This annual report describes the Interagency Child Abuse Network (ICAN) Project, a joint venture of the Texas Department of Human Services and the Alamo Area Council of Governments in Bexar County. The goal of the ICAN Project was to establish a network of agencies in the county that could develop a team approach to handling child abuse cases. The…

This handbook provides strategies for coordination of instruction between vocational education and general education teachers. Coordinated Vocational Academic Education (CVAE) programs were started in Texas to serve the disadvantaged. This handbook includes the following: information on using the handbook; a model overview; a list of print,…

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO HELP PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS EARN THEIR OWN LIVING THROUGH A JOINT EFFORT BY VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND PUBLIC WELFARE SERVICES. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES INCLUDED (1) ESTABLISH METHODS OF IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL CANDIDATES, (2) DEVELOP AN INTERAGENCY OPERATING PATTERN, AND (3) DEVELOP AN ADEQUATE…

An evaluation was conducted of the Better Opportunities for New Directions (BOND) demonstration that tested the conformance between the Texas Food Stamp Employment and Training (E&T) and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) programs. The research design was a longitudinal panel approach. First-round interviews with 54 individuals probed…

A process evaluation was conducted of the Better Opportunities for New Directions (BOND) demonstration that tested the conformance between the Texas Food Stamp Employment and Training (E&T) and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) programs. JOBS policies and procedures were applied to eligible Food Stamp recipients; staff serving the two…

Volume II contains six appendices to Volume I, including short summaries of the 18 schools that were studied. Appendices included in this report are: (1) Evaluation Methodology; (2) Promising Reform Strategies; (3) Descriptions of the Research-Based Methods or Strategies Being Used; (4) Short Summaries of 18 Comprehensive School Reform…

Ten of the twenty Education Service Centers (ESC) that provide instructional and technical services to the local school districts in Texas were asked to participate in a project designed to demonstrate infusion and management techniques in career education. Activities were accomplished under the following objectives: (1) establish the…

Comprehensive school reform calls for a "whole-school" and coordinated approach to improve schools. The strategy differs from piecemeal and fragmented efforts that also in the past have seemed only to lead to short-lived changes. To stimulate whole-school reform across the country, Congress appropriated funds in FY1998 for the U.S.…