NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 20240
Since 2021 (last 5 years)0
Since 2016 (last 10 years)0
Since 2006 (last 20 years)1
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Proposition 10 (California…1
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 14 results Save | Export
Waddell, Bruce; Shannon, Michael; Durr, Rhea – 2001
One requirement of The California Children and Families First Act (Proposition 10) is "to facilitate the creation and implementation of an integrated, comprehensive, and collaborative system of information and services to enhance optimal early childhood development." This report provides policymakers and others with working information…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Family Needs, Family Programs, Financial Support
National Association of Governors' Highway Safety Representatives. – 2001
When it comes to conducting an underage drinking prevention program, most people think of the planning and implementation activities that are needed. The one question many do not answer, however, is how will the organization obtain the funding that is necessary for those planning and implementation activities, particularly over the long-term. An…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Coordination, Community Programs, Drinking
Deich, Sharon G.; Hayes, Cheryl D. – Finance Project, 2007
This publication is part of a series of tools and resources on financing and sustaining youth programming. These tools and resources are intended to help policymakers, program developers, and community leaders develop innovative strategies for implementing, financing, and sustaining effective programs and policies. This strategy brief presents a…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Financial Support, Resources, Program Implementation
Office of Consumer Affairs, Washington, DC. – 1984
This planning guide explains in detail how to set up and run a consumer week program in a school or organization. It begins with 10 golden rules for an effective consumer week. A section on planning a program analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of a week-long or weekend event, discusses balancing the major event categories, and describes…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Community Programs, Consumer Education
Vermillion, Mark – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1986
Discusses how rural groups might approach corporations to forge partnerships for a variety of educational and community programs and activities. Makes specific suggestions for selecting corporations, writing the first requests for information, evaluating responses, and following up leads. Includes a section on the workings of Apple Computer's…
Descriptors: Corporate Support, Grants, Grantsmanship, Marketing
New Hampshire Association for the Education of Young Children, Concord. – 1987
Organized as both a reference document and a how-to-do-it manual, this handbook was prepared to answer frequently asked questions about the value of kindergarten and to assist those interested in securing support to address local needs and to implement kindergarten programs in New Hampshire. Chapter 1 provides a discussion of the rationale for…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Committees, Educational Development, Educational Legislation
Frazier, Gloria G.; Sickles, Robert N. – 1993
As part of the Directory of Innovations Series, this volume provides information about programs and practices for educational improvement and school restructuring. It provides brief overviews of about 150 high school or district-wide programs with descriptions of the following: (1) goals; (2) location; (3) demographics; (4) how it works; (5) how…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
Freeman, Margery, Ed. – 1987
This manual provides information for pastors, parents, and church members who are starting a child care program in their church, and for churches that are changing or expanding their child care program. Chapter 1 reports the results of a 1982 survey of child care in local parishes by the National Council of Churches. Chapter 2 explains four steps…
Descriptors: Certification, Check Lists, Church Programs, Church Role
Lipka, Richard P.; And Others – 1985
This booklet examines the theory and practice of projects that involve secondary students in community services. Through such involvement, young people will develop positive attitudes toward community participation that will persist throughout their adult lives. Community service projects represent an important and exciting way to bring democracy…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Objectives, Financial Support, Futures (of Society)
Glik, Deborah; Halpert-Schilt, Elena – 2001
As part of a series of reports designed to support the implementation of Proposition 10: The California Children and Families Act and to provide comprehensive and authoritative information on critical issues concerning young children and families in California, this report focuses on the role of public education and outreach and provides…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Budgeting, Change Strategies, Child Care
Venner, David G.; Cotton, Sally – 1986
Of potential interest to small towns in rural areas, this report describes England's first attempt at applying to a rural area the concept of a multi-agency information and advice center based on a library. The comprehensive review covers all phases of the project: (1) identification of a community's information and advice needs; (2) consultation…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Information Services
Andrews, Duane D.; Linden, Rhonda R. – 1984
On a budget of $28,000, Child Protection, Inc. has a paid staff of an executive director, 4 foster grandparents, and 3 VISTA volunteers. But with the help of 157 volunteer servide providers, the organization is able to deliver 828 units of service monthly to rural Western Kentucky. The success of the volunteer program is based on recruiting from…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
Entrepreneurship Inst., Columbus, OH. – 1983
A conference dealing with new enterprise and economic development initiatives today, Project NEED IT was designed to familiarize decision makers at all levels of the public, private, and educational sectors with the best new enterprise development projects being carried out in the United States today. During the conference, a series of papers and…
Descriptors: Basic Business Education, Budgeting, Business Administration, Business Responsibility
Hanser, Lawrence M.; Robyn, Abby E. – 2000
In 1992, the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Education jointly developed the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) Career Academy model, which provides a framework for implementation of an innovative vocational education program designed to keep dropout-prone students in school. The program, which combines military…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Career Academies, Career Education, Case Studies