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Follow-up study <br /> March, 1978 <br /> Page 5 <br /> The average length of time between termination and follow-up <br /> was the shortest for this program activity, and the find- <br /> rate of 71% (36 of 51) was higher than in the other groups. <br /> As can be seen in Table 5, this and the classroom training <br /> group have the lowest employment rates of the four program <br /> activities. In part, this could be because the old Out- <br /> of-School program was essentially a work-experience/income- <br /> maintenance program. The average earnings increase for <br /> members of the group (from $340 before to $3,677 after <br /> training) is by far the highest percentage increase of any <br /> group (981 per cent). This reflects more the transition <br /> of many youthful participants into the adult work force, <br /> and the transition of persons with a formerly low education <br /> level into jobs requiring more education,than any parti� <br /> cular skill acquisition, The percentage increase is cal- <br /> culated on a very low base, <br /> Perhaps further analysis will reveal to what degree the more <br /> recent participants (HRD-GED) are succeeding in finding <br /> employment as opposed to the earlier enrollees, <br /> On-the-Job Training <br /> Adult Public OJT <br /> Of the former participants in the adult public on-the-job <br /> training program, 34 of the 41 found (83%) were employed, <br /> A relatively high employment rate was expected. Since <br /> on-the-job training programs begin only after a contract <br /> to hire participants has been signed. <br /> The employment rates of the two counties are somewhat dif- <br /> ferent for this group: 88% (22 of 25) of those in Durham <br /> County were working as compared to 75% (12 of 16) of those <br /> in Orange County. The adult public group reports an average <br /> earnings increase from $1,553 to $4,9051 a 216% increase <br /> over pre-training annual income. <br /> Adult Private OJT <br /> The adult-private group presents some problems, We found <br /> only six of the 29 we sought, by far the lowest find-rate <br /> of any of the groups (see Table 0. However, all of those <br /> we found were employed and reported an average increase <br /> of $4,969 over their pre-training annual income. <br />