The Job Training Partnership Act: Training Programs at a Glance

The Job Training Partnership Act: Training Programs at a Glance

94-807 EPW
Updated February 19, 1998
CRS Report for Congress
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The Job Training Partnership Act:
Training Programs at a Glance
Molly Forman
Ann Lordeman
Education and Public Welfare Division
The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), first enacted in 1982, is the country’s chief
training legislation. JTPA is primarily composed of programs focusing on the training
needs of economically disadvantaged individuals facing serious barriers to employment.
Programs are administered by the Department of Labor; most are permanently authorized.
FY1998 appropriations for JTPA total approximately $5.0 billion. For FY1999, the
President has requested nearly $5.2 billion, an increase of 3% over the FY1998 total.
Unless otherwise noted, FY1998 funds are available for JTPA program year 1998 (July
1, 1998, through June 30, 1999) and FY1999 funds will be available for program year
1999 (July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2000).
The 105 Congress is considering legislation t
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o reform federal education and training
programs. The House has passed the Employment, Training, and Literacy Act of 1997
(H.R. 1385), which includes amendments to JTPA among its provisions, The Senate
Labor and Human Resources Committee has reported the Workforce Investment Act of
1997 (S. 1186), which would (among other things) repeal JTPA and replace it with Title
III of the Act.1
Adult Training Program (Title II-A). Eligibility: age 22 and older, at least 90%
economically disadvantaged, at least 65% “hard to serve;” Administration: formula
grants to state and local entities; FY1998 Appropriation: $955 million; President’s
FY1999 Request: $1 billion.
Summer Youth Training Program (Title II-B). Eligibility: age 14-21,
economically disadvantaged; Administration: formula grants to state and local entities;
FY1998 Appropriation: $871 million for the summer of 1998; President’s FY1999
Request: $871 million for the summer of 1999.
Youth Training Program (Title II-C). Eligibility: age 14-21, at least 90%
economically disadvantaged, at least 65% “hard to serve,” at least 50% out of school;
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r further information on consolidation legislation, see CRS Report 97-536, Job Training:
Legislation in the 105th Congress, by Ann Lordeman.
Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress

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Administration: formula grants to state and local entities; FY1998 Appropriation: $130
million; President’s FY1999 Request: $130 million.
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance (EDWAA) Program
(Title III.) Eligibility: lost job or received notice, unlikely to return to current job or
industry; long-term unemployed; self-employed, unemployed due to economic conditions
or natural disaster; Administration: formula grants to state and local entities; FY1998
Appropriation: $1.4 billion; President’s FY1999 Request: $1.5 billion .
Defense Conversion Assistance Program (Title III-B, section 325). Eligibility:
same as EDWAA and laid off, terminated, or received notice as a result of base closures
or reductions in defense spending or in the export of defense articles and services;
Administration: discretionary grants to states, substate grantees, and others.
Authorization expired at end of FY1997; no funds appropriated for FY1998.
Defense Diversification Program (Title III-B, Section 325(a)). Eligibility: certain
members of the armed forces, certain civilian employees of Departments of Defense and
Energy, and some defense contractor employees; Administration: discretionary grants to
states, substate grantees, and others. Appropriations authorized for FY1993 only.
Clean Air Employment Transition Assistance Program (Title III-B, Section
326). Eligibility: same as EDWAA program and laid off, terminated, or received notice
as a result of compliance with the Clean Air Act; Administration: discretionary grants to
states, substate grantees, and others. Last funded in FY1993; authorization expired at end
of FY1995.
Native Americans Programs (Title IV-A, Section 401). Eligibility: Indians,
Eskimos, Aleuts, Native Hawaiians, or other Native Americans; economically
disadvantaged, unemployed, or underemployed; Administration: discretionary grants to
tribal and other Native American groups; FY1998 Appropriation: $54 million;
President’s FY1999 Request: $54 million.
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Program (Title IV-A, Section 402).
Eligibility: migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents; Administration:
discretionary grants to public, private, and nonprofit organizations; FY1998
Appropriation: $71 million; President’s FY1999 Request: $71 million.
Job Corps (Title IV-B). Eligibility: age 14-24, economically disadvantaged;
Administration: federally administered primarily via contracts with corporations and
nonprofit organizations; FY1998 Appropriation: $1.2 billion; President’s FY1999
Request: $1.3 billion.
Veterans’ Employment Programs (Title IV-C). Eligibility: service disabled
veterans, Vietnam veterans, and veterans recently separated from service; Administration:
discretionary grants to states; FY1998 Appropriation: $7 million; President’s FY1999
Request: $7 million.
Youth Fair Chance Program (Title IV-H). Eligibility: age 14-30; 16-19 for job
guarantee program; Administration: discretionary grants to communities. Authorization
expired at end of FY1997; no funds appropriated for FY1998.

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Microenterprise Grants Program (Title IV-I). Eligibility: economically
disadvantaged owners of commercial enterprise with five or fewer employees;
Administration: discretionary grants to states and Title IV-A grantees. Authorization
expired at end of FY1997; no funds appropriated for FY1998.
Disaster Relief Employment Assistance Program (Title IV-J). Eligibility:
eligible for JTPA dislocated workers program, Native American programs, or migrant and
seasonal farmworker programs or unemployed as result of a disaster; Administration:
discretionary grants to states. No funds appropriated for FY1998.
Jobs for Employable Dependent Individuals Incentive Bonus Program (Title
V). Eligibility: states that have provided training to absent parents of children receiving
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and/or blind or disabled recipients of
Supplemental Security Income (SSI); Administration: bonus payments to states. Program
never funded; authorization expired at end of FY1996.
In addition to these programs, Title IV of JTPA authorizes a number of other
national activities including: pilot and demonstration projects, research and evaluation,
maintenance of a Labor Market Information (LMI) system, and the National Occupational
Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC). For FY1998, Congress has appropriated
$91 million for these four activities, including $25 million for an out-of-school youth
initiative under Title IV pilots and demonstrations. For FY1999, the President has
requested $47 million for pilot and demonstration projects, research and evaluation, and
NOICC. LMI funding would be consolidated with the funding for activities authorized
under the Wagner-Peyser Act. Therefore, no funding for LMI is requested under JTPA.
The FY1998 appropriation also included $250 million in advance funding for a new
Opportunity Areas for Out-of-School Youth (OASY) initiative for FY1999, contingent
upon enactment of authorizing legislation by July 1, 1998. While authorizing legislation
has not yet been enacted, the President is requesting $250 million in advance funding for
Program Year 2000 (July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2000). The program would award
grants to high poverty communities to provide training and other assistance to out-of-
school youth for the purpose of raising their employment rate.
For further information on JTPA programs, see CRS Report 94-862, Job Training
Partnership Act: A Compendium of Programs, by Molly R. Forman and Ann M.
Lordeman.