Assessment of the Implementation and Effects of the JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act) Title 5 Wagner-Peyser Amendments. Phase 1 Final Report

摘要

The goal of the study was to assess the implementation and effects of the JTPA Title V Wagner-Peyser amendments during the JTPA Transition Period (Oct. 1983 to June 1984). The information presented in the report is based primarily on interviews with officials in 16 States and 31 Service Delivery Areas (SDAs). The major findings of the study were as follows: (1) the new authority of the Governor under JTPA has facilitated the merging of ES and job training functions at the State level; (2) during the Transition Period, the review of ES plans by the State Job Training Coordinating Council (SJTCC) was largely pro forma. SJTCCs took a somewhat more active role in reviewing ES plans in the PY84 planning cycle; (3) in most of the SDAs in the sample, the PICs have not yet had a major impact upon ES planning and policymaking, but many officials believed that PICs will play a more active role in the future; (4) the new Wagner-Peyser funding formula has resulted in a significant reallocation of resources among the States; (5) in most sample States, the amendments have not yet had a major impact upon JTPA-ES coordination at the local level; (6) except for the funding provisions, the amendments have had minimal impact upon basic ES services to clients.