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Download full textThomas, Margaret G. – 1988
This guidebook presents 64 profiles of successful economic development initiatives in the small towns and rural areas of 37 states. Intended for use by rural and small town leaders and rural economic development specialists, the guide provides ideas, encouragement, and an "insider perspective" on alternative rural development strategies.…
Descriptors: Business, Community Development, Demonstration Programs, Economic Development
Syracuse Univ., NY. Center on Human Policy. – 1986
Sixty-five model programs striving to integrate people with severe disabilities into their natural communities were nominated and screened via interviews, site visits, and comparison with eight principles of community integration including family scale community living arrangements, consumer and parent involvement, and development of community…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Programs, Community Resources, Community Services
Freedman, Susan; Keenan, Rayna – 1987
This handbook contains 30 profiles describing school-community partnerships in Massachusetts that address diverse educational issues with creative strategies and solutions. The programs exemplify one or more of the following community education principles: use of community resources to enhance curriculum and instruction; citizen involvement in the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Citizen Participation, Community Education, Community Resources
Balser, Richard M.; And Others – 1985
Based on the experiences of a job training demonstration project in five hospitals, the handbook describes a rationale and approach for using hospitals (rather than sheltered workshops) as job training sites for mentally and physically disabled persons. Part I reviews advantages for the hospital, the disabled person and his family, the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compensation (Remuneration), Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Tindall, Lloyd W.; And Others – 1984
This booklet, which is intended to provide ideas on how Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funds can be used to serve disabled youth, lists and describes over 75 promising programs funded by the JTPA to provide vocational education, training, and employment services to handicapped youth. The following types of programs are described: State and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
California Roundtable, San Francisco. – 1984
This catalog contains more than 600 abstracts of model programs in California designed to help business, education, and community groups establish or expand partnerships in support of local education. An executive summary precedes the abstracts. The program abstracts are divided into 21 sections corresponding to specific forms of involvement.…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Basic Skills, Business, Business Education
