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Wisconsin State Dept. of Health and Social Services, Madison. – 1983
This document contains a preliminary report on the implementation of Wisconsin's Community Options Program (COP), a program designed both to divert persons from entering nursing homes and to deinstitutionalize current nursing home residents who can be effectively served by community-based alternatives. The introduction of this report provides a…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems
Wisconsin State Dept. of Health and Social Services, Madison. – 1984
This document is a report evaluating the Community Options Program (COP) operated in Wisconsin in 1982 and 1983. The report states that the program is designed to reduce the institutionalization of disabled persons by supporting these persons in the community, thereby decreasing expenditures for long term support and slowing the demand for nursing…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Cost Effectiveness, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Download full textTaylor, Steven J. – 1987
The site visit report describes community living programs for persons with severe disabilities in the Wisconsin counties of Dane, LaCrosse, and Columbia. The visit attempted to identify and document promising practices through interviews with administrators, officials and staff; observations of three foster homes, two small group homes, and two…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Community Programs, Community Services
Landsverk, Ruth Anne – 2003
The Wisconsin Forces for Four-Year-Olds Project promotes the community approach to offering universal access to quality care and learning services for Wisconsin 4-year-olds. Based on the view that quality early education opportunities have life-long benefits for children and the communities in which they live, this public awareness packet…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Care, Community Coordination, Community Planning
State Investments in Education and Other Children's Services: Case Studies of Financing Innovations.
Cutler, Ira; And Others – 1995
This report presents case studies from seven states showing how state governments are: (1) responding to demands for more efficient and effective delivery of children's services; (2) taking on additional responsibilities formerly handled at the federal level; and (3) passing on added responsibilities to the local level (school districts, local…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Budgets, Case Studies, Community Programs
Henderson, Karla; And Others – 1981
A questionnaire distributed to part-time recreation directors in Wisconsin identified training needs and formed the basis for this manual. The workbook-like format was designed to facilitate self-directed study by recreation directors. The first chapter summarizes the results of the questionnaire and presents statistical data, noting the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Agency Cooperation, Community Characteristics, Community Recreation Programs
