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Delaney, Anita J., Ed. – 1979
The major aim of this report is to develop a model of mental health service delivery to the urban, low-income black community. The model assumes that racism and poverty have placed constraints on the development and functioning of systems related to the black family and that the family is the primary source of mental health in the black community.…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Blacks, Economically Disadvantaged, Family (Sociological Unit)
Mizio, Emelicia, Ed. – 1979
A model of mental health service delivery to the low-income Puerto Rican population in areas of the mainland United States where Puerto Ricans are concentrated is presented in this report. The model, designed for use by family service agencies and other similar mental health facilities, assumes that Puerto Ricans are at great risk for mental…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Family (Sociological Unit), Mental Health, Mental Health Programs
Cozic, Charles P., Ed. – 1997
Efforts to reform the welfare system in the United States have been gaining momentum since the late 1980s. Critics have been arguing that states should receive federal waivers to create their own programs to encourage welfare recipients to find work. The thrust of the 1996 welfare reform act transfers control over welfare spending to the states.…
Descriptors: Births to Single Women, Delivery Systems, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Weiss, Heather B.; And Others – 1993
This volume, the last of a six-part report, is a guide that provides an overview to the Building Villages series. It discusses the need for comprehensive programs, and examines the corresponding need for change in the family-services framework. It sets forth the organizing principles of family support as the movement grows from a program to a…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Change, Comprehensive Programs, Cooperation
Kraemer, Jacqueline – 1993
This six-part guide offers practical advice for the establishment and management of a family-support program, including discussions about typical problems and the ways practitioners have chosen to resolve them. This volume, Part 1, defines collaboration and draws distinctions among different collaborative stages. Topics explored include…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Change Strategies, Comprehensive Programs, Cooperation
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1981
This volume is the fifth and last in a series that gives a comphehensive view on the present status and future prospects of adult education in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries. The series attempts to show what kind of national policies and strategies are required to increase public participation in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Horton, Aimee Isgrig – 1989
This book reviews the history of the Highlander Folk School (Summerfield, Tennessee) and describes school programs that were developed to support Black and White southerners involved in social change. The Highlander Folk School was a small, residential adult education institution founded in 1932. The first section of the book provides background…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Blacks, Change Agents
