Job Corps: Participant Selection and Performance Measurement Need to Be Improved
T-HEHS-98-37
Published: Oct 23, 1997. Publicly Released: Oct 23, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed Job Corps, a $1-billion program administered by the Department of Labor, focusing on how Labor can improve the selection of Job Corps participants and how it can improve the information it has available on program placements in order to adequately manage the program and assess placement contractor performance.
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Attrition ratesCareer planningContract performanceDisadvantaged personsEligibility criteriaEligibility determinationsPerformance measuresVocational educationYouth employment programsJob corps