Designed to provide guidelines for establishing and administering programs cooperatively initiated by Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) agencies and local educational agencies (LEAs), this handbook is based on information collected from people experienced in the successful operation of such joint ventures. Its general goal is to encourage constructive shared decision making and to indicate ways to increase the effective use of financial resources. The five aspects of joint planning addressed are (1) mutual understanding, (2) process to facilitate joint planning, (3) time schedules, (4) budget, and (5) formal agreements. The information contained in the appendixes, amounting to more than one-half of the handbook, includes standarized data forms and coding systems (Department of Labor/State Department of Education cost codes), sample budgets, model linkage agreements, and two worksheets (a budget worksheet and a contacts directory). (YLB)