The Job Training Partnership Act
Potential for Program Improvements But National Job Training Strategy Needed Gao ID: T-HRD-93-18 April 29, 1993Title IIA of the Job Training Partnership Act provides job-training and employment-seeking skills to poor people who need training and other labor market services to land jobs. Although the act has been viewed as relatively successful in placing participants in jobs, a recent study raises questions about whether it is as effective as it could be. GAO testified that effective implementation of the 1992 amendments to the act, coupled with more emphasis on program evaluation and a national strategy to eliminate confusion and duplication among the myriad training programs, could make a substantial improvement.