Comprehensive Employment and Training Act

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The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act was a major U.S. federal law enacted in the 1970s that funded job training and public service employment programs, particularly for disadvantaged and unemployed workers, by decentralizing control to state and local governments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
employment and training program ⓘ
administeredBy U.S. Department of Labor ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted 1973 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1974 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
feature block grants to local governments ⓘ
emphasis on local control of training programs ⓘ
public service jobs in government and nonprofit agencies ⓘ
focus employment security ⓘ
manpower development ⓘ
fundingMechanism federal grants to state and local governments ⓘ
governanceStructure prime sponsors at state and local level ⓘ
impact expanded public service employment during high unemployment ⓘ
increased local discretion over job training funds ⓘ
legislativeArea anti-poverty policy ⓘ
labor policy ⓘ
workforce development ⓘ
mainPurpose assist disadvantaged workers ⓘ
provide job training ⓘ
provide public service employment ⓘ
reduce unemployment ⓘ
policyApproach decentralization to state and local governments ⓘ
programType classroom training ⓘ
job training programs ⓘ
on-the-job training ⓘ
public service employment programs ⓘ
work experience programs ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 93-203 ⓘ
relatedConcept New Federalism ⓘ
federalism in U.S. social policy ⓘ
relatedProgram Job Training Partnership Act ⓘ
Workforce Investment Act ⓘ
repealed true ⓘ
repealedBy Job Training Partnership Act ⓘ
repealYear 1982 ⓘ
replaced Manpower Development and Training Act ⓘ
shortName CETA ⓘ
signedBy Richard Nixon ⓘ
signingPresident Richard Nixon ⓘ
targetPopulation economically disadvantaged individuals ⓘ
unemployed workers ⓘ
veterans ⓘ
youth ⓘ
timePeriod 1970s ⓘ
early 1980s ⓘ

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Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 → supersededBy → Comprehensive Employment and Training Act ⓘ
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act amendments → follows → Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 ⓘ
linked to: Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
Neighborhood Youth Corps → replacedBy → Comprehensive Employment and Training Act youth programs ⓘ
linked to: Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
Title I → relatedLegislation → Comprehensive Employment and Training Act ⓘ
Manpower Development and Training Act → followedBy → Comprehensive Employment and Training Act ⓘ
subject linked to: MDTA
Job Training Partnership Act → replaced → Comprehensive Employment and Training Act ⓘ
Public Law 87-415 → relatedTo → Comprehensive Employment and Training Act ⓘ