Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
| Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) | |
|---|---|
| U.S. Congress | |
| Citation | Pub. L. 93-203 Job Training and Community Services Act |
| Territorial extent | United States |
| Enacted by | U.S. Congress |
| Enacted | December 28, 1973 |
| Signed by | Richard Nixon |
| Signed | December 28, 1973 |
| Legislative history | |
| Billtitle | S. 1559, the Job Training and Community Services Act |
| Bill citation | Pub. L. 93-203 Job Training and Community Services Act |
| Introduced by | Jack Kemp(R–NY) |
| Repealed by | |
| Ronald Reaganin March 1984 | |
| Related legislation | |
| Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 | |
| Keywords | |
| artist relief, art jobs program, federal artist employment, public art | |
| Status:Repealed | |
TheComprehensive Employment and Training Act(CETA,Pub. L.93–203) was aUnited States federal lawenacted by theCongress,and signed into law by PresidentRichard Nixonon December 28, 1973[1]to train workers and provide them with jobs in the public service.[2]The bill was introduced as S. 1559, the Job Training and Community Services Act,[3]by Republican RepresentativeJack Kempof New York.
The program offered work to those with low incomes and the long term unemployed as well as summer jobs to low income high school students. Full-time jobs were provided for a period of 12 to 24 months in public agencies or private not for profit organizations. The intent was to impart a marketable skill that would allow participants to move to an unsubsidized job. It was an extension of theWorks Progress Administration(WPA) program from the 1930s.[2]
Inspired by the WPA's employment of artists in the service to the community in the 1930s, theSan Francisco Arts Commissioninitiated the CETA/Neighborhood Arts Program in the 1970s, which employed painters, muralists, musicians, performing artists, poets and gardeners to work in schools, community centers, prisons and wherever their skills and services were of value to the community.[4]The idea for CETA/Neighborhood Arts Program came from John Kreidler, then working with the Arts Commission as an intern, with the Arts Commission's Neighborhood Arts Program under the direction of Stephen Goldstine.[5][6]The program was so successful in San Francisco that itbecame a model for similar programs, nationally.TheCETA Artists Projectin New York City was one of the largest.[2]
Nine years later, CETA was replaced by theJob Training Partnership Act.[7][8]
References[edit]
- ^Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T.,"Statement on Signing the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973, December 28, 1973",The American Presidency Project,retrieved2012-08-30
- ^abcMaksymowicz, Virginia (2020-12-26)."The Forgotten Federally Employed Artists".Hyperallergic.Retrieved2020-12-27.
- ^"Bill Summary & Status, 93rd Congress (1973-1974), S.1559".THOMAS.Library of Congress.
- ^Reiss, Suzanne B.,interviewer,“The Arts and Community Oral History Project: San Francisco Neighborhood Arts Program,”Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1978
- ^Hamlin, Jesse (2008-04-21)."S.F. Neighborhood Arts: 40 years of art for all".SFGATE.Retrieved2020-12-27.
- ^Chen, Kevin B.; Cortez, Jaime (2017)."Legacy of the Neighborhood Arts Program".FoundSF.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-03-19.Retrieved2020-12-27.
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- ^Bovard, James (2011-09-13)."What Job 'Training' Teaches? Bad Work Habits".Wall Street Journal.ISSN0099-9660.Retrieved2020-12-27.
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