Metro/Nonmetro Funding Allocation Under Title II-A, Job Training Partnership Act

John M. Redman

No 278360, Staff Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: The Job Training Partnership Act's (JTPA) Title II-A Program is the main Federal effort to enhance the employability of the economically disadvantaged. Relying primarily on unemployment rates, the JTPA allocation formula produced higher expenditures per disadvantaged person in the more rural areas between July 1987 and June 1988. This was due to the unusually high unemployment rates experienced by many nonmetro areas at the time. Metro/nonmetro differences in unemployment rates have been steadily declining, however, so that this funding advantage is rapidly diminishing. Nonmetro areas may be better served during the 1990's by a new funding formula emphasizing poverty rates more than unemployment rates.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33
Date: 1990-11
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278360

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