Involvement; Two Year Colleges

This two-part report presents quantitative and qualitative data from a 1994 national study of community college participation in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) pr6gram, a transitional welfare-to-work program. Following a preface, an executive summary reviews the study methodology, indicating that 277 colleges out of 1,170 surveyed participated in the study, and describes findings and conclusions. An introduction then provides a brief history of federal welfare programs, a description of the JOBS program, and a review of difficulties experienced by states in implementing JOBS. This section also highlights the importance of effective coordination among participating agencies and the key role of community colleges in providing workforce training under JOBS. Part 1 then analyzes results from the study related to the characteristics of responding colleges, their level of involvement i