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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
This report highlights the major themes and policy implications for implementing Head Start and other early childhood programs. The report is a synthesis of already issued and preliminary information from GAO reports and reviews that examined federal and state center-based programs, barriers to Head Start service delivery, and early childhood…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs
Campbell, Sally – Zero to Three (J), 2005
Healthy Families America is a national, voluntary, home visiting program model designed to help expectant and new parents get their children off to a safe and healthy start. Since 1992, it has been successfully replicated in over 440 communities in the U.S. and Canada. This article describes the program's reflective, relationship-based model and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Caregivers, Home Programs
Harris, Linda – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2006
In May 2000, the United States Department of Labor awarded sizable Youth Opportunity (YO) Grants to 36 high-poverty urban, rural, and Native American communities. These communities were among the most economically distressed communities in the nation, all characterized by high drop out rates, high youth unemployment rates, greater incidence of…
Descriptors: Youth Opportunities, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship, Vocational Education
Sheppard, Harold L., Ed. – 1991
These proceedings contain an introduction and 26 papers arranged in five sections: (1) People's Republic of China and Taiwan (Republic of China); (2) Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand; (3) Korea; (4) Japan and the Western Pacific; and (5) United States. Paper titles and authors are as follows: "Recent Social Security Policies and…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Processes, Community Programs, Coping