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The report uses the experiences of the Mississippi Labor Mobility Project, STAR, Inc. (MLMP, STAR, Inc.), and the reports from other experimental labor mobility projects to respond to the problems of clarifying relocation assistance delivery techniques and services as they relate to the goals and objectives of manpower services. The population served by MLMP, STAR, Inc. in recent years is described in detail. The report delineates the relocation assistance program as it relates to the total goals of manpower services and as it further relates to legislative needs, national and regional offices of relocation assistance, and the delivery agent(s). The report further outlines the system design and details the specific elements and functions that should be considered in designing relocation assistance. It analyzes the costs and benefits of relocation assistance, provides an outline for financial assistance for relocating disadvantaged poor, and presents forms useful in implementing the design outline. (Author/MW)

The report provides a detailed review of the seven and one-half year Mississippi Labor Mobility Project, STAR, Inc., whose operations and research concerned the utility and feasibility of subsidizing worker relocation assistance to the unemployed/underemployed poor for the purposes of improving their economic and social opportunities. Almost 2,500 individuals and their families, at a cost of $2.2 million, were moved from areas of very limited employment opportunities to areas of expanding employment opportunities. The document provides: major policy recommendations; summary of project findings; research design and data base; description of the project populations (applicants and relocatees); sociological analysis of relocation stability (causes, benefits, and costs); an evaluation of the economic impact of the project on program participants; and a measure of project effectiveness (benefit/cost analysis and stayer/leaver model). Two phases of research were accomplished: development of organizational/operational designs for relocating the unemployed/underemployed poor and determination of the success of relocation in terms of individual relocatee gains and societal costs and benefits through investment of public funds. Appended materials include: benefit/cost analysis; model for predicting relocation stability; survey of employers' evaluations; and an annotated list of major project reports. (Author/MW)

The document provides an analysis of relocation stability of individuals relocated during the March, 1970-November, 1971 contract period. Data bases were 1,244 applicants with screening information and 401 individuals with follow-up interview information. Approximately one half were in new areas six months after being relocated. Reasons for geographic and job stability are explored. Those relocatees who were the most stable after relocation were found to be the most mature, encumbered with responsibilities to others, experienced in prior mobility, and experiencing substantial improvements in life styles after relocation. Policy and research recommendations are provided for increasing relocation rates of those who can benefit from and be successful in relocation and for increasing likelihoods of relocation stability. Emphasis is placed upon additional research required to allow prediction of relocation outcomes prior to relocation of each individual client. (Author)