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In 1975, the first full year of program operations under the newlyenacted Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, prime sponsors throughout the country moved rapidly to implement program operations.

In total, 403 States and units of local government received grants to carry out programs under titles I and II.

A total of $1,585,078,000, including $30,490,000 of unobligated 1974 funds was obligated during Fiscal Year 1975 to provide employment and training services under title I. The following table shows the amounts obligated, enrollees served and years of service provided for each program activity.

The program approach described as "Other Activities" may include such activities as the removal of artificial barriers to employment, job restructuring, revision or establishment of merit systems, and development and implementation of affirmative action plans.

The characteristics of the enrollees served under title I of the Act during Fiscal Year 1975 were as follows:

The first full year of operation was characterized by dramatic changes in economic conditions and offered an unusual opportunity to assess local ability to respond to changing needs. A survey of title I planned activities as they appeared in initial grant applications during the first and second quarters of Fiscal Year 1975, before the economic downturn, shows that the planned distribution of resources among program activities generally followed the distribution patterns determined nationally through categorical programs during 1974. As the year progressed and unemployment rates rose, prime sponsors changed their plans for expenditures of title I funds among program components.

The available data seems to indicate a shift away from class room and onthe-job training programs to work experience programs related to the general scarcity of jobs brought about by the economic conditions. The following table shows the degree to which changes in program mix were made by prime sponsors as economic conditions changed.

"Services to to clients" in the table above were redistributed among the activities in the 1974 actual data.

Cumulative termination data for title I participants for FY 1975 are shown in the following table. Direct placements include individuals placed in unsubsidized employment after receiving only intake, assessment and/or job referral services under the Act. Indirect placements include persons placed in unsubsidized employment after participating in training, employment or supportive services. Self placements include those individuals who found jobs through their own efforts. Other positive terminations include participants who have not been placed in unsubsidized employment but who are engaged in other activities which increase employability. These four categories constitute positive terminations. Non-positive terminations include those who have terminated the program for various other reasons.

Funds for the public service employment program during Fiscal Year 1975 were included in this account under authority of title II and in the Temporary Employment Assistance Appropriation under authority of title VI of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. Also available were unobligated 1974 funds appropriated under the transition provisions of Section 3(a) of the Act for projects originally funded under the Emergency Employment Act of 1971 which has since expired.

The following table reflects amounts obligated for public service employment programs during Fiscal Year 1975.

Approximately 310,000 public service jobs were funded by April of 1975, which was the expected level of the combined public service funding effort.

The following table reflects the total number of participants enrolled during Fiscal Year 1975 and the end-of-year enrollment levels.

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The 13,000 Emergency Employment Act participants still on board at the end of Fiscal Year 1975 will either be terminated or enrolled in other programs for which they are eligible.

The characteristics of title II and VI participants are as follows:

The following table reflects a percentage distribution of the types of jobs funded under the public service employment program in 1975.

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In 1976, 431 States and local units of government have received grants to carry out programs under titles I and II of the Act.

A total of $1,582,872,000 is available for obligation under title I. Of this amount, $1,580,000,000 is new obligational authority and $2,872,000 is unobligated funds available from 1975.

The following table represents an estimated distribution, based on 1975 actual data, of funds available, enrollee levels, and years of service for title I programs in Fiscal Year 1976.

No significant change in the title I program mix of services has taken place during the first quarter of 1976 from Fiscal Year 1975. A total of 388,500 new participants have been enrolled during the first quarter of 1976 and the current enrollment level as of September 30 is 428,600, approximately the same as in 1975.

Funds for the public service employment program under titles II and VI for Fiscal Year 1976 will be derived from the following sources: