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Utah's economy is booming, but the number of poor has remained fairly constant, with many of the newly created jobs going to transplants from out of state. On Being Poor in Utah presents a portrait of Utah's poor and the issues surrounding poverty in the state. It provides a detailed statistical analysis of poverty's causes, varying concentrations of people living below the poverty level, housing and education problems, and health and nutrition issues

Short- and long-run factors have influenced the emergence of United States manpower policy. The transition from agrarian to industrial and postindustrial society has had varied effects upon employability in the labor market. Inadequate aggregate demand is a better explanation than structural unemployment as a cause for the manpower problems of the late 1950's. During the 1960's, there has been a shift in the emphasis of manpower policy from those displaced by automation, to youth, to the disadvantaged. There are many difficulties in mounting employment strategies to fight the war on poverty and in designing alternative manpower programs for these groups. Thus far, the approach has been a piecemeal attack, with new programs being originated to meet individually recognized manpower and employment problems as they arose. Current issues in creating a viable manpower policy include: inadequate resources relative to need, development of the proper mix of federal-state-local administrative jurisdictions, co-ordination of the varied programs, and determination of the appropriate degree of emphasis to be given to remedial, as opposed to preventive, programs. A major revision needed in existing manpower activities is tailoring programs to the needs of individuals rather than making people fit into existing programs. A comprehensive manpower program is needed to meet this goal. Evaluation efforts and management techniques must be improved to assure that correct policies are delineated and implemented. Given the basic goal of enhancing individual freedom, effective manpower policies can do much to help the disadvantaged to expand their opportunities and to face the problems of their complex urban society better.

Short- & long-run factors have influenced the emergence of US manpower policy. The transition from agrarian to industr & postindustr society has had varied effects upon employability in the labor market. Inadequate aggregate demand is a better explanation than structural unemployment as a cause for the manpower problems of the late 1950's. During the 1960's, there has been a shift in the emphasis of manpower policy from those displaced by automation, to youth, to the disadvantaged. There are many difficulties in mounting employment strategies to fight the war on poverty & in designing alternative manpower programs for these groups. Thus far, the approach has been a piecemeal attack, with new programs being originated to meet individually recognized manpower & employment problems as they arose. Current issues in creating a viable manpower policy include: inadequate resources relative to need, development of the proper mix of federal-state-local admin'ive jurisdictions, coordination of the varied programs, & determining the appropriate degree of emphasis to be given to remedial as opposed to preventive programs. A major revision needed in existing manpower activites is tailoring programs to the needs of individuals rather than making people fit into existing programs. A comprehensive manpower program is needed to meet this goal. Evaluation efforts & management techniques must be improved to assure that correct policies are delineated & implemented. Given the basic goal of enhancing individual freedom, effective manpower policies can do much to help the disadvantaged to expand their opportunities & to face the problems of their complex Ur society better. Modified HA.