Report to Congress: Effectiveness and Administrative of the Concentrated Employment Program Under Title IB of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

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Page 3 - Non-Federal contributions may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including but not limited to plant, equipment, and services...
Page 1 - ... directed to the needs of those chronically unemployed poor who have poor employment prospects and are unable, because of age...
Page 21 - A disadvantaged individual for manpower program purposes, "is a poor person who does not have suitable employment and who is either (1) a school dropout, (2) a member of a minority, (3) under 22 years of age, (4) 45 years of age or over, or (5) handicapped.
Page 1 - ... which in addition to other services provided will enable such persons to participate in projects for the betterment or beautification of the community or area served by the program including without limitation activities which will contribute to the management, conservation, or development of natural resources, recreational areas, Federal, State and local government parks, highways, and other lands...
Page 35 - A disadvantaged person is defined as one who is unemployed, underemployed or hindered from seeking work; and who is either ( 1 ) a school dropout, ( 2 ) a member of a minority group, (3) under 22 years of age, ( 4 ) 45 or more years old, or (5) physically handicapped. The remaining data on the spatial distribution of low skilled basic entry jobs are obtained from the Closed Job Order files of the lESD's Commercial and Professional and Industrial Sector.
Page 2 - Businessmen, technical assistance and encouragement are provided to employers to hire, train and retain disadvantaged persons. Contracts are let to offset the added costs of counseling, related education, job training, transportation and the full range of supportive services needed to assist disadvantaged individuals to become fully productive workers.
Page 1 - ... them to resume or maintain attendance in school; (2) programs to provide unemployed, underemployed, or low-income persons (aged sixteen and over) with useful work and training (which must include sufficient basic education and institutional or on-the-job training) designed to assist those persons to develop their maximum occupational potential and to obtain regular competitive employment...

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