Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act--Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Joint Planning: The How-To Manual for Postsecondary Institutions. A Supplement to 'Navigating the Labyrinth.'

This manual was developed to help expedite the efforts of postsecondary vocational education and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs in developing comprehensive strategies, by joint planning, to serve the common targeted populations of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984 and JTPA. It is a supplement to "Navigating the Labyrinth: The Connection between the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act and the Job Training Partnership Act." The manual is organized in six sections. The first section asserts the necessity for joint planning to serve the targeted population without duplication of effort and provides a glossary of terms. The second section discusses the barriers to coordination, linkage, and joint planning, and the third section reviews the planning process. The fourth and fifth sections explain the advantages of joint planning and plot strategies to achieve such planning. The final section describes coordination and linkage activities. Appendixes profile model programs in Texas and four programs in other states. (KC)