This manual is intended to assist child welfare and training professionals in working collaboratively to make employment and training opportunities available for adolescents served by the child welfare system. Discussed first are the child welfare system, the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), and the need for collaboration among professionals involved in each of them. The next section consists of seven chapters of strategies for collaboration and methods for providing access to employment and training for high-risk youth (recruitment techniques, funding sources, eligibility of child welfare youth under JTPA, and recommendations for statewide implementation). Section 3 contains 3 chapters on the background, programs, and youth profiles of the Job Opportunities for Youth (JOY) Project. (The JOY Project was a model demonstration program linking private industry councils, employment programs, child welfare agencies, and youth service providers in target sites in Connecticut and Massachusetts for the purpose of helping older adolescents prepare for independent living.) Appendixes to this manual contain 23 exhibits, including the results of an emergency shelter employment survey, lists of New England JTPA administrators and service delivery areas, project eligibility policies, program orientation packets and correspondence, a questionnaire covering the needs of youth, materials describing the policies and activities of the Montachusett Area Community Improvement Team Program, and information on the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit. Provided also is an addendum to the JOY project manual detailing the continuing work in each of three Massachusetts project sites and offering further recommendations for those considering replication. (MN)