MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF TRAINING THE HARDCORE UNEMPLOYED

Examines the role of the Valley of the Sun Chapter of the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) in the Phoenix Concentrated Employment Program (CEP), a federally funded anti-poverty project in Phoenix, Arizona. Conducting a special training program for job developers; Creation of an advisory committee to meet regularly with the CEP Educational Supervisors; Factors influencing the success or failure of an anti-poverty program.