The Wildcat Experiment: An Early Test of Supported Work in Drug Abuse Rehabilitation, Volume 2, Issue 2

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U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1978 - 147 pages

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Page 90 - Have you ever felt you ought to cut down on your drinking? 2. Have people annoyed you by criticizing your drinking?
Page 5 - Workforce 2000 was funded by a grant from the Employment and Training Administration of the US Department of Labor. The study was directed by \ilWUMm B.
Page 5 - The agencies are: the DOL, the Welfare Administration, Vocational Rehabilitation, Vocational Education (all under HEW) ; the Office of Economic Opportunity; the Economic Development Administration of the Department of Commerce; the Department of Housing and Urban Development; the Bureau of Indian Affairs; the Water Pollution Control Administration of the Department of Interior; the Agriculture Department and the Civil Service Commission.
Page 106 - Institute (R-1441-NYC) and Office of Policy Research, Department of Social Services, Human Resources Administration, City of New York (OPR-R-14), October 1974, 224 pages.
Page 122 - The impact of balance of payments problems on investment and on production is documented in the first part of this chapter. The remainder of the chapter is devoted to the discussion of two of the most plausible explanations of the chronic difficulties with the balance of payments.
Page 58 - More than half of those who started work stayed on the job for at least a year. The typical supported work participant was absent one day in ten. About one-third of Wildcat workers graduated to nonsubsidized jobs and most held onto those jobs for at least six months.
Page 123 - Although the control group data indicates that many Wildcat employees would have restored their lives without supported work, Wildcat appears to have provided a headstart for some and been the critical vehicle of rehabilitation for others. The task of determining what characteristics of Wildcat participants were associated with success has been facilitated by the creation of this success index. Demographic characteristics of participants in each "success...
Page 8 - Administration (now the Employment and Training Administration) of the US Department of Labor. This agency has statutory responsibility for devising experimental programs to employ such groups.
Page 90 - Identifying the 'Hidden Alcoholic,'" paper presented at the 29th International Congress on Alcohol and Drug Dependence, Sydney, Australia, February 2-6, 1970, p. 3. The acronym CAGE refers to the content of the four questions: "Cut down," "Annoyed," "Guilty,
Page 6 - MDRC findings are drawn from the Second Annual Report on the National Supported Work Demonstration, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, New York City, l978.

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