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Multiple Employment Training Programs: How Legislative Proposals Address Concerns

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Aug. 4, 1994
Report No. T-HEHS-94-221
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Summary:

More than 150 federal programs provide employment training assistance to adults and out-of-school youth. Although these programs are well intended, they raise several concerns. First, they are difficult for jobseekers and employers to access and for administrators to implement. Second, they overlap and duplicate one another, adding unnecessary administrative costs to program operation. Third, they fail to meet client needs. Fourth, many programs lack the basic monitoring and evaluation systems to determine whether the programs are achieving desired results. During the past year, Members of Congress introduced 13 bills to restructure parts of the federal employment training system. In GAO's view, these proposals represent a significant stride in the development of a customer-oriented system that will address the concerns already mentioned.

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