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Multiple Employment Training Programs: Basic Program Data Often Missing

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 28, 1994
Report No. T-HEHS-94-239
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Summary:

By GAO's count, at least 154 federal programs administered by 14 agencies provide about $25 billion in employment training assistance. To get the most from this investment, administrators need to know how well their programs are working to help participants transition into the workforce. However, GAO testified that agencies lack the information they need to adequately track who is served or determine program results. Most agencies do not collect information on participant outcomes nor do they conduct studies of program effectiveness or impact. These are necessary to know whether their programs are providing assistance that helps participants get jobs or whether the participants would likely have found the same types of jobs without federal assistance. Further, GAO also found that agencies often lacked such basic data as the number of participants served or their demographic characteristics.

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