Program ............................... Addressing the Labor Market Needs of Women .................. Glass Ceiling Demonstration .............................. Nontraditional Employment for Women ...................... Improving Programs and Coordination ......................... Job Training 2000 Projects ................................ Evaluation of the Job Training 2000 One-Stop Career Centers Demonstration.................................. Partnership Programs.................................... Improving Worker Skills ..................................... The National Job Analysis Study ........................... Increasing Organizational Capacity to Provide Workplace Literacy Services ............................. Workplace Literacy Test Implementation Pilot Project .......................................... New Directions: African Americans in a Diversifying Nation Project. ........................................ Helping Immigrants Succeed in the Labor Market ................. Immigration Demonstration Projects ........................ Helping People With Disabilities to Succeed in the Labor Market ..... Programs for People With Disabilities ....................... Job Training for the Homeless Demonstration Program .................... Apprenticeship ..................................................... Background ..................................................... Highlights of FY 1994 and 1995 Activities ............................... Special FY 1994 and 1995 Initiatives ................................... STEP-UP Program.............................................. Center for Advanced Journeymen Education.......................... International Union of Operating Engineers ........................... United Automobile Workers of America Skilled Trades Apprenticeship Preparation Program ............................... Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations and the Diversity in Apprenticeship Grants ................................. Federal-State Registered Apprenticeship Liaison Committee ............. School-To-Work ................................................ Education and Performance Apprenticeship Standards .................. Construction Craft Skills Training Program ........................... Federal Committee on Apprenticeship ............................... Senior Community Service Employment Program ......................... Background ..................................................... Highlights of PY 1993 and 1994 Activities ............................... Employment Service ................................................. Labor Exchange and Other Activities ................................... Labor Exchange ................................................ Employment Service Revitalization Initiative .......................... America’s Job Bank............................................. Reemployment Services ......................................... Employers’ National Job Service Council ............................. Targeted Jobs Tax Credit......................................... Occupational Information Network .................................. Help for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers .......................... Foreign Labor Certification ........................................ Permanent Labor Certification .................................. H-2B Labor Certification ....................................... H-2A Temporary Labor Certification .............................. H-1A Nurses...............................................